Ctsm. fimbriatum 'Golden Horizon' x Ctsm. osculatum 'SVO'
 

SVO 7630
Super cool looking flowers on the first bloom from this SVO primary cross. The lip is frilly and neon green. The petals and sepals, shaped like a bird, are cream color with attractive burgundy spots.

Grew this one with the PET method so included a little root porn.

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...54f8dd2c_k.jpgunnamed (84) by Eric, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3222d222_k.jpgunnamed (86) by Eric, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fdf0b281_k.jpgunnamed (87) by Eric, on Flickr[/IMG]

Love the fimbriatum hybrids--and the roots!

Beauty! What a cool lip!

Excellent!!

Nice walrus mustache! Great pistachio color.

Fimbriatum is such a cool flower!

Well done. I must consider this PET thing for my few.

They absolutely thrive once they've grown roots into the reservoir. Plus, seeing the roots grow is a pleasure itself :)

My only PET mod for next year is to have a small layer of orchiata on top. The full strength fert soaked sphag under grow lights creates quite an algae farm

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Ok, so I went into the grow room and overnight the plant became highly fragrant. Almost like a sweet tikka masala.

When I went in to smell the plant shot me! The middle of the lip flew off and stuck to my face! I demoed it in the video below (apologies for the unsightly cut on my finger). The adhesive is hard to get off! I haven't grown either parent species so I not sure where this trait came from :)

September 22, 2020 - YouTube

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...543da150_h.jpgunnamed (88) by Eric, on Flickr

That video is awesome. It’s like a tube of toothpaste squirting like that

Observation: The flowers that I "triggered" yesterday are no longer fragrant and the ones that I left intact are still fragrant. The overall fragrance put out by the plant has been reduced by roughly the same % I triggered (50%)