Mystery Cirr. tingabarium (Project 7 Warn - Autumn 2008)

[CoolPhrog]

Happy I could help, Camille!!!

[kiki-do]

Originally Posted by dgenovese1

Here are 2 photos I took today of my little guy with 4 blooms on one infloresence. I'm posting the photos with my guess as to what it is before reading the thread, just to see if I'm at all close.

My first guess is that it is a Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris syn. Cirrhopetalum pecten-veneris.

If it's not that, I think it might be a Cirrhopetalum miniatum.

Wow, you got a nice bloom than I did! Here is a shot of mine after it started going by, but it never looked like yours! My guess is a Cirrhopetalum tingabarinum.

[quiltergal]

Kiki yours looks like it only fully developed one flower on the umbrel. Normally there are 3-4. I think you guessed right.

[kiki-do]

Originally Posted by quiltergal

Kiki yours looks like it only fully developed one flower on the umbrel. Normally there are 3-4. I think you guessed right.

Hey Terri!
You wouldn't happen to know what caused this little plant to be so short-lived and underdeveloped would you?

[whygreenberg]

Hey there Kiki...I can't really offer any ideas as to why it would've only put out a single flower. But, I believe that many Bulbo/Cirrhos have short-lived blooms. How long did yours last? I know that both mine and David's lasted exactly a week. My Bulbo guttulatum was exactly the same – about a week. This just seems to be typical of some Bulbo species.

[kiki-do]

Originally Posted by whygreenberg

Hey there Kiki...I can't really offer any ideas as to why it would've only put out a single flower. But, I believe that many Bulbo/Cirrhos have short-lived blooms. How long did yours last? I know that both mine and David's lasted exactly a week. My Bulbo guttulatum was exactly the same – about a week. This just seems to be typical of some Bulbo species.

Well, to be honest, it didn't really develop so you could actually recognize it as a bloom, but just fizzled out. I would say I could see orange for about three days before it just wilted away.

[quiltergal]

I wonder if it caught a draft and blasted? Yvan is right they don't last long. I have a Bulb. Daisy Chain that only lasted a week. It did bloom 3 times over the summer, so maybe this guy has that same multiple spiking qualities.

[Lene Th.]

Congrats to those who got their flowers! I wasent able to get any of thees plants in Norway, and the costs and work by ordering from elsewhere just was not wourth the effort...
So ill have to be content by looking at yours!

[quiltingwacko]

Perhaps in the future it will be easier to get orchids from elsewhere Lene. I wish you had been able to participate.

[susiep]

Here are the newest pics of my warm mystery plant. I thought I had bloom spikes but it appears I have new pseudobulbs. One at the top and one at the bottom.