epidendrum ilense
 

Hey guys,
I bought this plant as a 6 months old baby last november. So normally it should still take 2 years for this fellow to bloom but i was lucky i guess :lol: Top leaf got sunburned when is was trying to get the right amount of light. i grow it on a south faced window in my living room with temperatures all year long around 20 °C(68 F). But this get up to 25 °c(77F) in summer. No fragrance. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as i do in real :biggrin:
PS: can't upload the pictures in the correct way. Even when i lower the size


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Super cool! I'd love to get my hands on this species.

That's a neat looking flower! Nice that it bloomed early for you, that's always a pleasant surprise.

Grower said he was the only one in europe to have them ( storewise i mean ;) ) so was very lucky to have one. Few weeks later they were all gone

Treasure it! They're almost extinct.

So nice. Sad that it doesn't have any fragrance. I saw one at my society meeting last night. I loved the fluffy ball look of the pendant spike. The one last night smelled like melon, maybe honeydew? It was really amazing. I totally want one, but I've got to have one with fragrance.

Anybody got a line on one here in the states?

Exotic Orchids of Maui occasionally has it.

IOSPE says it's a hot grower and likes things wet. That seems like it would be fairly easy to provide. Any idea why it's not more common in the trade, other than it's a reed-stem Epidendrum?

EOM won't ship to Arizona so I have to wait and hope.

Everyone I've ever known to grow it says it is very difficult. Foliage looks like hell and they all of a sudden die...for no apparent reason. ???? And I'm talking some very experienced growers!

Still, I've always loved it and if I ever run across one...i will give it a try.

Well for some reason its doing great here :biggrin: It allready gave me a second sprout.