Ionopsis paniculata
 

What a wonderful sight this is in person!

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Oh Wow Mauro! :cloud9:

What a wonderful display that chid gives. It's wonderful.

Rosie, I sometimes keep wondering how this little, almost pseudo bulb-less plant (not bigger than a Tolumnia) can give so many flowers...It spends almost three months developing the panicle, so the energy investment it makes must be huge!

Ooh this is something special - really beautiful! It almost doesn't look real - Mauro, you're not trying to pull a fast one on us, are you? :coverlaugh:

Anyways its beautiful :clap: :D

Mauaro

Thanks for sharing this artistic arrangement of the flower spike. I am used to seeing photos of wild plants with white or pink flowers a friend sends me from Suriname where it appears in full bloom unexpectedly on different trees on her property.

I wish i could grow it, but was discouraged by people who tried to grow it and do not think it can grow in my house.

That's gorgeous! It has such a beautifully structured spike and it's so floriferous! I've only seen one picture of this species before, and it's nothing compared to yours. I also like how yours has a little more pink than the picture in my orchid book.

Be sure I am not, Gloria:lol:!!
I cut this spike off to help the plant saving energy. That was by Christmas Eve and yesterday it still had flowers on it!


It is not of easy culture, Sun, I recognize. But the species must be hardy in some way because it has a large natural distribution! The thing is finding the right way to keep it for long!

Neat one Mauro!