Project 2023 Spring Sarcochilus

[Roberta]

Sounds reasonable... Sunset Valley Orchids does sell their plants, I would guess that they get imported to the US as flasks. I don't think that we can buy any plants directly from Australia, at least not retail. Mountains of regulations on both sides of the ocean.

[Blueszz]

I'm hooked on these little plants.
I bought 2 more, will receive them next Tuesday.

Sarcochilus Kulnura Opus (E081)
Sarcochilus Kulnura Strange (E138)

The 2 I bought summer 2023 both have the beginning of 2 spikes.
These are Sarcochilus Kulnura Roundup 'Multi Spot' x Kulnura Secure 'Shapely' and Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii

[Blueszz]

I have the 2 original Sarcochilus I bought this summer flowering. How are yours performing?

Showing you the flowers from Sarcochilus fitzgeraldi. The Kulnura cultivar needs a bit more time to fully open its flowers. Photo's from that one soon.

But today the fitzgeraldii.

[Roberta]

I have quite a few buds... my Sarcos are mostly running late this year. So I wait...

[Blueszz]

Originally Posted by Roberta

I have quite a few buds... my Sarcos are mostly running late this year. So I wait...

Sweet! Can't wait to see they pictures.

After the first two I bought 2 other ones, no spikes so far, but I don't know how they were cultivated before I bought them. Maybe the are very late, or they skip this spring.

[Roberta]

One that I DO have blooming now... the species Sarcochilus falcatus. This one seems happy mounted, somewhat shady. But in the morning sun, brilliant white.

[Blueszz]

Originally Posted by Roberta

One that I DO have blooming now... the species Sarcochilus falcatus. This one seems happy mounted, somewhat shady. But in the morning sun, brilliant white.

It's beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

My fitzgeraldii got sun damage. The Sarco next to it didn't. The fitzgeraldii can't take much light, very late evening sun, just before sunset. Lesson learned.

[Keysguy]

Nothing for me so far.
Plant looks nice and healthy with a lot of new roots forming but no sign yet of a spike.
I put it in my wine fridge at 45 degrees every night for 6 weeks back in Nov/Dec.
We shall see..............

[Blueszz]

Originally Posted by Keysguy

Nothing for me so far.
Plant looks nice and healthy with a lot of new roots forming but no sign yet of a spike.
I put it in my wine fridge at 45 degrees every night for 6 weeks back in Nov/Dec.
We shall see..............

Smart! According to culture sheets I found day temperatures should be lower too during fall/winter.

More experienced members, correct me if wrong.


I brought them indoors end of October when night temps went below 10C = 50F.
Yours might be later as you exposed them to low night temperatures a lot later than here occurred naturally.

As far as I'm aware of they have a 8-10C temp difference during summer too, between day and night. I'm not familiar with your climate.

[Roberta]

I live in a climate where I can give them whatever Mother Nature provides. (Frost free, winter nights pretty frequently get into the region of 4 deg C/40 deg F. Days usually in the 18-21 deg C/64-69 deg F range but sometimes cooler or warmer) So year-to-year fluctuations in when it gets chilly may shift blooming time. Rain pattern is also uncertain and variable, they get watered with sprinklers when it's dry for more than a few days, but if we get a week of rain, they get wetter than usual.