Cheers, Michael
These Catasetuns from the Amazon region do best in warm places with high air humidity.
]]>I've noticed one of my stanhopea's has some spikes but they are not really growing through any media.
Do these have any chance to flower or will they abort because of this?
Cheers John
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Mormodes buccinator aureum on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Mormodes sinuata x hookeri on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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here is the catsm.macrocarpum on the tree.
veekay
I am posting the the image of catsm.hybrid made by one of our society member.
This image was taken during Feb.2002 and do not know the name of the hybrid.
veekay
this is a link to my photobucket album, enjoy! Pictures by jessetukkers - Photobucket
greetz jesse:):) ]]>
]]>My plant is blooming now for the first time. I do like the coloration – it is really somewhere in between herrenhusanum and cooperi. The plant is from Brazil.
]]>I was offered this species (Mormodes flactifoxaignea) but cannot find any information about it... I must admit it is the first time I heard about it. Even pictures are not very common in the web. This is the only one I have been able to find: Pine Ridge Orchids - Photos - Catasetinae species
Yes, I could not resist that picture :blushing: the plant should be here in one week the latest :biggrin: ]]>
one our society member did flowered catsm.barbatum in October 2008,we would like to hear members comments.
veekay
The description of the species back to 1999 with no photos included and the holotype plant died soon after and none saw this “sasquash” again since yesterday on my catasetiane collector friend house, Rafael Vaamonde, owner and discoverer of this new specimen. He called me and for them right now I have this few photos I took with rush with my cellphone mixed with some photos Rafael took by his own
As everyone can see, large swan orchids are quite similar between species specially on lehmanni-ventricosum-warscewiczii-chlorochilon species complex and between species they behaves like a cline (phenotype geographic change more or less gradual with between species “jumps”)... and lusiae as we can see on the photos belongs to this lehmanni-ventricosum-warscewiczii-chlorochilon species complex, specially related to Chlorochilon, also thanks to the two plants of lusiae we known the species inhabits at least some place on the pijiguao area at Guayana Plateau. Since modern botany tends to be more splitter than lumper the tendency tis that hey aren't classified as subespecies or even "demes" but with full species rank, and that's why this particular species have it full species rank even if similarities with chlorochilon and the rest of the complex are quite easy to see.
The main differences with Chlorochilon are.
-) cholorochilon inhabits in Venezuela at north of the Open Savanna "land" that cuts the country in "half" for Cycnones that don't tolerate long dry season even if they start to grow at sea level... Well, Chlorochilon inhabits at coastal range, Andes and other north-western mountainous and more"low land" areas, wile lusiae thrives in the south of this area at Guayana plateau at least at Pijiguao area, making genetic interchange more difficult. The other venezuelan large swan is loddigesii that inhabits the east part of the country from north to south separated from Chlorochilon thanks to Unare depression, other area to much dry for Cycnoches to thrive, and maybe separated from lusiae in the Guayana Plateau on a still to know area, but the thing is that loddigesii known colonies at Guyana plateau are mainly on the east side but loddigesii get close to the area of lusiae and inhabits west Guyana on an area yet to be known.
-) 2nd is the flower size since the two lusiae we know till know have flowers approximately 2/3 or maybe slightly less than the size of average chlorochilon. Also the lip show striking differences, it is notoriously different from Chlorochhilon the fact that is very much less wide than chlorochilon lip, they don't have the edge folds Chlorochilon have, and lusiae don't have the "depression" Chlorochilon have between the "callus "and the "lip-belly",and also lusiae have large amounts of yellow in the first half of the lip that chlorochilon lacks.
