Chiloschista lunifera

[shakkai]

An interesting one that just came with my new order... This one is normally leafless (though it sometimes has small, short-lived leaves - you can see one in the photo) and the roots do the photosynthesis!
 

Flowers should look like this: IOSPE PHOTOS

[badlydrawnboy]

Hi skakkai.
It's normal, that some Chiloschista have leafs. They loose them normally in winter at their natural habitat.

[shakkai]

Thanks for that, Phil. Do you grow any of these?

[badlydrawnboy]

Good morning.

I haven't a vitrine. So I can't cultivate them. But I have a Campylocentrum ariza-juliae. It is also leafless but comes from Cuba/DomRep/Jamaica doesn't need such a high humidity.

[shakkai]

Oh, cool!! That's another really cool orchid!

The lunifera is about to lose the leaf it has. But the new roots it has are such a pretty reddish colour. This one is going to look really different when it flowers.