Coryanthes picturata?
 

I have waited for while for this to bloom for me and now that it has I am wondering if it is even a picturata? Does anyone know?

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...ps29aeosnw.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...pss9i5tcdl.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...psxljccsvn.jpg

I am no expert but I looked for pictures online and there were to or 3 that were almost identical to this...maybe someone will be a better knowledge of these will know.
May I ask how do you grow these? I ordered one and it had some sort of fungal issue and died. It is beautiful by the way!!!

I don't know if it's picturata, but I love it the same :drool::drool:

Does it smell?

Thanks it is beautiful but it smells even better than it looks. I grew mine in front of a south / west facing window. I water it with a diluted mix of nitrogen fert. every watering and it get sprayed with a mister regularly. I stopped watering and feeding from about November and only resumed in April when what I thought were new growths turned out to be spikes!! It is really going for it now, another three spikes on the way. I have had it for just under a year but this is the first time that it has bloomed for me. I had to move it into the front room in order for it to get enough light - I was told they liked it darker but it needed brighter light as I have since found out now that it has finally bloomed.

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Does it ever? It smells like a pot of honey with a squirt of sweet perfume added to it :) Heavenly!! :D:D

I will have to keep my eyes on finding another one! I read how they catch bees with that smell and that's how they get pollinated.

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But I also would not want to meet something like this in a dark ally! Hehe!

There is a website over there called Colombian orchid Imports Catalog Colombian Orchid Imports and they have the best range of Coryanthes. I have searched all over the European websites and can you believe that there are none available right now? :(

It is supposed to drip nectar into the bucket at the bottom but mine isn't doing that because it is slightly deformed and the nectar dripping things have not formed properly so I will have to wait for the next blooms to mature for that.

THANKS! I will do some digging see what they have! I had a coryanthes macranthum that died and hopefully it can find another one.

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O dear they have one! I will have to figure out how to order from them lol. Thank you so much!

Yeah good news !!!

I hope that you get one and that you manage to bloom it, I felt invincible when I noticed a spike on mine :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: