Habenaria Medusa

[Daethen]

Can't wait to see the flowers. I love this one and really, really need to find a bulb or 2 of this one!!!

[orchidsarefun]

update. The flowers take a while to fully open - I would say at least 12hrs. They start out all white and then a brown/red stripe appears at the base of the sepals. You can see this patch on the 3rd photo - compare to the bloom on the 2nd photo.
This is a first rebloom so wasn't aware of all the ins-and-outs........and the fact that the spike takes about 2 months to fully develop.

[Paul]

Congrats! Those flowers are awesome. I've always wanted to try Habenaria but have been too intimidated. (Doesn't help that they bulbs are not easy to find nor inexpensive when I have found them.)

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

Wow great job!!


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[orchidsarefun]

so this took a while to die down..........slow. I couldn't wait. I discovered that there are 2 fair-sized bulbs and one much smaller - which by the way corresponds to the plants that grew. I only planted 1 bulb initially so it seems like the propagation happens when they awake from dormancy. larger bulbs are 2-3 inches long.
I will be planting them in a mix of small to medium bark and a bit of charcoal this year - though the larger bark didn't seem to set it back at all. The slitted pot was ideal as the mix dried out quickly.
I used pollen from this plant and cross-pollinated with another Habenaria sp. Seeds at the lab, can't wait to see if they germinate.

[Tindomul]

Gorgeous!! I love the mystery these plants offer. I think I have to get me some Habenarias!

[RosieC]

Gorgeous plant. Really interesting to see the tubers.

[orchidsarefun]

there's a shoot evident on each tuber/bulb - the shoot on the right is most obvious as it's green and larger. These were overwintered in a bag of moist/mostly dry sphagnum moss.

Time for repotting - this time into a mix of fine seedling bark, perlite and long-fibered sphagnum. As these don't like to remain soggy I am going to use slitted pots. I thought of incorporating ordinary potting soil into the mix, but too scared . Has anyone used a different mix successfully ?
Hopefully I get more than one spike !


without the shoot, it would be difficult to see which way is up as these bulbs are odd-shaped !

[No-Pro-mwa]

Man I'll say, they are strange. It is so neat however, I hope you get some good advice on it.

[estación seca]

I don't know whether this link will work, but it covers cultivation of tuberous Habenaria species:
https://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=463
When I read online people stress deep large pots and dry winters.