Who grows Aerangis and Angraecum ?
 

I don't see alot of postings here on the Orchid board from any growers of Aerangis and Angraecum (other than me).

I have a few that appear to be rather slow growers...
Aerangis Mystacidii isn't doing anything.....and my Angraecum distichum appears to also be a really slow grower, along with my Aerangis luteo-alba .....

All my other Angracoids seem to be growing all new roots ......

Let me hear what you're growing ........and how they're doing...

I only have an angraceum didieri, it's flowered once last year. It's put out new leaves & roots since I got it in August 2009. The flower did not last very long from what I remember - But I remember it having a Fab scent!

I have 2 Aerangis Modestas, they are still pretty small and haven't had any new growth with them since I have had them for the last month. Hope to see some soon!

I have aer. luteo-alba and it is a slow grower. The trick seems to be to water it with very pure water, it is very salts sensitive. It is a warm grower, low light (about 100-1500 fcs.), and excellent ventilation. I grow my angs./aerangis in a converted fish tank.
My aer. mystadicii gets a bit more light and is potted. It hasn't bloomed yet. I got it as a small seedling and almost lost it to rot, but now it is throwing out roots and new leaves. Check the Baker's site out for Culture Sheets on demand. They have some excellent info. that will help you with the other species as well. My aer. biloba id in the same tank, and so is my ang. didieri, and both are reliable bloomers. My ang. distichtum grows very well (for an ang. that is) and throws out blooms every couple of weeks - only 1 or 2 at a time, but I'll take it. I also have aer. hildebrandii, which I grow like the luteo-alba, and that one blooms 4-5 flower spikes at a time, with about 30 tiny flowers per inflorescence.
Hope this helps a bit.

I grow quite a few members of the Angraecoid alliance (Aerangis and Angraecum are the most common genera) outside under the shade of a tree in the summer and in a small make-shift greenhouse in the winter.

I'll try to remember all that I have currently:

Angraecum sesquepidale
Angraecum distichum
Angraecum dideri
Angraecum dendrobiopsis
Angraecum erectum

Aerangis biloba
Aerangis distincta
Aerangis arachnopus
Aerangis mystacidii

Sobennikoffia robusta
Sobennikoffia humbertiana
Eurychone rothschildiana
Cribbia confusa
Podangis dactyloceras
Rangaeris amaniensis
Oeoniella polystachys
Microterangis hariotiana
Mystacidium braybonae
Mystacidium capense
Cyrtorchis monteiroae
Campylocentrum ornithorrhynchum
Dendrophylax funalis

Hi!
I'm rather new to both of these groups. I have:
aerangis citata
angraecum didieri
angraecum leonis
angraecum magdalenae
angraecum sesquipedale

It was rather difficult not to order more once I got started but there is the space issue during the winter. So, all are doing very well in the new roots department but for the leonis. Leonis simply sits there, clearly unhappy. I'm hoping that this will change with the warmer weather. All are planted in what I hope are permanent arrangements as I don't want to have to repot them and disturb those famously fussy angraecum roots.
Leafmite

I actually just ordered my first! It's an Aerangis fastuosa (aka Angraecum fastuosum).

I have Angraecum sesquipedale since April.
It grew new fat root from the stem since I got it and I can see another little green bump on the other side.
The leaves didn't do much yet and actually the top one seems to be stuck folded in half.

To say I 'grow' them would be a bit misleading! I got my first (an angreacum didieri) about a month ago. There were quite a few of us who got them as TCs with the members' project so we started a little 'help' thread (http://www.orchidboard.com/community...m-didieri.html) I'm sure we'd all love to hear from you more experienced didieri growers if you fancy a look in :)

i Just bought my first Angraecum Dideri. so far it seems happy and is in spike. But the grower did all the work. I just hope i can make it happy. :)

Wait...what do you mean...there are plenty of posts with amazing angraecoids here. :scratchhead: Of course, I agree, the more the merrier. More angs for all.

Angraecoids rock! I grow several of the smaller ones: Angcm. leonis, praestans, aloifolium, Aerangis punctata, fastuosa and citrata x fastuosa. Some of them are fairly slow growers, but my fastuosa has put out and matured several new leaves in less than a year. Flowers on mine have been long lasting, except for the citrata cross.

