Campanulorchis globifera

[Roberta]

Generally, I just include a link to my monthly drop of photos that I also do for my local Species society. But sometimes there's something that really needs to be featured alone, and I think that Campanulorchis globifera falls into that category. Unusual and very cute, The buds are wooly, and when the flowers open, that "wool" is on the backs of the segments. I grow it in a bulb pan with small bark. It is a rambler. The blooming growths are all outside the pot (one flower per growth), and it seems to be quite happy that way. It is cold-tolerant; I grow it outside on my patio, low temperatures close to freezing, highs mostly below 90 deg F (32 deg C) but occasionally warmer, well shaded. It is kept rather damp, gets daily watering in summer and every 2-3 days in winter. Very little fertilizer, like everything else in my yard. The species is native to Vietnam. Related to (and reclassified as) Eria.