Stanhopea Love Potion No. 9

[smweaver]

Flowers just opened this morning on this primary hybrid of tigrina and connata. Extremely fragrant.

[Frdemetr]

Wow! The flower aspect is exactly between the two parents! Nice plant, nice pics, congrats!

[nancy]

Nice flower! It is always an event when stanhopeas bloom!
Instead of hybridizing every little thing to have big flat flowers, somebody should work on stanhopea flowers that will last more than a few days. Now that would be worth having.

[cb977]

Fantastic!
Thanks for sharing

[smweaver]

Thank you for all of your comments. Does anyone here grow Stanhopea connata? I've never seen one "in person," but I've read that connata's flowers are not so nice smelling. The flowers on Love Potion are very good, so I was wondering if someone who's grown connata could share his or her views regarding its flowers. Thanks again for the feedback!

[Tricho]

Congrats smweaver, it is really nice

Originally Posted by nancy

Nice flower! It is always an event when stanhopeas bloom!
Instead of hybridizing every little thing to have big flat flowers, somebody should work on stanhopea flowers that will last more than a few days. Now that would be worth having.

totally agree about the hybridizing stuff!