Chysis bractescens

[wuness]

I received one of these in pretty rough shape from a friend awhile back. After cutting a lot of the old growth out, I was left with just 2 nasty looking pseudobulbs. I have a new growth just starting on last year's shoot and I hope the plant has enough energy to produce flowers for me also. I look forward to seeing the flowers up close.

wuness

[DeaC]

Originally Posted by smweaver

DeaC, here's a picture of the entire plant. It's not a great pic, but it should give you an idea of how the plant grows--pendulous pseudobulbs, with the blooms coinciding with the new growth (see second pic, which shows the leaves of the new growth beginning to unfurl). Usually this species loses its leaves during dormancy (and consequently doesn't look like quite the mess it does here), but for some reason this year it didn't.

Steve

TY for the foto. Didn't realize the pbulbs grew like that but amazing and not a bit messy!

[Tindomul]

Very nice!! Nice display leaves and all.