-) The other and maybe the more important difference could be related to pollinators and for them a barrier for cross-breading even if Chlorochilon star to appear on "pijiguao" area, the flower odor is very different from chlorochilon, and in a way of speaking much more less complex and much more sweet... it could be described as tutti-fruti and some-how similar to loddigesii
Now playing the role of Devils advocate.. well....to be fair with this description of a "brand new" species among large swans I have to note some things "against" this splitter conception among some of the large swans and in particular in lusiae... first of all lip differences occur on not "ceteris paribus" conditions, let me explain... even if the main lip differences with chlorochilon are quite noticeable, the flower of lusiae is more "dwarf" and for them things like edge folds lackness and other complexity lackness on lusiae lip that Chlorochilon lip have could occur simply as a natural consequence of a more "compact" floral behaviour... why???... because meaningful differences occur wen overall conditions remains the same, which is not the case here, and thus, leaving us size as the main real difference. The other difference between species, the presence of "yellow", could have no relevance at all except as a regional characteristic, and the odor, even if is the main and more noticeable difference that support differences at species level, the fact that they don't smell not even close alike for humans, is not per se proof at all that the main and more important chemical compounds relevant for the pollinator are still the there and are the same for "his" perceptual scopes and relevance, and for them, is attracting exactly the same euglossa bee relative pollinator Chlorochilon could attract......
Ending this little "essay" with a more unbias perspective I have to say that defining what is species even if in concept is quite easy (((a genetic community of similar organisms)), in reality everyone knows is very difficult to put in practice most of the time with very related species.... In the past, tendency inside botany on species classification was lumper except on showy species, and today is splitter except on not well known clades. The main reason is that people today know much more about ecology and they get so overwhelmed with the complexity of relationships between organism and its particular environment, that they get "blind" and see new species raining everywhere with each new adaptation they found... we even know that cryptic species also occur (species only differentiable by DNA), so differences on ecology plotted with plant and flower behaviour even if general phenotype remains the same are taken more seriously. This phenomena easily make forget botanic related professionals and horticulturist like us that even extreme phenotype changes could be related much more to individuality than due the previously “explained”…. Like have blond, red, brown or black hair for an Irish just because gene pool that affect phenotype among Caucasoid people is very diverse.
The thing is that I don't care is something is considered to have deme rank (local race), subespecies rank (boundary new species), or full species rank... the thing is that every living organism have local adaptations that are by itself marvelous, and we as collectors don't have to wait permission from taxonomist to appreciate it and even try to preserve local idiosyncrasy without the need of someone told us the exact "point" in evolution they consider that organism have.
Anther thing is that "I know" some people are thinking about the possibility of a natural hybrid between loddigesii and Chlorochilon because of the odor and the lip shape, but the hybrids I know between chlorochilon and loddigesii don’t look this way, not even close, them for me similarities could reflect parallel evolution on some phenotype traits unless the "hybird" had chancew to evolve.... or if the thing is more ”interesting” than simple “parallel evolution” or introgression, them it may reflect that lusiae is a relict species that “complete” the missing link between the large green swans and the less similar loddigesii… Don’t know, and don't like to speculate to much specially since we are talking here of a NOT known species at all.
enjoy the photos
Jan :D ]]>
This particular x tapiriceps was found naturalized in Caracas growing in a large "fish tail palm" (Caryota mitis) which is also no autoctonous (is from South-Asia) but is often used here in urban gardens and as a street tree... showing that Catasetum have the ability to adapt to new environments if they have their pollinators (in this case pileatum and macrocarpum share the same odour compounds, so the hybrid between them also does). We have to remember that x tapiriceps grows a 1000 kilometers away from Caracas, in a more wet area and 700-900 meters bellow Caracas altitude.... and none had found tapiriceps on table mountains, the more similar environment tapiricep have inside their natural habitat.
I end this post noticing that flowers with the days ends in a bright canary yellow, but since I had the beetle problem I couldn't wait the 5 days they need to do that because this flowers have poison on it and surely are going to drop in 1 or 2 days, that's why I took the photo wen still is apple-green-yellowish
I missed this summer's first bloom 'cause I was galavanting around ol' Mehico at the time, so I was pretty stoked to see a second bloom a few days ago. Enjoy! ]]>
This little plant is a close relative of the Stanhopeas as you can see by its pendulous habit. On this guy's first bloom ever, it threw 3 spikes!! Not too shabby. The scent is exactly like fresh pine needles (which is pleasant and totally unexpected!) and the flowers are pretty short lived (ie. a few days), though I've noticed that many Stanhopinae plants have more pronouncedly short lived blooms on their first try than normal. Another unexpected little tidbit about these flowers is that instead of slowly fading and turning brown as they get past their prime, the flowers actually just close themselves to look just like they did as developing buds (see last picture, below). Then, they just fall off! No undignified aging, just a disappearing act! Enjoy!
