Restrepia sanguirea "Walter"

[Gabor]

Hello all!
I just attended my first Orchid society meeting on the weekend and purchased a few plants. This one (Restrepia sanguirea "Walter" from Marsh Hollow Orchids....) is giving me something to wonder about. Anywhere I look everyone says that it blooms for a long time however this one is shriveling up already. I got it on Sunday.


It has been cloudy for the whole time I have it, would that be the problem?

[lepanthes89]

fantastic color and size!!!!!!

[Tom-DE]

It is Restrepia sanguinea.

Nice clone. The flowers on mine last about a week but it blooms often.

[camille1585]

Beautiful!!
Even if it's supposed to bloom a long time, you don't know how long it was in bloom before you got it, and the change in conditions between it's old home and yours might have upset it a bit.

Cloudiness will not affect how long a bloom stays open. Plants need light to grow and bloom, but once the blooms are there light has little effect on them (other than getting too much and burning!)

[RosieC]

Gorgeous little flower.

Like Camille says, you don't know how long it's already been open and change in enviroment can also affect it.

[Tindomul]

Fantastic colour! Wow.