I love Rogue. I have several from them.

Usually I would only select plants that will be happy in the conditions I am able to provide (I am in love with miltoniopsis intergenerics, and I tried them, but I just cannot keep them cool enough no matter what I do, so I gave up), but that Stanhopea tigrina nigroviolacea 'The Predator' just spoke to me and I had to have it. Yes, it has been a challenge to figure how to coax into blooming, but I think I have figured it out, and all in all, it was worth the trouble. If I had chance to go back and reconsider before I bought it, I sill would have made the same decision.

Those of you in hot climates who have trouble getting Stan tigrina to bloom, maybe look into some of the warmer-growing species. Stan tigrina is a fairly high-elevation plant, 1200 m or more. Conversely, I have a Stan embreei that bloomed for the first time for me after 9 years of sitting there and making leaves, last year. It's marginal where I live, Baker gives the habitat low of 50 F and high of 93 F, around 500 m. There are other species that I don't know at all since I focus on the cooler-growing ones. So look around for the lower-elevation members of the genus and it may not be such a battle.

I really appreciate everybody's advice. Obviously most of you know a lot more about Stanhopea than I do, and I love the suggestions. However, there's only one Stanhopea I'm really that interested and that is the one that I have. I doubt very much I'll ever have another Stanhopea.

Yes, it has been a struggle to find out what I have to do to get it to bloom, but bringing it inside once the spikes start to show isn't really any trouble. It took me a while to figure this out, and I had several years of aborted spikes before I figure it out, and that was madly frustrating, but now that I've found out what little additional care it needs, I'm finally going to get it to bloom. This is a triumph, and I don't mind having to baby it a little to get it to do what it's supposed to do. No, it's not suited for my climate, and I normally wouldn't purchase such a plant, but coiled deep within my soul has always been the need to know if I could grow this plant.

I don't mean to sound defensive or dismissive of other people's advice, I'm just explaining the thought process that led me to buy this plant.

Of course! Enjoy it! A spectacular species, glad you have found the "formula"!

Is Rogue still around? The owner used to post here on OB.

The website (rogueorchids.com) appears to be inactive.

Probably gone rogue... :rofl:

#dead :rofl:

The first one finally opened! It's everything i hoped for. The struggle was worth it.

Very cool!