Stellamizutaara Kelly 'Lea'

[Snowden]

I came home from work today and found my stella blooming away. It was transfered to S/H in April and this is the second time it's bloomed since then. If you look closely, you'll see two more spikes just starting out.



I love this time of year - everything's jumping!

[kiki-do]

What a nice surprise! Very pretty!

[Swamper]

another bud and the 2 spikes, very nice.

[dgenovese1]

Snowden,

Excellent! Thanks for sharing this beautifully colorful Stella.

[Snowden]

Thanks everyone!

This is a plant I would recommend to anyone. It's easy to grow (as are most with brassavola in it), it's almost free-flowering, and it's beautiful, to boot!

[Sandy4453]

Very pretty, I've never seen this one before. What kind of light is yours in? So far, of my 3 Brassavolas, 2 didn't do a thing this year.

[Snowden]

I give it as much light as it can handle short of burning the leaves - as I do with my brassavolas. During the summer outside, they are shaded only around noon. In the house, they're in a south window supplemented with a grow light that's on 12-15 hours a day.

Hope this helps!

[dgenovese1]

Originally Posted by Snowden

Thanks everyone!

This is a plant I would recommend to anyone. It's easy to grow (as are most with brassavola in it), it's almost free-flowering, and it's beautiful, to boot!

Well Snowden...if that's the way you want to be about it, I'll just have to add this beauty to my wish list.........there, it's done.

[mojomick]

Congrats on the Stlma. I have the same plant but it is in a hanging basket. I can't switch to s/h as the roots have grown so thick that I could never separate it from the basket. Nevertheless, it is in gloriuos bloom and has over 20 spikes with 3 to 5 bloomsd on each spike. I have had the plant for 5 years and in all previous years would only get two or three spikes. So look forward to next year and yours may do the same. mojomick

[lostonthebeach]

Great looking plant and blossoms. I am leaning towards getting some of these myself.