Lepanthes ingridiana

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

When it gets big enough to divide I'll gladly trade you a piece, Philip.

Thank you.

I'll figure out what I can send you for trade by then.

Originally Posted by phelsumatic

They are expensive because of where they are from not all the plants we get are divisions some are field collected with all the appropriate cites permits etc.

Oh, okay.

You work for Ecuagenera?

[phelsumatic]

No I do not I cant speak for ecuagenera regarding there methods Im sure they propagate Duane is there as we speak so he may be able to chime in.
But other people who Ive dealt with in the past.
Best thing is to wait until someone can divide their plant or keiki's 100bucks is alot to unleash.

[Duane McDowell]

I don't know what the pricing strategy is, but I know Ecuagenera has only a few glorious plants of the species.
It's a big one - sort of a Lepanthes shrub, really. Very beautiful.
I could have sworn the plant was a foot tall, but when I looked at the photo, I realized that it's more like 8". Just seems huge compared to other Lepanthes, I guess!

[ronaldhanko]

That is amazing - makes me ashamed to own the little plant I've got.

[Duane McDowell]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

That is amazing - makes me ashamed to own the little plant I've got.

Hardly. Yours looks wonderfully healthy. AND it's possible to photograph brilliantly. Actually, I'm guessing you could have photographed the big one brilliantly, but I'm going to say it's the size of the plant that was the challenge.

[phelsumatic]

Duane what medium do they use for them and some of the others.

[Duane McDowell]

They use a 50/50 blend of NZ sphagnum moss and a greyish lava rock that's very lightweight. This is the mix they use for most plants. Some of the pleurothallids are in a mix of 50/50 NZ Sphagnum and tree fern. They use clay pots for anything with any size to it, and plastic for smaller (the smallest clay pots they can get feasibly are 4").

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Wow!!!

That's gigantic!

Probably worth the $100 they're asking for!

[phelsumatic]

No they send you a much smaller division maybe three leaves or so ,that specimen would cost you a fortune at that rate.
But the money goes to an amazing group of people who actually care and thats priceless.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

I think I'll wait for the divisions, or until I feel comfortable shelling out $100 for a Lepanthes.

$100 for a Laelia, okay. $100 for a Pleurothallis, maybe. $100 for a small imported division of Lepanthes, very risky.