lepanthes telepogoniflora

[ezil]

My favorite come-back orchid. I bought it as a very small plant, and babied it to blooming size. Then, in less than 2 days, the plant had only 1 leaf left, no flowers, and a few stumps. It had been decimated by snails and aphids! It has taken almost a year, but now it's thriving, and I'm watching it like a hawk!

[Bud]

WOW! the flower is way bigger than the leaves....the color and form is very pleasing to the eye....in fact it has perfect symmetry

[Lordoftheswarms]

A magnificent flower considering the pest ordeal it went through. I am envious of your success with overcoming pests. I've lost more Jewel Orchids and Masdevallia flowers to slugs than I can count.

[GardenTheater]

Great recovery!

[Bolero]

Gorgeous! I just can't grow these.

[Wynn Dee13]

Beautiful! I really like this one. With the color and shape it reminds me of a beach umbrella! Thanks for sharing and nice save!

[ronaldhanko]

Superb. Beautiful photos, too.

[Call_Me_Bob]

this is one of my favorite lepanthes! great job!

[ezil]

Again: thank you all! I'm falling more and more under the spell of lepanthes. Too bad that so many of them are cool growers.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Originally Posted by ezil

Again: thank you all! I'm falling more and more under the spell of lepanthes. Too bad that so many of them are cool growers.

That's not entirely true.

Many are actually intermediate growing.

There are cool growers, but most lean towards intermediate growing.

There are a few warm growers.

Lths telipogoniflora are actually not cool growers! They grow intermediate to warm.

My issue with them is that they need lots of moisture to survive.