Masd. hirtzii

[ronaldhanko]

My Masd. hirtzii is blooming like never before - worry a bit sometimes that it's going to bloom itself to death.



Pictures of the individual flowers and the whole plant in bloom, along with a description, can be found here:

Orchids in Bloom: Masdevallia hirtzii (revisited)

[Zoi2]

I love that vivid orange!
Joann

[Tindomul]

Just gorgeous!!!
Can they really bloom themselves to death?

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks, Joann and Tindo. I don't know if a plant can bloom itself to death, but when they keep producing more and more flowers I start to wonder if something is wrong.

[RosieC]

It's wonderful. I've loved the look of this once since I first saw one of your photos a year or more back, now with three flowers it looks even better.

I would guess that if the plant seems otherwise healthy (i.e. not making a last ditch attempt to reproduce) then lots of flowers are just a sign of a good healthy happy plant. With your growing experience I would think it's the healthy plant

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks for commenting, Rosie. It actually has about 30 flowers - I haven't counted them - there's a picture of the whole plant on the blog.

[RosieC]

My picasa account has just emailed me with new pictures from people I'm a 'fan' of... and that picture with all the flowers Wow, wow wow!

[tuvoc]

Awesome color! Well done, Ron.

Kim

[ronaldhanko]

Thanks again, Rosie, and thanks for looking and commenting, Kim.

[Connie Star]

Stunning color!