Papilionanthe 'Miss Joaquim '

[Roberta]

No worries about the provenance of Papilionanthe Miss Joachim ... it's a hybrid. And widely grown. A delightful vigorous plant!

[WaterWitchin]

I find YetAnother's description of how they're grown in Singapore and NOG just fascinating. Similar to the reedstem epis that grow along the side of the roads and get whacked back with machetes... when I hear about that the visuals were just delightful. Now I have another visual... a long line of T posts and barb wire (which we already have) lined up with a bajillion of those. Would be a really cool sight... until the snows came.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I guess, I can throw out a fun fact...

In the wild, one of the parent plants, (Papilionanthe hookeriana is known to grow on top of tall vegetation above swamp water.

Sarawak Lens: Papilionanthe hookeriana in natural habitat