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btw, it's not my plant. It belongs to a friend who bought it at a garage sale. No name/tag/ID what so ever.
There is some damage to the florescence as the plant was blown over by a wind storm. Nice deep dark red (darker than pic shows) ]]>
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The strange behaviour I am talking about is that sometimes the new born seedlings on my palms and rotten wood at my house don't develop their first pseudobulb were the seed rest, but on the contrary, the seed first develop a very thin but long rhizome that sometimes grows for more than a meter long before "stops" and develop the first pseudobulb. People that are following me knows that this early rhizome could be more white chlorophyll-less or green (with chlorophyll an even small speudo-leaves) depending if is growing inside the media or at open space.
This odd behaviour obviously is a response to seek and "find" a better place to grow, for example, once I followed for months the trail of one of those "early rhizomes" developing inside a dry palm petiole base, and the seedling rhizome at various points had "carved" the dry petiole to find a way to light and open air, and them "decided" that the point wasn't "correct" and buried again into the inner-petiole surface just to appear more downstairs until at some point, the rhizome "decided" to develop the pseudobulb at last. That behaviour is even possible to see on in vitro culture, as I saw on Brunos place.
my question is the following
this behaviour have a name?????
can someone can talk a little bit more about it????
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Another question I have (not related to seedlings) are the secondary "roots" that looks like "clustered upward filaments" (Holst call it pneumatophores) on adult plants. The thing is that in nature it is obvious that the early morning dry-season dew/myst concentrate on those filaments and them by gravitation it goes to the roots... Tthem.... why Holst says those filaments are pneumatophores?????...
Pneomatophores (like the word pneuma implies) are roots with "air supply" function like we find on mangrove and other swamp and damped areas plants... True pneumatophore roots are alive, and in Catasetinae this filaments are quite dead. Even if they weren't dead at all (which is not the case), those "roots" lack velamen, something quite necessary for photosynthesis on orchids roots (Vandas on the contrary have pneumatophores in the true sense on the word)
Since Holst is a smart guy much more informed on Catasetinae than me, I have the feeling that I misunderstood him because of his decision to use the word "pneumatophore" instead of another "technical" word for those modified radicular system... and for them my question in this matter is the following...could it be that Holst is not talking about air-aid absorption but about some sort of odd system that increase the velocity of air passing trough the filaments????... I mean, could it be that Holst have the idea that in this way Catasetums encourage somehow air circulation and for them avoid damp conditions fatal to the roots???
Since I am not in to aerodynamics, I really cant tell if the later could be the case... and about my observation about the dew collector system, it is based on observation only.
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The last question is why in the name of Jesus Christ Cyrtopodium and Galeandra are clustered outside the Catasetinae subtribe and clustered with less similar genera like Cymbidium and a large etc...
I am not botanist, nether I know Cymbidieae taxonomic clues for systematic and nether known almost anything about resent phylogenetic studies on the subject, but I like to learn and for them I ask.... someone can explain to me please why in this case a "Lion" shares more affinity with "Lynx" than "panthers"?... It have to be a reason that explain this """parallel evolution"""
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Jan ]]>
Could sound strange to the forum since Catasetinae are "exotic" plants for europeans and North-Americans, but here they aren't exotic at all but every day plants, and it is possible to pump some gasoline in any pumping station, and wile waiting to fill the tank, have time to stare a Catasetum macrocarpum in full bloom at the palms nearby.
The photo don't show it, but this Cycnoches growing in my House roof is on a more larger cluster of Catasetinae (2 chlorochilon, 2 macrocarpum, and some seedlings of maculatum and callosum all growing together)
Last photo is a partial view of my small nursery with a glimpse of Cattleya jenmanii "rubra" and Phalaenopsis Maki Watanabe in bloom
Adios
Jan
Greetings Gabriel ]]>
I've recently become intrigued by this group of plants, especially some of the hybrids. I don't know much about them except that they seem to be a little like Cyms with a little more care and a dry period. (OK that might be a simplification). Are they fairly similar in cultivation?
But they have fantastic colours and scent!
