Chiloschista parishii (Asian Ghost Orchid)

[Bud]

Steve, that is a 4 year old lindenii...I just didnt fuss about it and just continue the regimen for it...

pictures from day 1 when I first got it and the present...

The plant as a seedling was barely three inches (the two biggest= I had five plants in the grape vine; the smaller ones I gave away and kept the two biggest)

I just hope to bloom this American Ghost Orchid...maybe next year if they mature enough(its only 7 inches in length and in the wild they can be a foot in length when they flower

[isurus79]

Wow, that is very cool. It is so rare to see a ghost like that growing for four years, especially in a non greenhouse environment. I have to say that you definitely doing something right!

[s.kallima]

Nice Chiloschista and Dendrophylax Bud! Congrats on keeping the Dendrophylax alive!
I also have a C. parishii, starting to bloom now (yours look more yellow), and I keep it happy in a terrarium as well, with auto-misting 3 times a day under T5 Fluo lights

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[Bud]

Thank You ! Id like to see the blooms when they open...the plant on the left is in spike and the one on the right is still in bloom...

I read the AOS feature of the way the lindenii was being cared for and raised: I also asked people here in the forum how they grow their lindenii...and the trick is: not to let it die! I live day to day caring for this in my environment giving it the characteristics of its native habitat and mimic even the dry spells and the flooded tides...I guess I am lucky this has not yet conked out on me

[Lia23]

Originally Posted by Bud

This is how I grow this plant (image 1 to 4).

I have two of this brandy glass and the second one is the home of Dendrophylax lindenii :The American Ghost Orchid (on picture 5 & 6) that is now very well established on hickory bark.

Please can you tell me where did you buy these from?

[Bud]

Lia, its been quite a long time....as I remember I got it from a private grower in Florida and it was a clump of seedlings in a bed of moss; nylon tied around a dead grape root....I transferred it immediately in a bed of Spanish moss in a pool of water under....it was newly deflasked so I was worried I would kill it....it is still at present happily thriving ....I hope I get to bloom it soon

[Tindomul]

Nice, I like how you mounted it.