Where to buy Egret Flower (Habenaria Radiata)

[Pelepel]

Originally Posted by CClia

Thanks Bub.
I saw some website in side US sell them but most of them say out of stock right now. I don't want to buy it all the way in China.
CC

Just a heads up. eBay has a lot of sellers in Asia selling plants. Unless you have all the paperwork and certificates, even for a tiny bulb, it will get confiscated and you could possibly get into trouble with fines/jail. Buy local in your own country, especially here in the US. eBay doesn't warn nor regulate the sale of live plants nor do they give you a heads up what you're buying is illegal without the proper channels.

[CClia]

Thanks Natalie, Philip and Pelepel. I ordered from Wild Orchid and I'm still waiting for the shipment.
No, I'm not going to order out side US.

CC

[Paphluvr]

Here are a couple of links I found :

Specialty Bulbs - Van Bourgondien - Similar

http://www.thimblefarms.com/htm/pere...iata.htmCached

Paphluvr

[MAorchidlvr]

Hello! I am not sure if you are still looking to buy the white egret orchid or not but they are available on amazon.com under their scientific name of Habenaria radiata. Hope this helps!

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by Bud

Pecteilis radiata (syn. Habenaria radiata) is a species of orchid endemic to China, Japan, Korea and Russia. It is commonly known as the White Egret Flower, Fringed Orchid or Sagiso. It should not be confused with the white fringed orchid Platanthera praeclara, which is a North American species. The Sagiso is the official flower of Setagaya ward, Tokyo.

I believe that it is proper etiquette to supply a source and acknowledge the actual author when you directly copy and paste things from other websites. I'm pretty sure that's called plagiarism

Habenaria radiata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

from the website linked above..

Pecteilis radiata (syn. Habenaria radiata) is a species of orchid endemic to China, Japan, Korea and Russia.[1] It is commonly known as the White Egret Flower, Fringed Orchid or Sagiso. It should not be confused with the white fringed orchid Platanthera praeclara, which is a North American species. The Sagiso is the official flower of Setagaya ward, Tokyo.

CClia, sorry to hijack this thread, but I couldn't help but call out what I saw.

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Yeah, copying and pasting isn't bad, but not including a source link or even simply noting it's copied is plagiarism.

[Miss Flower]

Habenaria Radiata - Orchid Forum by The Orchid Source

I know it's a different forum but I think the info is good

[mharari]

I happened into a few bulbs. I started them in leaf mold, sticks, perlite and shredded sphagnum. Should I have put stones in the bottom of the pot to increase drainage? What should I use to fertilize? Any advice is appreciated.

[DeanPrangley]

I've also been after this species but no luck yet here in RSA! Habenaria that I do grow are medusa, carnea, two colours of rhodocheila and Regnieri (great Hab hybrid for beginners)

Some cultural advice based on my growing experience.

I've been through a few soil mixes and have settled on 2 parts fine bark, 2 parts sphagnum moss, 1 part perlite (5-8mm) and 1 part 5-8mm LECA. This holds moisture well but allows the media to stay airy and keep away the rot, I've even had single plants grow well in this mix. I put a very thin layer of gravel at the bottom of the pot to avoid the lower media staying too soggy.

I start watering when the first leaf is already well out the ground and the second leaf is visible and I am sure to keep the potting mix damp all the way through till flowering

When the flowers are all open I start allowing the media to dry for two or three days at a time and then water again before allowing another few dry days, this helps the tubers fatten up. When all the flowers are done and the leaves have started yellowing, I withhold all water and allow the plant to go totally dormant.

A few weeks after the plant has entered total dormancy I carefully unpot the tuber and inspect it, seperater any extras that may have formed, rinse it off if necessary and then carefully pot it up again. I only LIGHTLY MIST the surface of the pot once a month during dormancy (very lightly so as to only lightly dampen the top 1-2cm)

Then I wait till I see leaves poking out and repeat it all again. I've had good success with my Habenaria like this.

A few 6 month 18-6-12 Osmocote pellets in the lower third of the pot is all I feed them.

[estación seca]

You have good taste in orchids!

But remember Habenaria radiata is a bog plant. The others you mentioned are forest floor plants. In habitat the substrates, exposures and climates are very different.

I don't know all the things Hab. radiata can successfully grow in, but most of what I've read online suggests extremely loose mixtures of pumice, cinders, perlite or the like, and some sphagnum moss as a topping. This is quite different from suggested media for the more tropical Habenaria species.

The summer watering regime and wintering requirements are very different between Hab. radiata and the other species you mentioned. Fertilizer recommendations are likewise quite different. Most bog plants are much more sensitive to nitrogen excess than are forest floor plants.

This is a good source of information on growing Hab. radiata:
Kusamono Gardens
Note in the listing for the plant they have a downloadable PDF care sheet.

This company takes pre-orders in the fall for delivery of tubers the following spring. Prices are better for pre-orders, and tubers are easier to ship, in good condition, than are plants. I don't know whether they do international orders.

Putting a layer of a different medium on the bottom of a pot has been preached for decades. It actually makes drainage worse. There is an interface between media, and water will pool above the interface. For plants with high water requirements this may be a good idea, but plants that truly do need good drainage should have the same soil medium from top to bottom of the pot.