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Old 11-26-2011, 11:42 PM
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Default Polystachya paniculata in bloom and pregnant!

I have a blooming Polystachya paniculata. This orchid is found growing in the forest of Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zaire. I am growing this in a mix of fine fir bark, charcoal and lava rock with bright shaded light and intermediate to warm temperatures. I have seen this plant mounted. I give it lots of water during the summer but I reduce watering during the winter (about December 15 to mid-February); watering only about every two weeks.
This spiked again and opened its blooms this month; but two months ago, the older pseudo bulb had also bloomed and just as I was about to cut the old dried spike; I saw three tiny pods and at first I thought it was a bug and I was going to squish it with my pinchers…but I looked again closer…I got three baby pods! My Polystachya paniculata is pregnant! I had to do instant research and it will burst seeds in about mid-April. I will just have to learn how to flask…
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