Stanhopea cirrhata?

[Aussie42]

Hi folks.

Could anyone confirm this is a cirrhata? I bought it about a year ago and it flowered a few weeks ago - a good month or more later than Stanhopeas usually flower around my part of the world.

The bud got mauled by a scrub turkey the day before it opened - the stinking thing knocked the second bud off and put a hole in this one.

Fairly small flower compared to tigrina and oculata.

Cheers,
Aus.

[euplusia]

I think so.

Stanhopea cirrhata Lindl. 1850

[Paul]

Too bad about the turkey damage ... too bad you didn't have a cook pot ready for the bird.

Flower looks like wax or plastic with that thick texture and shine. Lovely color!

[Aussie42]

I'm bumping this because this darn think is sending a bud right now. So it's June here and like all right-thinking people who live in the correct (southern) hemisphere the only explanations I can give are either:

1. that indian summer we had a few weeks ago confused it; or

2. the S.cirratah flowers up to twice a year.

Any suggestions? I have no idea.

And I should add that none of my other Stanhopeas are flowering save this (yet) and they are in exactly the same conditions... I have lots of Stanhopeas.

Jan/Feb is the usual flowering season here for these (IMO and IMclimate). Mind you, the temperatures do get down to, like, below 10 degreees Celcius in winter so it can get fairly cool where I live. Not like those outlandish places like say North America or Europe.

Very curious whether this is an abberation or normal for S.cirrhata...

Should get a pic quite frankly but if you are reading this most likely you all know what a Stanhopea bud looks like. And trust me, I know what season it is here, approaching mid-winter. It just seems wrong...

Cheers,
Aus.