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04-04-2015, 03:27 PM
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Easter Lepanthopsis astrophora blooms
I bought this little orchid a month ago. After a couple of weeks it had a new leaf growing and while checking closely, I noticed spikes. It has two new leaves and 10 spikes and blooms are opening just in time for Easter!
I am so thrilled to finally have one of these and I am extremely happy with the awesome little blooms! No doubt my favorite mini orchid. My Platystele stenostachya has sweet teeny tiny flowers, but this orchid just screams at you with the bold, beautiful color. You could not miss these. I just love it. Kinda hard to photograph tho.
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04-04-2015, 07:44 PM
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Wonderful!
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04-04-2015, 08:10 PM
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Gorgeous! Mines in bloom too.
It's really attention grabbing for such a tiny orchid huh?
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04-05-2015, 12:03 AM
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Thank you both WhiteRabbit and Ordphien. It certainly is grabbing everyone's attention here. It seems every time I look there are more blooms. This would be awesome if I had several planted together in a mass! Hopefully it will continue to grow, bloom and be happy. It really is gorgeous.
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04-05-2015, 12:16 AM
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Patty this one is gorgeous, and my very favorite miniature (it also was my very first miniature just a months after I joined this board). They do grow very well, and you got really lucky with this many spikes opened at the same time! Happy holidays!
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04-05-2015, 12:39 PM
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One of my favorites too after seeing on the OB. I find mine is in bloom from Christmas thru Easter - Perhaps not as many spikes open all at once, but continuous bloom. You will love it!
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04-06-2015, 10:03 PM
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Obsessing, tonight I've counted 32 open blooms and almost the same amount of buds. There are two new spikes as well. I know these little ones can have many more blooms but I'm certainly happy. Do the blooms last long?
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04-07-2015, 07:54 AM
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I think each individual flower only last a few days to a week.
But with the sequential nature of the spikes, and the different rates they grow out... I'd say you get a month or two out of each flush.
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04-07-2015, 08:21 AM
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Yay! Thanks Ordphien I had no idea but none have faded yet. Just so cute.
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04-12-2015, 03:54 PM
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Still blooming like crazy, such a amazing little plant.
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