Iwanagara Apple Blossom Golden Elf - Orchid Board

mascia · #1 08-04-2018, 12:33 PM

I bought it last year and it's blooming for the first time under my care.

The bulbs are much more compact than the regular Apple Blossom, but I might have to repot it after it's done with the flowers.

Ben_in_North_FLA · #2 08-04-2018, 07:58 PM

it is a great little plant, can be grown to specimen size in short term, good job on getting so many flowers, looks like pot if full of mostly roots...

Paphluvr · #3 08-04-2018, 08:16 PM

Looks very floriferous, compact and has a very showy flower. What's not to like?

mascia · #4 08-05-2018, 10:35 AM

Yes! Had it been fragrant, it would've been perfect. I'm looking forward to getting the regular Iwanagara Apple Blossom as well. I bought one last year, but it came with some sort of fungal disease and died within a few weeks.

bellini girl · #5 08-05-2018, 11:03 AM

Beautiful. 👏. Are you growing this in SH, quite the root system you got there.

mascia · #6 08-05-2018, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bellini girl

Beautiful. 👏. Are you growing this in SH, quite the root system you got there.

Thank you! This is just bark. I tried to repot some cattleyas in SH but they didn't do very well. I think it's so wet, cloudy and humid here that there's no need to use SH. Now that it's "winter" I water them once every 10 days or so.