Cycnodes

[AvantGardner]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Oh, ok, so my Golden Shower will always bloom the same way regardless of the light intensity.

I posted mine in bloom last year and some people commented on the sex of the flower and I had no idea what they were talking about actually as I thought I was seeing both parts in each flower. lol

Mine had all the leaves on when in bloom in the fall. I saw many many of them. all in bloom with all the leaves green.
I guess different variety lose their leaves at different time.

I believe Golden Showers is a cycnoches hybrid, not cycnodes, which is an intergenic cross between a mormodes and cycnoches. Cycnoches do have male and female flowers. The mormodes parent in the cycnodes cross carries the hermaphroditic trait to all of it's offspring, it is a dominant trait and one that prolongs flower life due to the loss of a triggering mechanism for pollen transfer from flower to pollinator.

So, double check the tag. Cycnoches are bisexual, having two different flower sexes, each one looking different from the other. Cycnodes are hermaphroditic, having both systems in one "perfect" flower that will always bloom the same way.

Hope I helped clear things up and didn't cause further confusion...