A couple of not often seen Den species...

[katrina]

First up...Den tannii. This has become my favorite den. I like it so much I had to find an alba version.

I got this from a vendor who knows I like the unusual so he convinced me I should get this one...I really didn't know what to expect. The flowers started on this back in mid-last Summer and they are green at first...it kind of looked like it was making leaves...I just assumed keikis. After a few weeks the little "things" started turning pink...but it was still weeks before they began to open. It started blooming back in late Sept/October and is still blooming. As a matter of fact, it's making more flowers on a couple of other canes now.

Compact grower...med bright light...and I keep it fairly moist all the time. For size reference...it's in a 4" pot.



Den malbrownii -- I got this one a few years ago and I bought it because I liked the foliage. I had no idea what the flowers would look like and the person I got it from didn't know much about it or how to grow it. Not much info about it back then...still not much known about it today...at least not that I have been able to find.

I've been growing it in bright light but I suspect (based on the flower count) that I need to continue to increase the light. The flower count could be due to the fact that I think it's still a young plant...but I'll try more light and see what happens. It's in a 4" net basket w/sphag and I keep it fairly moist year round. Still tweaking the conditions though.