My new Stan nigroviolacea

[LauraN]

Very nice. I have had this one on my wish list for awhile!

[linsoo]

Thanks for those great pics! I am new to orchid growing and just bought a Stanhopea indora x nigroviolacea(can see why you sorten the names!) It's just a little guy(hopefully you can see the pic, remember I'm new to this) and since I live in a very cold climate he didn't look so good when i got him home so hope i don't loose him. Any special way to look after this type???

[Undergrounder]

Originally Posted by linsoo

Thanks for those great pics! I am new to orchid growing and just bought a Stanhopea indora x nigroviolacea(can see why you sorten the names!) It's just a little guy(hopefully you can see the pic, remember I'm new to this) and since I live in a very cold climate he didn't look so good when i got him home so hope i don't loose him. Any special way to look after this type???

I'm really no expert on Stans but i do know they like low light. The grower i got the stan nigro from had all his in almost full shade. Is that frost damage or sun damage on your leaves? I lost half a leaf of my Stan embreei to sun damage. It hasn't hurt it that bad, there's new growths coming through now.

The other thing is to put it in a hanging basket with paper bark or something weak around the sides so the flowers can burst through the bottom. If they're in a pot the flowers will die at the bottom.

Ummm... what else. The grower i got mine from grows his in 3:1 perlite to coco coir.

But yeah maybe someone else here knows more about Stans.

[linsoo]

Well it's not sun damage that's for sure! It was in my car for about 4 hours. Temp outside being about zero. Maybe my light is too strong.

[flacajun]

Very nice, can I ask how old these plants are? I recently got my first Stan nigrrov, and have been doing a little research. and this is the first place that I have found that people are actively growing these. Keep up the good work. Any advice on Growing would be appreciated.

flacajun.

[nancy]

Why don't hybridizers try for some stanhopea blossoms that last a week? Now *that* would be something!
Still, they are spectacular! That nigroviolacea (which used to be wardii var. nigroviolacea pre-taxonomists) is just dazzling! A beauty!
Regards - Nancy

[Undergrounder]

I'm not sure how old my plant is flacajun, i heard though they take like 6 years to flower or something, which is possibly why not many people hybridize them... I've looked at getting a flask, but decided not to for the same reason.

Since then i've bought another 3 smaller plants or offcuts from another grower, and they're only a year or two off flowering so that seems like a better way to get these guys..

[Greenorchid]

OMG, my favorite Stanh!!!
It's soooooooooo cute, congrats!!!

[nancy]

Pretty sure that's the first time I've every heard stanhopea blossoms referred to as "cute". Bizarre, impressive, striking, magnificent, dazzling, spectacular - but cute?
Nancy

[HorseChick]

Well grown

I have two Stans in wire baskets that I haven't been able to bloom.