Sophronitis coccinea

[ronaldhanko]

Still one of my favorite plants and flowers:

Sophronitis coccinea on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Zoi2]

Oh what a little beauty.
Joann

[isurus79]

Oh man I wish I could grow this one! Congrats!!

[shakkai]

Really beautiful! I wish I would see mine bloom sometime!! LOL! It keeps growing new bulbs, but I've yet to see a flower. Does it need more light, do you think?

[Sun rm.N.E.]

Ron

Beautiful form on this flower.

What a dramatic shot, and no Black velvet look either.

[Tom F]

WOW what a great flower!

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by shakkai

Really beautiful! I wish I would see mine bloom sometime!! LOL! It keeps growing new bulbs, but I've yet to see a flower. Does it need more light, do you think?

Mine is not grown under very high light (flourescents), but I do vary the hours the lights are on from summer to winter and keep it as cool as I can.

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by Sun rm.N.E.

Ron

Beautiful form on this flower.

What a dramatic shot, and no Black velvet look either.

Thanks, Sun. Can't do them all on black.

[lostonthebeach]

Beautiful rich color. Very nice indeed.

[shakkai]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Mine is not grown under very high light (flourescents), but I do vary the hours the lights are on from summer to winter and keep it as cool as I can.

That's odd then. It must be something else, then. Mine is in a window getting natural light - which varies quite a lot here from summer to winter (light from 4AM - 10PM in mid-summer, and only from 8AM - 4PM in winter) and its growing in the same temps with some of the intermediate Masdevallia, so relatively cool too.

Whatever you're doing - keep it up! Its obviously happy - and very, very beautiful.