Spring 2022 plant project: sign up and plant suggestions

[Keysguy]

There are some cool growers on the list that would just not work for me, which is fine.

I noticed Camille included Epidendrum ciliare on her suggestion list. If people are not familiar with this plant, I highly recommend you do some research. I have over 200 plants in my collection and ciliare is among my top 5 favorites. It's an easy grower (mounted), interesting flower (lacy lip) and growth habit and a fragrance very similar to gardenia that will knock your socks off.

2 potential drawbacks for some growers might be that a) it grows best mounted and b) it's a fairly good sized plant.

Mine just won best Epidendrum at the Key West show and is about to undergo a major re-mounting on a new piece of cork when it stops blooming as the current mount is ancient and disintegrating.

I think it's a worthy consideration for the project team.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Keysguy

There are some cool growers on the list that would just not work for me, which is fine.

I noticed Camille included Epidendrum ciliare on her suggestion list. If people are not familiar with this plant, I highly recommend you do some research. I have over 200 plants in my collection and ciliare is among my top 5 favorites. It's an easy grower (mounted), interesting flower (lacy lip) and growth habit and a fragrance very similar to gardenia that will knock your socks off.

2 potential drawbacks for some growers might be that a) it grows best mounted and b) it's a fairly good sized plant.

Mine just won best Epidendrum at the Key West show and is about to undergo a major re-mounting on a new piece of cork when it stops blooming as the current mount is ancient and disintegrating.

I think it's a worthy consideration for the project team.

Thanks for the info, and congrats on getting an award!
The plant was suggested by someone else, and I put all the suggestions in the first post as a way to centralize the information. Last night I was busy looking up vendors, and Epidendrum ciliare seems hard to find in the US, so it probably won't make the list regardless of its size.