Pot for Houlettia odoratissima

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I recently got one of these bare-root from Ecuagenera. It is just beginning new growths so I should have new roots soon.

It's a terrestrial... but the inflorescences hang down? What kind of pot should I use? I could grow it in S/H with a standard 1 quart/liter container. I could put it into something like a Cymbidium potting mix.

[DirtyCoconuts]

you could pot it however you wish and then just boost it on a pedestal for bloom time?

i have no experience with this plant but i know you are very successful with the SH so i would start there

maybe get a taller container than you usually use (8" vase or votive cylinder from dollar tree are my favs) and then there will be more room for hanging down?

if you want to go really tall use a plastic toilet paper roll holder

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I would like to find out what it means for it to have spikes that hang down. Does it grow on cliffs or steep hills? Do they sprawl on the ground so ants and beetles can get to them?

[SouthPark]

Online - I came across this here:

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The cym mix sounds workable for regular potting.

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Originally Posted by SouthPark

Online - I came across this here:

Click Here

The cym mix sounds workable for regular potting.

Thank you for taking the time! But you got tricked.

Fandom is a site that scrapes information from other sites without permission - most people recognize this is stealing. The information there is of unknown accuracy. For example, entries for Houlettia odoratissima:

IOSPE
Found from Panama, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil on shaded slopes in wet montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters....

Fandom
Plants are found in the wet montane forest of Panama, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil at elevations of 1000 to 1500 meters
[note list of countries is given in exact same non-alphabetical order]

IOSPE
Flower Size to 3" [7.5cm]....
...blooms... with 5 to 12, waxy, long-lasting, fragrant flowers occurring in the late summer and fall.

Fandom
Plant blooms in the fall with five to twelve 7.5 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.

IOSPE
Common Name The Scented Houlletia

Fandom
Common Name: The Scented Houlletia

Classification: Wikipedia Classification: Fandom



[note these are very different. I don't know which is correct. The poorly written Wikipedia article says its source is a 1992 book. Orchid taxonomy has been completely rearranged since then]

Synonyms: IOSPE:
Houllettia antioquiensis Hort. ex Bailey 1915;
Houlettia boliviana Schlechter 1929;
Houlettia buchtieni Kraenzl. 1928;
Houlettia juruensis Hoenhe 1910;
Houlettia odoratissima var antioquiensis Andre 1870;
Houlettia odoratissima var xanthina Rchb.f 1884;
Houlettia picta Linden & Rchb.f 1855

Synonyms: Fandom
Houllettia antioquiensis Hort. ex Bailey 1915
Houlettia boliviana Schlechter 1929
Houlettia buchtieni Kraenzl. 1928
Houlettia juruensis Hoenhe 1910
Houlettia odoratissima var antioquiensis Andre 1870
Houlettia odoratissima var xanthina Rchb.f 1884
Houlettia picta Linden & Rchb.f 1855
[the only things missing are the semicolons]

Synonyms: Wikipedia
Houlletia picta Linden & Rchb.f.
Houlletia odoratissima var. antioquensis André
Houlletia odoratissima var. antioquiensis André
Houlletia odoratissima var. macrosepala Regel
Houlletia juruenensis Hoehne
Houlletia antioquensis (André) Ames & Nash
Houlletia buchtienii Kraenzl.
Houlletia boliviana Schltr.
[I suspect Wikipedia takes from IOSPE without attribution]

This is why I come to Orchid Board for information. Wikipedia and most other sites on the Internet are not accurate. Real information from real growers is important.

[isurus79]

This species has erect spikes! No need to worry about spikes growing downward.

I tried this one (also from Ecuagenera) in my conditions and it was too hot. Mine died. However, I had it in my usual terrestrial mix of 50-50 peat-sand.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Thank you for taking the time! But you got tricked.

Thanks ES!

I assume that a cym mix should get the job done for this one. If I purchased one of these, I'd probably grow it like a spathoglottis - even though it isn't a spathoglottis.

This link could be useful : Click Here

It suggests that there are choices for media. As long as it works, and works nicely for the grower, then that's the main thing.

[DirtyCoconuts]

if it did not like Steve's heat it will HATE AZ ...go SH

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I grow almost all the orchids in an evaporatively cooled sunroom. It's rarely over 80 F / 25C in there.

Eulophia petersii was undamaged outside under a slatted patio cover here at 122 F / 50C years ago. Den speciosum and kingianum alba, and Ansellia africana are still outside; it's been 115 F / 46C. They are slightly unhappy. The Ansellia is pushing new growth. I brought in the Cym seedlings when they became somewhat unhappy at 110 F / 43 C. I suspect mature plants could take it.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Everything is tough in Arizona