Embreea rodigasiana

[katrina]

Embreea rodigasiana -- Interesting stanhopea relative. Bright light (low-medium end of Catt light)...heavy water most of the year (I sit in a saucer of water and when it's dry I refill) but a slightly drier period once the growths have matured...which turned out to be early summer for me. I tucked it under the eaves to keep summer rains from hitting it and w/the hotter temps it was easy to keep on the drier side. Not a total lack of water...just not as wet as the rest of the year.

If memory serves me it bloomed in August..and like Stans it blooms from below or off the side so potting in a basket is mandatory. If humidity is high most of the time it would do very well mounted.

Blooms are waxy and extremely fragrant...very sweet smell. Short lived...I think it lasted about a week.

This was it's first bloom and even though the flowers are short lived...I love it. Can't wait for it to be a bit more mature.

Ignore the leaves...I don't know if that's a water thing or humidity issue...the edges do get ugly.

[Brooke]

Is that bloom as big as it looks on my screen?

Brooke

[MNBloom]

Lovely!

[WhiteRabbit]

Gorgeous!

[weederwoman]

An old adage:
Flowers in the stanhopea family hang below the basket
because they are ashamed to be seen in the company of their leaves. Only super growers have perfect leaves.

[Kevinator]

Great looking plant. It looks like an inward-folding green stanhopea. I may consider getting one myself if I didn't have a bunch of basket growing maxillarias and acinetas on my list. How big is the flower? It looks larger than your average stanhopea.

[nikkik]

The flower is fantastic! The squirrels found a way to get to my Stanhopeas this summer, so my plants are not looking pretty.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by Brooke

Is that bloom as big as it looks on my screen?

Brooke

Yes, it is...massive! The net basket it's in is a 6" and there is no optical illusion in that first pic. HUGE!

Originally Posted by weederwoman

An old adage:
Flowers in the stanhopea family hang below the basket
because they are ashamed to be seen in the company of their leaves. Only super growers have perfect leaves.

I have never heard this...good to know! Now I don't feel quite as badly about my ugly foliage. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Kevinator

How big is the flower? It looks larger than your average stanhopea.

I don't grow any Stans but the few that I've seen in person are smaller than this so I'm going to say it's likely bigger than the average Stan.



Thanks for all the great comment, everyone.

[sweetjblue]

Lovely flower!

I have a few Stans and the leaves look worse than yours. They only look nice when they first come out.

Quick trim with scissors fixes that!


Judi

[Brooke]

Thanks - big is better :>)

Brooke