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09-16-2008, 02:08 PM
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CYRTOCHILUM MACRANTUM
This beauty blooms in this week, it has 2 spikes with 20-30 flowers in each one... the flowers are 10-12 cm... it's very healty and has strong roots... but it's a baby... next year it's going to have more spikes and lots of flowers... maybe
The flowers last 30 - 45 days...
BETO
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09-16-2008, 03:16 PM
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More great pics of an uncommon orchid! Keep 'em coming! So are these more closely related to Cymbidiums or to Catasetums? I think Ive seen them listed as relatives to both.
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09-16-2008, 03:26 PM
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That's a really cool-looking chid! 
Thanks for sharing  |
09-16-2008, 06:54 PM
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Beautiful macranthum, Beto!!  I lost mine this year! |
09-17-2008, 10:14 AM
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WHY???
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Originally Posted by Rosim_in_BR
Beautiful macranthum, Beto!! I lost mine this year! |
WHY DID YOU LOST YOUR MACRANTHUM.... is not sooo hard do keep.... ???? |
09-17-2008, 10:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by betoguerrero
WHY DID YOU LOST YOUR MACRANTHUM.... is not sooo hard do keep.... ????
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We had two exceptionally warm winters in sequence here and I guess that's the main cause. Had never seen winter (day) temperatures reaching 30ºC here for weeks, when the normal is something between 15-18º. I guess that it was too much for the plant. |
09-17-2008, 11:09 AM
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Beto,
That is really amazing! I have never even heard of this species before, let alone seen one. It is very unusual and exotic looking.  Thanks for sharing it with us. |
09-17-2008, 11:56 AM
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THE GLOBAL HEATING
It's the global heating... I find this Macranthum in the East side of the the Andean in the cloud forest... at 1200 (m over sea level) with temperatures between 10 - 25ºC .... That is why this adapted soo good to Quito...
In my collection I have 3 of these Macranthum yellow with hell brown... but I have another that is only yellow, and a rare specie that is not so big... Macranthum nanum... the flowers have the same size but the plant is 25 cm high and has not so many flowers... when the flowers opens I send you a PIC...
I have also The Cyrtochilum Pastasae and The Cyrtochilum Cumandae... with a spike that has 3 m... long...
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