Angraecum distichum (in spectacular blooms)

[Bud]

I am glad you have this plant, Judi !
Among my Angraecums, this is the easiest to grow: I just leave it alone and it sprouts new keikis and blooms beautifully

[bethmarie]

It is a very nice specimen of distichum. How long have you been growing that monster? I love the tiny sparkly flowers on this one.

[Bud]

Thanks for the visit, Beth !
I inherited this from a lady from Connecticut who was being moved to a nursing home and needs her plants adopted....
This has been with me for 4 years and the lady said she had this for more than 10 years....
averaged maybe its 16 to 18 years old
and I have given cuttings to my friends or this would be very large specimen

[Brooke]

Originally Posted by Bud

Thank You, Brooke ! This plant is 3 yrs old with me but I inherited it from a guy who was leaving the country and wanted to sell all his plants. I got it specimen sized in that same mounted state on a cork slab that I decided not to mess with. Yes, you must be right that it is more than 10 yrs old. This blooms twice each season. And when it does if gives me a polka dotted white on green effect with its shimmering crystalline white flowers. It is thriving on a windowsill and gets to get outdoors on my fire escape in the summers.

You are confusing me Bud - in the above quote you said you got the distichum from a man leaving the country but then you posted you got it from a woman going into a nursing home. Do you have two of these from two different sources?

Brooke

[ronaldhanko]

That's spectacular, Bud.

[Bud]

Thanks, Ron !

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Originally Posted by brooke

You are confusing me Bud - in the above quote you said you got the distichum from a man leaving the country but then you posted you got it from a woman going into a nursing home. Do you have two of these from two different sources?

Brooke

I am sorry for confusing you Brooke, you are right I got this plant from the guy going abroad.... It was my Angraecum eburneum plant that came from the lady….

[Brooke]

Bud I was worried I wasn't understanding the written word anymore. You have to admit the two stories on one plant was making me scratch my head

Got any pics of the eburneum?

Brooke

[Discus]

My Angraecum distichum has decided to bloom too after a couple of years - finally getting it's culture down right I think. Mine is tiny compared to yours, though Bud, only about 4-5 stems!



See more:
Orchids on a Balcony: Some Angraecoid "first blooms"

[Leafmite]

Very cute, Discus! I have to figure out how to bloom this. Mine has just been growing...not that I'm complaining about that.

[Discus]

I added some moss to my otherwise very dry ecoweb mount, and that seems to have made it much happier. Other than that, nothing has changed.

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In south africa, these plants have been awarded by the local version of the AOS (SAOC).

Angraecum distichum ‘Abigail’ CCE/SAOC 80%
A species from W. Trop. Africa to Angola and Uganda

• Judged by KZN Region on 22 May 2010
• Ns 12mm hor, 9mm vert; ds 3 x 4mm; ps 4 x 5mm; ls 2 x 3mm; lip 2 x 4mm; spur 7mm.
• A well flowered miniature plant 210mm wide and 310mm vertical. Grown on a slab with many unblemished growths. Flowers crystalline, free from any blemishes. 216 flowers and 13 buds on approximately one hundred and sixty inflorescences. Number of flowers per growth good. Plant growths irregular due to slab culture but display was very natural.
• Owners: Frans and Gail Tooley, Westville
• Photographer: Martin von Fintel

Angraecum distichum ‘Rage’ CCE/SAOC 81%

• A species from West Africa.
  
• Judged by Natal Region on 7 August 1997.
• Ns14 mm; Ds 3 x 55 mm; Ps 5 x 5 mm; Ls 4 x 5 mm; lip 2 x 5 mm.
• A well flowered miniature plant 43 cm in diameter with many clear unblemished growths; flowers crystalline white free from blemishes; a total of four hundred and nine spikes with four hundred and ninety-seven flowers and twelve buds. The plant growth irregular due to triangular shape of pot.
• Owner and Photographer: Mrs C. Coll, Durban