Ephr. Veittchii - Orchid Board

AndreaM · #1 07-20-2008, 06:18 PM

Can anyone help me with this abbreviation ie., Ephr.? I have attached an image of the orchid but can't seem to find any info on it... does Ephr. stand for Ephrata?
Thanks,
Andrea

Shirley · #2 07-20-2008, 10:53 PM

Andrea, I don't know if the abbreviation is correct but I believe the plant is probably an Epiphronitis veitchii. I would know better with a picture but I had one of these many years ago -- lovely. Lots of flowers!

justatypn · #3 07-20-2008, 11:04 PM

If indeed it is a Epiphronitis veitchii per "ondy...it's a primary hybrid between epidendrum radicans and sophronitis coccinea"...thanks for this info, he has a lovely

in his gallery. Thanks again ondy

Rosim_in_BR · #4 07-20-2008, 11:07 PM

Andrea, Shirley and Cheryl are right, Epiphronitis Veitchii is a primary hybrid between Epidendrum radicans and Sophronitis coccinea first made in 1890. Ephs stands for Epiphronitis. It is a plant with somewhat erratic growing habit that usually send out several roots from the middle of the stem (characteristic inherited from Epid. radicans) and has a red flower resembling that of Epidendrum.

AndreaM · #5 07-25-2008, 07:42 PM

Here's the image. The roots grow way up on the stem and is not very floriferous... it usually only produces one or two flowers which are a dull red.
thanks for the help.

Leisurely · #6 07-28-2008, 03:12 PM

I have Ephr. Veitchii and the plant is tiny. It could be tiny because it is a seedling but it appears to be tiny because of what it is; a Sophronitis hybrid. The leaves are less than one in long and one quarter inch wide. I purchased it last fall from a grower in Virginia when it was about four inches tall in a three inch pot. It has grown about two inches. I think it is a Veitch hybrid from the eighteen hundreds and it is very rare.
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Don Perusse · #7 07-28-2008, 08:47 PM

Wow! they look like monsters. All those roots! With all those roots I wonder if you were to cut it up into pieces would they grow if left with enough roots on each piece?

Leisurely · #8 07-29-2008, 10:46 AM

If you were to do that Don, I am sure that they would all make a new plant. I had an interesting experience recently about propagation. I bought Den. Oriental Smile 'Fantasy' recently and it needed reportting. When I took the plant out of the pot, I noticed that it had been started from a one inch cutting from a mature cane. Apparently the growers propagate this way. They take a mature cane and section it into small pieces, each having a live node and grow a new plant.

Don Perusse · #9 07-29-2008, 12:47 PM

Interesting. I have done it with Phaius, Nuns Orchid by cutting into sections, then laying it on potting soil mix and they grew. I guess it work the same way with other canes especially if they alread had ariel roots. Tanks!