Restrepia guttulata Lindl. - Orchid Board

Rosim_in_BR · #1 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 09:53 PM

Every time I look at this orchid I can't help remembering some kind of cockroach

! Nice thing about this one is that it flowers numerous times on the same leaf. This lives in the wild in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.

shams · #2 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 02:26 AM

CRAZY! I DOES look kind of like a cockroach! Nice as it is.... if I ever move back home to Jamaica, I don't think I'll be buying this one and putting it in my bedroom. I'd have a heart attack every time I woke up

But it's a really neat plant! Is it fragrant at all?

khill · #3 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 07:23 AM

Quite an interesting flower for sure. Very nice!

Rosim_in_BR · #4 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shams

......But it's a really neat plant! Is it fragrant at all?

No, it is not Shams!

kiki-do · #5 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 07:52 PM

Hi Mauro! I really like these crazy looking orchids. I have two, but I have yet to see it blossom. Unless I need a magnifying glass to view it.

I think they look like clown faces! Very cute little guys! kiki

Djarum Black · #6 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 08:03 PM

Ohh those are neat-o looking!

Rosim_in_BR · #7 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kiki-do

Hi Mauro! I really like these crazy looking orchids. I have two, but I have yet to see it blossom. Unless I need a magnifying glass to view it.

I think they look like clown faces! Very cute little guys! kiki

Kiki, yes there are some small flowered Restrepias, but this one need no magnifying glass

. The flowers measure 3cm longitudinally!

DJ, this is easy to grow and also a small plant that flowers many times on the same leaf. Cool, ha?