I got a Max "coconut"

[jesscorine]

Waldor Orchids was at the farmers market, so I packed up my family and went. I didn't tell my husband why...but I talked him into $20 for a close-to-bloom Max. I dont have the tag in front of me but hopefully you know what I'm talking about lol

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[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Maxillaria tenuifolia, (aka Coconut Orchid).

[jesscorine]

Yes, thats it i got one that was ready to bloom instead of in bloom, i hope i made the right choice!

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[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Bright indirect light. Grow along with many of the Cattleyas and Vandas.

Temperature tolerant, but it really favors intermediate to warm temperatures (55 F - 95 F).

Moderate to high humidity (60% - 80% is adequate).

Wet growing season (spring/summer). Severely reduce watering during late fall/winter.

Grows fast.

Difficult to bloom

Easy to grow.

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From the Vera Cruz, Mexico area.

It is an epiphyte.

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Very fragrant. Smells like coconut oil, hence the common name, Coconut Orchid.

[jesscorine]

The woman at the Waldor tent said I could grow them alongside my phals and treat them similarly, and that it's a hearty plant. Does that sound correct? I have all of my plants on my shaded porch (as pictured in another recent thread) right now anyways.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Forgot...

The roots don't look like Phal roots. Some of these roots look brown and dead, but they're really very much alive. Don't remove any of the roots even if you think they're dead.

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Originally Posted by jesscorine

The woman at the Waldor tent said I could grow them alongside my phals and treat them similarly, and that it's a hearty plant. Does that sound correct? I have all of my plants on my shaded porch (as pictured in another recent thread) right now anyways.

No. She's very, very wrong. Please read my posts again.

[jesscorine]

I wouldn't dream of it...I specifically asked about the pot it was in and she said I shouldn't repot since it was just repot last year. I'm not going to touch it... It has new growth and at least 2 blooms about to open.

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Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

No. She's very, very wrong. Please read my posts again.

*sigh* noted If I have time today I will do some more specific research and figure out the best locations around my house (until I move in a month and have to rethink it all over again! )

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The photo on facebook is the reason I ventured to the farmer's market today, such a great display

[AngelinaMaria]

I wish the farmers markets around here had stuff like that! What a great display...

[Rowangreen]

If you head down to the projects forum you'll find there's a massive thread with people growing this orchid. There seems to be some debate about what it takes to get them to flower!

I read somewhere that in the wild they grow in ravines, which might mean they cope with some extremes: floods sometimes, dry others, sometimes vegetation growing over them, sometimes it gets stripped away... Don't know that, but could be. I met someone recently claimed to have killed one. I was quite impressed.

Don't strip away the brown leaf husks under the pseudobulbs: in this plant the roots grow down underneath them so they are using that covering.

[jesscorine]

Originally Posted by Rowangreen

If you head down to the projects forum you'll find there's a massive thread with people growing this orchid. There seems to be some debate about what it takes to get them to flower!

I read somewhere that in the wild they grow in ravines, which might mean they cope with some extremes: floods sometimes, dry others, sometimes vegetation growing over them, sometimes it gets stripped away... Don't know that, but could be. I met someone recently claimed to have killed one. I was quite impressed.

Don't strip away the brown leaf husks under the pseudobulbs: in this plant the roots grow down underneath them so they are using that covering.

thanks! this will be my project too, in the sense that i am just going to be hands off, but submit it to different conditions than my others (within my abilities). At least it's almost in bloom so i can enjoy it before it becomes difficult :-D