Maxillaria ...dunno - Orchid Board

Gin · #1 08-24-2006, 04:37 PM

A good friend gave this to me several years ago , it finally bloomed , decided it is a Max. of some type .
I can't ask the person as he passed on right after it was given to me .
Not pretty but special . Gin

Tikva · #2 08-24-2006, 04:44 PM

Oh sweet. The story and the flower. I hope it thrives forever for you Gin!!

Tindomul · #3 08-24-2006, 04:53 PM

Yes it is pretty. Its a very nice little flower.
Thanks for posting.

cb977 · #4 08-24-2006, 05:09 PM

That's a nice whateveritis! I know that little baby will always be just a little extra special

Maba · #5 08-24-2006, 07:46 PM

I just received my Maxillaria tenufolia, but have not bloomed it yet. The flowers are similar but orangey and said to smell like coconut. The leaves are pretty different--very grassy. Does yours have a fragrance?

justatypn · #6 08-24-2006, 09:56 PM

Awww Gin I like that, wish I could help with a name, but thats a very special plant.

Mahon · #7 08-24-2006, 10:05 PM

This seems to be Max. crassifolia... but does not look like the Florida form... nice plant, and a great species!

-PM

Gin · #8 08-24-2006, 10:26 PM

Thanks for the name

and thanks to all for looking . Gotta hand it to you Mahon I took a picture of it to the Orchid show at the Bot. garden in St. Louis they didn't know what it was . Gin

Wendy · #9 11-17-2006, 10:44 PM

Very nice Gin. Were you gifted that from Luke? (I hope you're the same Gin I'm thinking of) That was back in the days when I first started posting at Garden Web and he helped me a couple times before he got really sick.

Gin · #10 11-18-2006, 10:46 AM

Yes, the plant is from Luke also a couple others he gave me have bloomed , they are special .
He will be gone 5 years in May.

I will always be grateful for the orchid knowledge he gave me .
Good to see you Wendy

Gin