Psychopsiella limminghei

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

For some reason, I thought I had posted about this orchid via my own thread a long time ago, but apparently I haven't…

These photos are from 2012, but I still own this plant. I've owned this plant since 2008, (it doesn't feel like I've had it for that long, but according to past records, yes, I have).

If I'm not mistaken, it doesn't bloom every year. From my recollection, this orchid blooms once every 2 years.

It grows painfully slow, and pretty much resembles a miniature version of their cousins Psychopsis.

Just like their cousins, the pseudobulbs turn brown when exposed to intense lighting. The leaves will also present itself with their mottled brown pigmentation when exposed to bright indirect light, which is evident in the pic below, (bottom right corner).

Unlike Psychopsis, these are not sequential bloomers. It's one flower per spike, and once it's done, it's done.

It is temperature tolerant. I grow this outdoors year round, mounted on a tree fern pole.

They're moderately easy to grow, not something I'd recommend to a total newbie.

I'll post a pic of the seed pod later.