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SilverShaded 01-23-2016 06:42 AM

Spathoglottis affinis
 
Finally managed to get hold of this species a while back, still figuring out how best to grow it, it needs hot summers and cool dry winter rest (same climate as many dendrobiums except this is a terrestrial, growing in wet, very poor sandy soils most of the year (the nearest neighbors are typically sundews, or not far away Phaelenopsis pulcherhima). Always wanted to try it after seeing them en-mass in the wild.

Finally got a flower this January, there are no leaves on the plant at this time, just the flower spike. Another plant has a leaf and no spike!
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1716/...628b297b_z.jpg

As we saw them in-situ...
https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6109/...8981fd55_z.jpg

Different mountain, in a roadside ditch...
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/...0ace6dba_z.jpg

MattWoelfsen 01-23-2016 09:51 AM

This is a very cheerful flower. I do not see many of these plants offered here in the USA. It is also good see pictures of orchids in situ! Thanks for posting.

No-Pro-mwa 01-23-2016 10:39 AM

Well done. They are very pretty. I do indeed love seeing them in there native state.

WhiteRabbit 01-23-2016 08:23 PM

Ooo! Lovely! :goodjob

RosieC 01-27-2016 05:57 AM

Really beautiful, and great pic of them in the wild!

Tindomul 11-02-2016 12:09 PM

Wow!! What a display in the wild. What country did you see them growing in? UK?



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