Maxillaria tenuifolia (Project 11 - Summer 2010)

[No-Pro-mwa]

Sounds like this one, once it gets going gets scary.

[nenella]

No, not really for now, but I'm sure I'll be dividing it in an other few years!

[camille1585]

Yay, mine is blooming this year!!! The last (and only) time it bloomed was 3 years ago. I'm not sure why it decided to bloom, so I hope I can make this a yearly even from now on. It's not a high flower count, but I think that Dutch climate is not ideal for it (sunlight not strong enough).

As seems frequent with this plant, the blooms snuck up on me. There seems to be 8-9 blooms, only 3 of which are open yet. Despite checking on the plant weekly, I never noticed it was going to bloom until I smelled the sweet coconut scent this afternoon...

[No-Pro-mwa]

finally success.

[nenella]

That is Fab News Camille, very pleased for you as nothing beats having a plant for some years and it blooms! ....
Post some pics when you have time.
I Hope mine reflowers this year, seeing It passed the first step last year.

[twinofmunin]

I wasn't part of the project, but mine didn't bloom for me last year, so I was very excited this year to see three buds pop up! They appeared rather suddenly, so it seems like they move pretty fast?

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by nenella

That is Fab News Camille, very pleased for you as nothing beats having a plant for some years and it blooms! ....
Post some pics when you have time.
I Hope mine reflowers this year, seeing It passed the first step last year.

I'll be sure to post some photos, though since the plant is rather large and there are so few blooms for it's size, it's not going to be a spectacular show.

I had been planning on repotting it this weekend, but I guess that will have to be put off until after blooming (I don't want to snap any of those precious blooms, and getting this root bound monster out of it's pot is always a brutal experience for the poor plant.)

[RosieC]

Yay

Mine has only ever had one flower a couple of years ago and I've kept it too dry over the winter so not big hopes for it this year, but it's still going.

[Leah]

I have just ordered my first Maxillaria tenuifolia and feeling very pleased as I went the whole hog and ordered a blooming size plant. Thought I would go on line and have a look at some images and I saw THIS!!!!! Hooley Dooley! I might live long enough...

[nenella]

News
It's finally got 15 + blooms! I need to re-count them properly and take some photos...
Super scent between mid morning to mid afternoon