Orchids have taught me....

[Ray]

Patience!

Some time after "the big freeze" that wiped out my 20-year orchid collection, Rod Venger gave me a 2" pot containing a tiny, 2-pseudobulb Dendrobium speciosum plant. The largest growth was about 1.5" tall.

Now, some 10-or-more years later, a "first bloom seedling" has emerged:

As a reference, that's an 8" basket it's in, the growth bearing the two spikes on the left is 27" tall, and the overall width, tip-of-spikes to leaves on the far right, is 52".

Here's a close-up of the pleasantly perfumed blossoms.

[cb977]

WOW!!!

[shams]

WOW is right!

[Ross]

That's strange. I always thought D. superbum was a syn for D. anosmum. If so it should look like

IOSPE PHOTOS See the syn. section.

[tuvoc]

As difficult it may be to patiently wait for a 'slow bloomer', the reward is always worth it! Congrats, and great job, Ray!

Kim

[khill]

Ditto what everyone else said---beautiful!

[tbentl]

WTG Ray!

[Ray]

Your right Ross. Note the "edit" comment in my original post.

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Ross

That's strange. I always thought D. superbum was a syn for D. anosmum. If so it should look like

IOSPE PHOTOS See the syn. section.

Ross, Ray's plant is Dendrobium speciosum, not superbum

[Ross]

Got that! I was just thinking I was losing it. Thanks for the edit Ray. Great growing job and really nice plant.