Mormodes sinuata x hookeri (black fuzz)
 

I got this plant early this year and here is its first bloom, I like very much the dark red wine color and the hairy lip (very strange for me). The flowers size I can say is quite big for this kind of plants. The fragance is also unussual for me is different to the other mormodes I already have, it smels like burnt caramel with a back ground of tutti frutti. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Mormodes sinuata x hookeri on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Mormodes sinuata x hookeri on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Congratulations. It is such an interesting looking flower. I love the color.

It is lovely.

That is gorgeous, what a wonderful colour!

Bruno,
You have a real beauty on your hands! This is such a nice color. Congrats!

Oh, God! Oh GOD …..
I’m ready .... I'm fainting …. Here we go …..
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Colour, form, those tiny dots at the edges.. oh ….. oh …. It is SOOOOOOO good! :rofl:

Mine starts growing spike …. It would be really interesting to compare them, especially because it would be first blooming for mine and I have no idea how it’ll look like.
Bruno, is yours from Sunset Valley Orchids?

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Actually, Jan, I restricted myself to three but this one worth many more opossums .... :lol::lol::lol:

Thank you very much Gena, yes you are right would be interesting to know any change in coloration and form, actually when I bought it from sun set valley I did not know what kind of plant I was acquiring, and now looking the result I can tell you that I am very happy with it. I sent the picture to Fred Clarke suggesting him to include it in his web page as a reference for future buyers.

Thanks a lot Steve.

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Same here, Bruno! One thing I was thinking about was Mormodes sinuata - usually hybrids with Mormodes sinuata are quite interesting. And yours confirm that! :)

Why Bruno? Quite a number of these guys are "unshaved" :rofl:
Here is one of them as example

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:shock::shock: Oh my GOD, that one is really charming and the color :yikes::yikes:. What specie is that one ??. I have to include it in my wish list. Indeed to me ''unshaved'' mormodes are unussual because the ones I saw here are always hairless. I guess those with hairly lips are found in Central America, I am not totally sure. By the way Gena, how are you doing cultivating mormodes in Sweden ???, those plants are sometimes a big headache, I lost quite a few here in Venezuela because they do not like the catasetums substrate. I found also that light conditions should be different among them.

I love the unshaved lip and the color. It is such a beauty. Congrats on a well grown plant.:bowing

Marilyn

Bruno, the name of the creature is Mormodes variabilis. It is in spike at the moment and a bit later I will show it. The picture above is from previous year. I bought this plant from Ecuador.

Agree with you, Bruno – they can give a headache! Since two years back I start use NZ sphagnum and perlite as a substrate for all my Catasetinae and I have to say that so far I’m very pleased with result. Of cause it’s a bit early to make some conclusions but … still, as I said, I’m pleased. Otherwise everything as usual: warm range of temperatures, good air circulation, humidity range in my home is never below 50% and usually around 60%, light – as much as plants can take, but I do not use any additional lighting systems, even during the darkest time of the year, which is about now. During active grow period a lot of water and regular fertilizer and almost bone dry when they are dormant. Shortly, that is it.

Yes Gena, New Zeland sphagnum moss is the ideal medium since it keeps humidity and a constant ph for a long time. I found very usefull one kind of palm tree fiber which I wash several times to remove the tannines before using it. The mormodes of this thread has been grown in that medium and so far worked pretty good. A few years ago I had the opportunity to have one plant that came from the wild, the roots were totally involved within a thick green sphagnum living together on a tree branch, then I understood what would be the proper medium for these challenging plants.

Ok, Bruno, now I do have flower on mine and we can say that there is a colour difference. Take a look

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As you can see in mine terracotta-chocolate tones are predominant and there is not so much wine colour.
I like yours much more, yours is so sophisticated and exclusive in my eyes!

Wow Gena what a different color you have got. Yes I have to admit I was lucky with the color of my plant. The ocre color with the brown stripes makes good contrast in any way. Let me tell you that I sent the picture of my plant to Fred Clarke sometime ago and also he like it very much, actually he said that my plant was first blooming he saw from that particular cross, honouring me to give a name. He will register that cross as Virgen del Valle.

oh wow, the colour is saturated

Beautiful color on both.

Wow a plant named after you...how exciting!!!