guessing game - Orchid Board

jonnygreenthumb · #1 11-23-2006, 12:51 AM

OK this is one of my new babies

. Can you guess what it is? Clue: likes stagnant air.

Tindomul · #2 11-23-2006, 01:14 AM

Stagnant Air huh. I have just the place to put it in. Is it a Ghost ORchid? Just a shot in the dark, cause I really don't know.

Mahon · #3 11-23-2006, 02:36 AM

Have to agree, Dendrophyllax lindenii... nice to see that this species is entering cultivation more and more! When adult plants, they aren't as tempermental and difficult to grow...

-Pat

ws_1708 · #4 11-24-2006, 12:57 AM

i think that is Chiloschista... that plant without leaf.

jonnygreenthumb · #5 11-25-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Tindomul1of9

Stagnant Air huh. I have just the place to put it in. Is it a Ghost ORchid? Just a shot in the dark, cause I really don't know.

It is a Ghost orchid, a Polyrrhiza lindenii

Tindomul · #6 11-25-2006, 09:45 PM

Woo-Hoo. I've never been so lucky!

justatypn · #7 11-25-2006, 11:51 PM

Your to funny Tindo...great guess

, would have never known myself. Are they leafless? Looks like phal type roots? Not familiar with this particular species.

jonnygreenthumb · #8 11-26-2006, 02:43 AM

Can't wait for it to bloom

. Think I've got a while though, any ideas on how long of a wait? I have to keep it in a small 5gl. tank with peat soaked in 'clean' water. No air movement, high humidity. Hopefully I'll be entering it in AOS judging, for a perfect flower

Mahon · #9 11-26-2006, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jonnygreenthumb

Can't wait for it to bloom

. Think I've got a while though, any ideas on how long of a wait? I have to keep it in a small 5gl. tank with peat soaked in 'clean' water. No air movement, high humidity. Hopefully I'll be entering it in AOS judging, for a perfect flower

By the looks of those seedlings, and being in cultivation, you may have about 6 or so years until first bloom. When first bloom occurs, it will usually be a small flower. You have to wait either the next year or two years. They usually do not flower every year. When on its second blooming, it will be more floriferous, either producing 2 or 3 flowers a spike, or two spikes.

The problem with Dendrophyllax lindenii is that most plants do not produce nicely formed flowers. Some are usually tubular, small, or just down-right dogged. I watched many of the seedlings at Selby Gardens bloom for their first time, and then the next year, blooming again. After first blooming, there is typically quite a bit of root growth. Mature cultivated plants will produce roots to 8 or 9 inches long... the best way to grow them (besides on Pond Apple branches) is on an orchid slat with sphagnum moss tied onto the slat with the plant surrounded in moss. NEVER allow your plant to dry!

Hope some of this information helps you... sorry if it is not in order, I am quite tired...

-Pat

jonnygreenthumb · #10 11-29-2006, 12:47 AM

Well you all were close I's a POLYRRHIZA/POLYRADICION lindeni.