Ionopsis paniculata

[Rosim_in_BR]

What a wonderful sight this is in person!

[RosieC]

Oh Wow Mauro!

What a wonderful display that chid gives. It's wonderful.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Oh Wow Mauro!

What a wonderful display that chid gives. It's wonderful.

Rosie, I sometimes keep wondering how this little, almost pseudo bulb-less plant (not bigger than a Tolumnia) can give so many flowers...It spends almost three months developing the panicle, so the energy investment it makes must be huge!

[Lagoon]

Ooh this is something special - really beautiful! It almost doesn't look real - Mauro, you're not trying to pull a fast one on us, are you?

Anyways its beautiful

[Sun rm.N.E.]

Mauaro

Thanks for sharing this artistic arrangement of the flower spike. I am used to seeing photos of wild plants with white or pink flowers a friend sends me from Suriname where it appears in full bloom unexpectedly on different trees on her property.

I wish i could grow it, but was discouraged by people who tried to grow it and do not think it can grow in my house.

[greenbean]

That's gorgeous! It has such a beautifully structured spike and it's so floriferous! I've only seen one picture of this species before, and it's nothing compared to yours. I also like how yours has a little more pink than the picture in my orchid book.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Lagoon

Ooh this is something special - really beautiful! It almost doesn't look real - Mauro, you're not trying to pull a fast one on us, are you?

Anyways its beautiful

Be sure I am not, Gloria!!
I cut this spike off to help the plant saving energy. That was by Christmas Eve and yesterday it still had flowers on it!

Originally Posted by Sun rm.N.E.

Mauaro

Thanks for sharing this artistic arrangement of the flower spike. I am used to seeing photos of wild plants with white or pink flowers a friend sends me from Suriname where it appears in full bloom unexpectedly on different trees on her property.

I wish i could grow it, but was discouraged by people who tried to grow it and do not think it can grow in my house.

It is not of easy culture, Sun, I recognize. But the species must be hardy in some way because it has a large natural distribution! The thing is finding the right way to keep it for long!

[kinknstein]

Neat one Mauro!