Habenaria carnea - Orchid Board

JPMC · #1 10-09-2011, 08:44 PM

I know that this species is common, but it's a first bloom for me and I like it quite a bit. The flowers are not fragrant (as my H. ericmichaelii is) but the flowers are relatively large. The plant is 13 inches tall and each flower is 1 1/4 inches long and 7/8 inches wide.

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Bayard · #2 10-09-2011, 10:24 PM

One of my favorites, but not easy to grow and bloom well. Any tips?

WhiteRabbit · #3 10-10-2011, 12:39 AM

Wow - it's lovely!

Zoi2 · #4 10-10-2011, 12:49 AM

I agree, it's lovely!
Joann

glengary54 · #5 10-10-2011, 01:05 AM

JPMC - it is lovely and not as common as one might think which is surprising considering how beautiful both the flower and foliage is.

RosieC · #6 10-10-2011, 04:02 AM

Really pretty.

JPMC · #7 10-10-2011, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bayard

One of my favorites, but not easy to grow and bloom well. Any tips?

It's my first attempt so this could be luck, but I grow it like other Habenarias: moist and warm in the growing season and warm (> 60F) in the winter but keep it bone dry at that time. I grow it in 50% worm castings and 50% perlite. When growing, I fertilize weakly weekly (125-150 ppm of a urea-free fertilizer).

Fernando · #8 10-10-2011, 08:35 AM

A funny flower - at first look I thought I was in a wrong thread - looked like a pink Zelenkoa! Really lovely, Habenarias are quite seldom over here...

Fer