Rhynchostylis gigantea (red form)

[Bud]

Originally Posted by AussieVanda

Good stuff mate!

Thank You !

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Originally Posted by RosieC

Looking really good. I love the colour!

Thank You, Rosie!

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Originally Posted by Pilot

Beautiful blooms!! I need to start looking for these guys. Everyone seems to enjoy them and from what I hear they are more forgiving than most vandaceous. Is that true?


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Thank You for the visit, Ryan!

This is not a hard plant to find. You just follow the culture and you will never go wrong in your environment with all your humidifiers and contraptions. The leaves and roots grow slow so you need to be patient. It took me a couple of years to grow this one big.

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Originally Posted by silken

Love the colour!

Thank You, silken!

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Originally Posted by Vanda lover

What a beauty! I have an orange one that my neighbour gave me because it wasn't doing well. Unfortunately, she gave it to me too late and I don't think it will live. Your description of the fragrance makes me want one!

Thank You !

not just this plant but all the Rhynchostylis I have bring forth the same fragrance.

[Vanda lover]

That's good to know. I don't have any other rhynchostylis, but I do have an aeridovanda and a Rhychorides that may be fragrant, I hope. They are just little fellows, so it will be a while before I know.

[Pilot]

Just once I wish an orchid would suck, be uninteresting and just the ugliest thing in the world so I wouldn't want to grow it. But no...they're all amazing and I want them all.


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[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Pilot

Just once I wish an orchid would suck, be uninteresting and just the ugliest thing in the world so I wouldn't want to grow it. But no...they're all amazing and I want them all.


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Agreed!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Pilot

Just once I wish an orchid would suck, be uninteresting and just the ugliest thing in the world so I wouldn't want to grow it. But no...they're all amazing and I want them all.


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oh well...you haven't seen a Bulbophyllum Phalaenopsis flower yet and smelled it....it looks like a redorange hairy martian alien and smells like rotten roadkill....but the leaves are majestic humongous Phal leaf that's why it is still in my collection

[ronaldhanko]

Gorgeous color and beautiful photography, Bud.

[Vanda lover]

I could forgive Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis for looking like a hairy martian, but not if it smells like road kill.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Gorgeous color and beautiful photography, Bud.

Thank You, Ron !

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Originally Posted by Vanda lover

I could forgive Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis for looking like a hairy martian, but not if it smells like road kill.

its that road kill with maggots on the highway on a hot summer day and the wind just sends the waft of decaying meat smell that makes you hurl....

* I find anyone who grows this plant really brave and with strong stomach.

[Vanda lover]

No thanks. I'll stick to no odoriferous orchids, thank you very much!

[gnathaniel]

Gorgeous, Bud! My favorite color form of this species, that's going to be amazing with a few more years under your care. I have a small seedling that's been limping along for a couple of years, seeing yours has inspired me to start treating mine a little better...