I used to grow angraeciods 13 years ago when I lived in California. When we moved to Oregon and had to grow exclusively under lights and on windowsills, I lost many plants until I figured out what I was doing. Recently I have acquired a few new ones and have three more coming next week.

Who grows Aerangis and Angraecum ?
 

The first Angraecum I bought was the dideri. It was a small plant but it died within three months. That was two years ago. But recently, Marnie Turkle had Angraecum germinyanum, Angraecum scottianum comports, so I bought these two compots. Today I bought Podangis dactyloceras.

So I now have three of these African plants. I hope I can grow the here in cold winter Indiana.

I have Aerangis Rhodosticta (sp??) or Leuteo alba, which was given to me as a gift last fall.
It came with three spike which took forever to form buds and eventually flower.
Cutest thing ever! :)
All the flowers fell back in January or February, but since then, it grew one very big (relatively speaking here as the whole thing is tiny) leaf and working on the second new leaf along with a few roots.

I grow mine under a lot of light. South window with light shear curtain.
It is in chunky bark mix in shallow plastic pot (3in diameter). I mist the top roots every morning and water it good about twice a week.

I have about 45 angraecum sesquipedale that I grew from flask, they're all so cute and very healthy, none have died from being deflasked months ago.
I have a huge angraecum erburneum which is in double spike/bloom, nearly half a meter tall. I also recently go an angraecum crestwood 'tomorrow star' which has been growing nicely. Where I live it's very hot dry and humid like Africa, so they angs all grow amazing here however are rare to find in collections..

Good for you!
I would love to have Crestwood 'Tomorrow Star', but too big for me. :lol:

Yeah they get big, but nobody was selling anything except adv sized seedlings, so I payed almost $50 just for a small plant... But it should bloom within the next 2-4 years:biggrin:

There must be a whole stack of tommorow star on the flask/seedling market at the moment.

Wgers are you getting your plants from jack?

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Silly phone, i meant where, not wgers!

I got the crestwood star from an eBay vendor called orchidsalive, there is the qld orchid biotech that sell seedlings for $35 but apart from that they weren't readily available. And in the NT no one had one for sale, doubtful that many if any would own one here

Every time I get one to bloom I buy more:
Aergs. luteo alba rhodosticta,
mystacidii
citrata,
biloba,
Elro bought in spike and a slow bloomer like citrata
punctata,
Angraecum Joyce Stewart now has 2 buds, seems to be easy grower and nice mini
didieri,
madalenae,
aloifolium,
compactum
Schobenikoffia robusta
Forgot Eurychone rothschildiana now in spike.

Yesterday I received a Aerangis fastuosa, Ang. didieri and Angraecum magdalenae; today I pot them in moss.

I bought my first Ang. Dideri from Andy's last month. I didn't like the mount, so I re-mounted it on a big piece of cork Bark and it lives seemingly happily in my kitchen. The tips on some of the roots are nice and green! And it is in spike!

Andy had told me that this Ang. Likes to dry out between waterings. So I have been misting once or twice a day with a diluted fert. and soaking once a week.

I have heard people say that Angs grow slow. Is this true for Dideri? How long will it spike before it flowers?
Thanks!

I'm only a new comer to Angraecoids. apart from common ones, they can be gard to find in Australia. here's mine

Angraecum Unreg (Angcm. compactum x Angcm.
magdalenae)
Angellea Unreg (Angcm. leonis x Jum. major)
Aerth. grandiflora
Angcm. crassum
Angcm. Crestwood 'Tomorrow Star'
Angcm. didieri
Angcm. leonis
Angcm. longicalcar (still being germinated for me)
Angcm. scottianum
Angcm. sesquipedale
Angcm. superbum
Angcm. Veitchii
Angcm. viguieri (still being germinated for me)
Jum. facilorchis or it could be a syn. for Jum. stenoglossa
Rgs. amaniensis

Mine has not bloomed. Perhaps someone with success can answer your question.

Sorry to hear that. Mine hasn't bloomed either. But I'm hopeful.

I just got my first Angcm.
Angcm. Crestwood 'Tomorrow Star' FCC/AOS

I've only got two, with my seedling armies I have very little table space, and only so much light. So I'll make do with my Ang. Lemforde White Beauty x magdalenae (which just popped out a new spike woo) and a Ang. Crestwood 'Tomorrow Star' (When it was given to me I was told that it was a peloric, but I remain skeptical until it blooms) for now. I hope to add more in the future.

