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Epidendrum radicans 'Pinky'
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In the spring of 2015 I found a basket of this on a supplier's greenhouse floor. He gave me a chunk. Some one else identified it for me. It has just grown since then. I put it under a cheap grow light this fall and now have 4 scapes soon to bloom and maybe more to come.
It gets bright light, water and fert sometimes and otherwise benign neglect. Easy and adaptable...but not floofy. |
But it blooms so much more constantly than "floofys"!
Nice color! |
Something to be said for easy and rewarding, huh?😁
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Absolutely lovely! I'm a big fan of Epis.
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Really nice color!
I remember seeing flower beds full of reed-stem Epis in coastal southern California when I was a kid. They were mostly a yellow-orange-red variety. Watch carefully for spider mites. They love these. |
Nice, but no 'radicans'. More like a secundum-hybrid.
They flower all year round ... well, more or less. Sometimes they take a sabbatical, too! |
It came without any name. An orchid dealer suggested it was radicans. Thanks for the info, Fernando, I'll look into that.
The original plant was collected by a Purdue professor who obtained it (I understand) from their native habitat where they grow like weeds (and are mowed off by brush hogs). From another site, Phapmadman says: "Epi. radicans should typically have relatively abundant roots along the stem, and most other reed-stems will be more limited to roots only at the base - a relative difference, not absolute..." this plants has abundant stem roots. |
That would be radicans, indeed. As far as I know, radicans is semi-resupinate, not like the flowers in your photo.
Alas - it's beautiful as it is. |
What a beautiful springtime burst of color!
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I see your point. Apparently there is a lot of breeding being done.
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