So i was wondering if people can recommend me their top 5 species/hybrids from this group of plants to give me a head start and hunt down some nice plants! I will look them up and do a lot of this: :drool:
I already have a flask of Cycnodes Wine Delight 'JEM' and i would love to get a Fdka After Dark, but other than that i'm clueless what's out there.
thanks, Nick ]]>
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I have a small Cycnoches barthiorum that I boughth a few months ago. Scince about 3 weeks ago, its leaves started to look old and fading. It started to get very small brown dots and is now yellowing fast and the leaves are falling off. I know that all these catasitinae have a winter rest, but I have a feeling that it is a bit too early. Am I wrong? Also, when I came back from mEXICO the leafeless pseudobulb was slightly shrivelled so I started watering more vigorously. Its ok now but i know that when it starts going dormant, i have to stop watering.
Again am I wrong?
Thanks for youre help! ]]>
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I got this shockingly dark cooperi from H&R sometime this spring as a NBS and boy was I happy when it opened a day or two ago! I have been looking for a nice dark cooperi forever! It was a bit windy today so the pics are a bit more fuzzy than I would like and please ignore the aphids!! :blushing: How embarrassing! I'm also shocked at how nice the fragrance on this one is. An all-round great plant! Enjoy!
After look at this post I've noticed I can't seem to get my camera to pick up the right color. The pics make this guy seem more red than dark, dark purple. Oh well, next year I should be able to get a better pic on a larger plant. ]]>
Plant which I luckily could buy from Brazil for two years ago is flowering now for the very first time.
]]>Any suggestions are graciously appreciated!!!! ]]>
The flower is already a couple of days old and looking a little sad, but it had a beautiful clear green 'nose' (?) and nice bright orange and magenta markings.
The scent is kind of white floral, sweet but not really overpowering.
It's great because it can flower twice a year and is pretty free-flowering!
This little guy is not a common species so I jumped at the offer when a friend gave me a division about a year ago or so. It shed all of its leaves a few months ago, which is bad, so I assumed the media was sour. Changed the old spag out with new stuff and voila! Four new spikes and 2 new growths.
The colors on this species are very nice, though as you can see they are more subtle than many other Gongoras. Enjoy! ]]>
]]>Plant, which I bought in France, is blooming now. Here it is.
Whole inflorescence
The flowers are of good size and fragrant. ]]>
This is an old plant from over 20 years ago. We were not the original makers of Orchidglade, but we remade the cross, grew and bloomed it, gave the clonal name and cloned and sold plants. Several years later, one of the clones got an FCC.
]]>Stanhopea napoensis 10-4-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea napoensis 10-4-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea napoensis 10-4-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is a first bloom that I got from TOF as a seedling a few years back. As always, the blooms coming from TOF plants are even better than I had hoped for. I really like the purple spotting on this one and the pink splotches on the bottom half of the plant. Of course, as with most Stans, the scent is just amazing! Enjoy!
P.S. Do you guys think this one really is napoensis? I'm looking on Dr. Gerlach's site (http://www.orchidsrepbiol.de/cgi-bin...inae&t=usr_gg1) to make sure that this really is the same plant as the lablel says, but I just can't seem to make out the differences of insignis, platyceras and napoensis. Any help would be great! ]]>
more shots...
My first catasetinae..I had some other ones but they always rot on me in the winter. I *really* want to grow a cycnoches one day...had a barthiorium. Died. :( ]]>
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]]>has anyone here some expierence with miracle grow fertilizer on stanhopea?
greets jesse tukkers ]]>
I am posting the image of catsm.sanguinium ? charlesworthii
and was sold to me with that name.
veekay
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]]>Here is the image of Catastum Hybrid,the cross was done by our society member,named after his mom and it won A.O.S. award,also made a full page picture in A.O.S.magazine.
veekay
Ed
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Close-up pic of the flower
I just love those “freckles”. :) ]]>
Stanhopea jenishiana on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea jenishiana on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea jenishiana on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea jenishiana on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea jenishiana on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Smells great! I really like the color too. Its more orange than yellow and of course the flowers are nice and big as most Stanhopeas are. Enjoy! ]]>
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Oh, and that green rat tail that's hanging off the side is a small division from my epiphytic cactus (Rhypsalis baccifera), and a close-up shot of that.....the little white balls are liquid-filled seed pods that form after the tiny white flowers.
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I thought it can be rather interesting to compare flowers of Mormodes maculata var. unicolor and Mormodes maculata which finished blooming for some weeks ago. Here they are.