I love Angraecoids... So far I have:

Angrm. didieri
Aergs. fastuosa
Aergs. fastuosa x citrata
Aergs. (fastuosa x citrata) x fastuosa
Aergs. spiculata
Angrm. leonis

I want to start! But I haven't a clue which ones to start with or where! D: Suggestions on favorites?

It is great to see so many people growing these. :)

I grow Angraecoid genera with a passion, started with a small plant of Ang. leonis purchased years ago and once it flowered I had to have more.

Iv'e been hunting these down for the last 6 years and have been able to acquire a few here and there and everywhere I can think of looking. I have noted many are very easy to cultivate as long as I treat them like phalaenopsis, there are exceptions of course but all of them grown in a single greenhouse without any problems so far.

If you are planning on starting with a few of these I would recommend Angraecum leonis, Aerangis citrata, and Eurychone rothschildiana as these are among the easiest to grow and the easiest to find for sale online and at many orchid shows.

Aerangis:

articulata
biloba
citrata
cryptodon
fastuosa
hyaloides
kotschyana
luteoalba
macrocentra
modesta
mystacidii
punctata
somalensis
spiculata
ugandensis
hildebrandtii (microterangis)
hariotiana (microterangis)

Angraecum:

alleizettei
birrimense
calceolus
caulescens
compactum
didieri
distichum
doratophyllum
eburneum v. eburneum
eburneum v. supurbum
eichlerianum
elephantinum
equitans
erectum
florulentum
germinyanum
lecomtei
leonis
magdalenae
praestans
rutenbergianum
sesquipedale v. sesquipedale
sesquipedale v. angustifolium
sororium
urschianum
viguieri

Allied Genera:

Aeranthes arachnites
Aeranthes grandiflorus (grandiflora)
Aeranthes henricii
Aeranthes ramosa
Angraecopsis parviflora
Campylocentrum colombianum
Campylocentrum fasciola
Campylocentrum micranthum
Cyrtorchis arcuata
Cyrtorchis chailluana
Dendrophylax funalis
Diaphnanthe millarii
Diaphnanthe pellucida
Eurychone rothschildiana
Jumellea arachnantha
Jumellea comoroensis
Jumellea major
Jumellea rigida
Microcoelia cornuta
Microcoelia stolzii
Microcoelia exilis
Mystacidium braybonae
Mystacidium capense
Oeoniella polystachys
Podangis dacyloceras
Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium
Solenangis aphylla
Sobennikoffia robusta
Sobennikoffia humbertiana

There are also some hybrids floating around my greenhouse but I don't keep them on my species lists.

I only have a few. A couple of sesquipedales (one std & one bosserii), which I have slowly grown from seedlings in 2" pots to finally BS (though no spikes yet). I repotted them in the spring, so I am hopeful for the coming season.

I have added a couple of hybrids in the last 12 months, and then:

I have an Aerangis modesta, also grown from small seedling in 2" pot. At some point it got top rot, but it set a basal keiki, which finally started growing faster about 2 years ago, so it reached blooming size last year.

In October I noticed a spike breaking. The spike is now about 15" long, but has not started to form the buds yet (9 months later!!!).

I might start a pool on when I will actually see a flower on this plant!

My A.dideri bloomed for me this year. I had lost the bud last year. I chalk it up to stress from relocating from the grower to my kitchen. When it did bloom, I was ecstatic. It bloomed for about a month which is fine by me. The smell at night in my kitchen was amazing. I was so happy that I was successful that I was inspired to purchase another angraecum. This time I got A. Germinyanum and an Amesiella monticola. So far they are doing well. The germinyanum is putting out roots and the A. Monticola seems good. (Haven't had it long). Any tips on growing them?

Have you checked out the Amesiella monticola orchid project thread? I'm growing mine in a small clay pot, others mount them, they like Phal lighting maybe just a little bit brighter. Apparently they need a little extra humidity to flower but they're very slow haha. I just started growing this so I don't know enough just yet but the thread is very informative

I will check it out! Thanks! Right now I am growing in a very small plastic pot with sphagnum. It gets the same light as my phals. Which is a little brighter than they need. So I should be good. 👍

Worthy of note, although previously categorized as Angraecum, Amesiella is unrelated to the angraecoids, and is closer to phals and vandas.