2013 Sobralias blooming in So Cal
I love these orchids. Grow like tall grassy shrubs, beautiful flowers. Too bad the blooming doesn't recur over more than a month or so. A white, blooming profusely (a Sobralia mirabilis "Angelica" from Cal Orchids that I bought in 2011 (white), an unidentified but beautiful S. veitchii also purchased in late 2011 (off white with lavender and yellow), and a S. macrantha I ordered online from a vendor in Puerto Rico in the same year (lavender) - it had its first blooms on one stalk this year, next year I expect a profuse blooming on many stalks). Perhaps next year I will be adding the blooms of yet another Sobralia that I purchased in 2011, a seedling then, (I believe a mirabilis x xantholeuca cross), just now starting to put out larger growths. We'll see. I should be yellow, I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like.
These are cool growers, I can keep them outdoors here all year, potted in a mix of bark and coconut husks. As long as temps don't dip below freezing I should be OK.
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