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01-04-2012, 06:29 PM
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aerangis clavigera blooms
This is the first time this plant blooms for me. Two inflorescences no less. The flowers are mildly fragrant, which is a bonus. It was hard to photograph though, and these pics don't do it justice.
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01-04-2012, 07:17 PM
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Well done!
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01-05-2012, 12:05 AM
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Way to grow, they're lovely.
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01-05-2012, 01:10 AM
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Wow - very interesting plant. I also noticed usual planter. What is it? A mesh pot?
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01-05-2012, 01:58 AM
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Thanks all of you for looking and commenting.
Anisa: The planter: it's an adaptation to my growing environment. The plant came mounted on epiweb (which I hate) and it would have been too hard to take it off. So I decided to make a "casing" for it. I found a piece of soft black plastic mesh and sewed it as an envelop to put around the epiweb. In the front I stuffed small styrofoam pellets and sphagnum moss. I don't find it particularly attractive, but the plants love it, and I don't ever have to touch the epiweb. I hope that one day moss will cover some of it.
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01-05-2012, 10:47 AM
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I think that is a great idea and I don't think it looks unattractive. Do you have to stuff it really tight?
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01-05-2012, 06:17 PM
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Great looking plant. Love the blooms. I was also going to ask if those white things were styrofoam. Great work!
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01-05-2012, 11:35 PM
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Gorgeous plant, ezil, and thanks for the description of how you're growing it! I think Aerangis macrocentra is now the accepted name (I also bought mine as clavigera and found this out after looking it up in a book).
--Nat
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01-06-2012, 12:54 AM
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Thanks Nat: I, for some reason thought that macrocentra was the old name, and clavigera the new one. I assumed that because that's what's on the tag.
Anisa: it's packed fairly tight, but without putting any pressure on the roots.
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