]]>My other new addition is a Catasetum pileatum 'Oro Verde'. It arrived with tiny blisters on it's leaves but it doesn't seem to be suffering. It has gorgeous buds that should be opening any day now and a second spike is beginning to emerge. I've decided not to repot this one until after dormancy when new growth begins.
Flickr: detonibruno's Photostream
Hopefully even bigger and better in the future.
Ed
This is an old image of Hybrid made by our society member, image was taken during our monthly shows.
veekay
Note There was spelling mistake,it should read Catasetum Vera Mc Millan
This plant came labelled as Catasetum planiceps, but it is obviously mislabelled... It is however a very nice and strong Ctsm. macrocarpum with a very strong fragrance (similar to licorice)
On pics 4 & 5 you can clearly see the two antennae at the basis of the column. These trigger the "pollinia gun" at the slightest touch... once the pollinia have been shot, the flower dies within 24h... as in most Catasetum, the male flowers normally last max. 2 weeks.
Ctsm. macrocarpum, as well as Ctsm. pileatum, belongs to the section Anisoceras (one of the antennae is curled at 90° under the other - as in the picture shown). I have often seen plants labelled as Catasetum pileatum or Ctsm. imperiale, but with parallel antennae (Section Isoceras) or only slightly crossing each other - This plants are actually hybrids, e.g. Ctsm. Orchidglade!!
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can someone help me identify the stanhopea on the following pics??
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Catasetum Susan Fuchs 'Burgundy Chips' on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Catasetum Susan Fuchs 'Burgundy Chips' on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is one of my favorites and this year I get 2 spikes, though I was hoping for more. The tag says 'Burgundy Chips,' but a few years ago one of our OB members pointed out to me that this plant is a little dark for 'Burgundy Chips' so it might not be the same. I had to agree, but I still have it labeled as such only because this is from H&R and rarely do they make a mistake!!. Anywho, enjoy! :biggrin: ]]>
Catasetum expansum on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This one seems a little more cup shaped than normal for this species and scent is very nice and a little minty. Enjoy! ]]>
Steve
Here it is.
]]>My question is about the stigmatic surface on a Stanhopea. I know where it's supposed to be, but it looked unfamiliar. More of a slot, than a sticky depression. In fact, I could not find any surface onto which to "stick" the pollinia. The area on the column just behind the rostellum, where I would have expect to find it, had no features at first glance. When denied a few times, I took a closer look and noticed a crease or slot, but it was not sticky and not large enough for those monster sized pollinia. I finally just poked them down into the slot with a toothpick - I assume this has to be the target.
I don't think I'm way off base, but is there something I'm missing? I did read something here a few years ago about "scratching" the column a day before pollination to mimic the presence of a pollinator. I kind of chalked it up as a theory. Any truth to this? I'm thinking now that something has to make that opening a bit more receptive or I couldn't see it happening naturally. ]]>
]]>Stanhopea costaricensis on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea costaricensis on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea costaricensis on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea costaricensis on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea costaricensis on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I got this plant as a NBS freebie from Tropical Orchid Farm about a year ago and this is the first bloom. Normally I don't post so many pics for one spike, but the sun just happened to be on my side for once and I had some fun with this one. Enjoy!! ]]>
Cycnoches herrenhusanum on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is a plant I picked up last year from Exotic Orchids of Maui and this year it rewarded me with 2 spikes of male flowers. This species is a must have for any Cycnoches fan! These flowers do, however, look very similar to the pics I posted of the Cyc William Clarke, though this species does have some differences; most notably the reflexed petals and 'bug like' rather than 'star like' lip on the herrenhusanum. ]]>
]]>i bought it as "St sp. bolivia"
i really can't find something about this one
thanks ]]>
Here is the image of my remake of
Catsm.Sumani.
veekay
Cycnoches William Clarke on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Cycnoches William Clarke on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
As many of you know, this is the primary hybrid between herrenhusanum and cooperi. I got this plant a few weeks ago from H&R and it was already in bud so I can't take credit for the blooms, but I had to post pics 'cause there is a lot of green in center of these flower. I've never seen one like it and I just hope that the 'green-ness' shows up well in the pics. These blooms are definitely male. Anyway, enjoy! The scent is awesome BTW! ]]>
Either way, I am thrilled with the results and it has started putting out another spike!
Catsm. Mrudula,hybrid that I made and registered with R.H.S.
It is a hybrid between catsm.sanguinium X catsm.saccatum,the pod was on catsm.saccatum.
I have named the hybrid after my niece.
veekay
Compared to last year, these flowers are much greener, I think. I like them!
Regards - Nancy
This is an old image of the hybrid ,it is 3 years old from Brasil .It is quite expensive for the size plant I got from the vendor.It is a very difficulty hybrid to grow.
Presently the plant is in bloom,as it is raining like hell here for two days,would photograph later to day.
veekay
The characteristic of var. rhinophorum is warty callus all over its entire surface.
]]>It is first time this plant produced male flowers. Here they are
To compare male flowers with hermaphrodite flowers take a look on picture below from last year
]]>I love the smell of this one...reminds me of pineapple (My favorite fruit!)
I have this beauty that opened this morning :blushing:it has a strong spicy smell. Problem is the label says Candida and im pretty sure it not. Any thoughts will be appreciated.
as some of them lose the leaves (as catasetum) in winter, maybe they could handle cold.
i think that the stanhopea tigrina can stand that temps. do you know any other?
thanks ]]>
Stanhopea Chocolate Eyes 2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Stanhopea Chocolate Eyes 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! ]]>
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Greetings Gabriel ]]>
So a couple of months ago, I got this crazy, totally off-the wall idea that Stanhopeas were something that I could SO *totally* grow here in Miami. So, off my hand went, disassociated from my brain, and made 4 seedling reservations with Troy Meyers.
Now, Troy, thinking that I can actually grow these things, sent them to me last week for a small fee. :)
They are currently on the windowsill of my terrace window, which gets indirect sunlight. They are actually taunting me, whispering, "You have no idea what you are doing, are you going to kill me?"
I want to prove them wrong. :)
So, I am begging the Stanhopea experts (you know you are!!) for some advice. :) Any and all, from culture to watering, to medium, would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and please HELP ME SAVE MARIA'S STANHOPEAS.
:):blushing::blushing::blushing: ]]>
Here it is only few moments ago.
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]]>I would like to exchange Stanhopea seeds.
If you have some, send me a mail.
Greetings from Holland
Gabriel ]]>
The flowers are beautifully fragrant with some kind of sweet and slightly spiced aroma.
This particular plant is from Brazil.
]]>Flowers are strongly fragrant and the fragrance reminds me some kind of cough mixture, actually quite pleasant to my nose.
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]]>Species name derived from Latin “expansus” which means “expanded”, referring to the size and the form of the lip.
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]]>Great looking flowers and I love the spots and the scent!
I had four spikes and made myself the favor of breaking three off the plant while taking it from the hanging position it was (there were other plants hanging close to it and I didn't notice that three spikes hooked on them!!). Things like that really make me :((!
]]>The only reason I haven't already run out and purchased one is that hanging them above my carpet in my rented apartment seems like asking for a moldy disaster, but I've finally come up with a plan. I'm going to modify one of those three tiered hanging baskets for veggies to have a Stanhopea planted in the top and something that it can drip into on the bottom (something in soil) and removing the middle basket. My question is which Stanhopea would be the best for my conditions?
I want to hang it right in front of my south facing window. It's constantly bright, but with very little direct sun since there are other towering apartment buildings around me. So far, my Encyclia loves it there, but I burned one of my Phals setting it too close. The one I really want is a Stanhopea embrii, but I realize I'm limited due to my conditions and I'm not sure if this is the best choice. Does this sound feasible?:pray: Any suggestions for what might be good for a beginner? :bowing:bowing ]]>
This species is native to the Amazonian region, more precisely to the Brazilian State of Rondonia, which happens to be one of the most deforested of that region, an ongoing process that seems will end only when there are no more trees to be cut. The species has been described as recently as 1989 and I don't even like to think of the many still unknown species we are loosing to the chain saws!
]]>Aren't the leaves supposed to turn yellow and fall after flowering? No spiking so far and this new, yellow bottom leaf today, are causing me to have a lot of doubt with these...once again. It's getting watered every other day on average, when dry.
Advice/enlightenment is greatly appreciated!:bowing
Steve
Wish me luck!!
Ctsm. imperiale, Ctsm. Thinger Dinger x expansum
Her is the image of my clowasetum mem.lakshmidevi which I named after my dear mother.
veekay
Here is my catsm.pileatum and you can notice the lip which
is bifid and cup shaped.
I do not fancy this pileatum.
veekay
Entire inflorescence:
]]>Orchid of the Week Library: Coryhopea (Stan. martiana x Cory. macrantha aureum)
If anyone ever sees Stanhopea martiana in bloom, you'll probably not forget the experience. The blooms are astoundingly beautiful (in my opinion). Even by stanhopea standards, they're quite stunning and have a fantastic fragrance. Why anyone would think that they could somehow improve upon the species by creating a plant that's flowers look like they were inspired by either the pen of Mary Shelley or the paintbrush of Hieronymus Bosch is beyond me.
Steve ]]>
Flickr Photo Download: Ctsm. tenebrosum
Flickr Photo Download: Ctsm. tenebrosum ]]>
Here is the image of my pileatum collected from teritorio Amazonos in1993.
It is robust plant almost immune to any diseases,at times it would produce 12 to16 flowers.
veekay
:)
Pat
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...2-cataseti.jpg ]]>
The name sounds right for it, but I wonder because I have it in fairly high light, lo on a lower shelf and it produced male flowers...??
There was a second spike that blasted that appeared to have only yellowish buds on it before it blasted, so not sure if they just hadn't matured enough to turn red/brown yet, or if it might have been putting out a spike of female flowers also...
What do you guy think, Thank in advance for the help!
Laura
Someone of you have a single picture of that specie????
Please help me.... I found a strange Stanhopea... I hope is the Napoensis.... but i don´t have any picture to match with my stanhopea.... ]]>
However, I can't find any info on how long spikes take to develop. If it's going to be r-e-a-l-l-y slow and take months, I'll just go ahead and run the risk and upgrade its living environment. I'd hate for it to have to adjust to new surroundings as winter approaches. But if it will just be a couple of weeks, I know the flowers won't last long, and I'd be fine with waiting til she's done showing off.
Right now the spike is between 1/4-1/2" (1cm). Thanks! ]]>
I've done some googling for images, and it is very hard to tell!
Showing the typical male flowers, and a few shots of the other suspects!
It is okay to talk dirty about these; I will try to get a better close-up photo later today. I would like to know, though I don't plan to do anything perverse with these in any case.
Cheers - Nancy
These two Ctsm. expansums show marked differences in the male flowers; the female blossomss are similar, though the 'unnamed' species has larger flowers; there are subtle differences, though.
The first pair are simply expansum;the second is expansum 'Los Tres Pasas' x sib.
The female flowers, uniformly, smell like bell pepper.
Enjoy - Nancy
I didn't expect it because I had serious problems with these beasts called slugs (probably from the moss) but I am the winner :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Martin
The photos of these blooms above were taken in a local nursery and there are many nice plants of this species.
2 Paphinia Majestic 5-28-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
3 Paphinia Majestic 5-28-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
4 Paphinia Majestic 5-28-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This bloomed for me last year and its a really nice flower, though I wish there was a scent. Enjoy! ]]>
P1010013 A on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
P5250004 A on Flickr - Photo Sharing! ]]>
2 Gongora rufescens 5-23-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
3 Gongora rufescens 5-23-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
4 Gongora rufescens 5-23-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is a plant I got as a division from Tropical Orchid Farm when I last popped over to Maui (2 years ago?) and it was labeled as Gongora "New Species Peru." The colors were really cool and the scent is REALLY amazing! Very spicy. Jeff was kind enough to cut off a division from his specimen collection and sell me a sliver. This one (like most Gongoras) is fast growing and easy to cultivate. Anyway, last year it bloomed and our very own orchid wiz kid (Mahon) thought that it looked just like Gongora rufescens, so that is what it is labeled as now. ]]>
2 Gong escobariana 5-18-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
3 Gong escobariana 5-18-2009 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is one of my all time favorite orchids, mostly because of the smell and the fact that these flowers last for a fairly long time (for a Gongora!). Great, spicy scent that I can smell in my house when the wind picks up. Anyway, enjoy! ]]>