Rhynchostele rossii - finally flowers!

[shakkai]

Been waiting on this one for quite some time - sound familiar?!? - Growing orchids definitely will teach one patience.

This is the first time flowering for me....

[cb977]

Way to go!!! What a cutie!!!

[LizT]

Hi shakkai
Wonderful flower. Glad it finally bloomed for you. Don't forget to post more pictures of the spike when all the flowers are open.
I have Rhynchostele bictoniensis. I think it will be awhile till mine blooms but I'm looking forward to it. Honestly I can't wait, hopefully the flower spike will fit in my window. Yes I agree - growing orchids does teach you patience. But it's always worth it.
Hope it just gets better for you.

[shakkai]

Thanks so much Liz! I will be sure to post a better photo when it is light out tomorrow - and hopefully another flower is open. I was just so excited to see this open when I got home. I couldn't wait to photograph it.

I have Rhynchostele cervantesii also - both mine are minis. The cervantesii is the one that I mounted onto a rock - a la the thread: Rocks + Orchids = Art.
There is the beginnings of a spike on it, but its still a long, long way off....

[Becca]

Shakkai that is definitely a cutie, but patience? What is patience I check my buds daily and think "hurry up and bloom! and try my hardest to keep my paws off of 'em!

[Phantasm]

I have a few plants that have never bloomed after several years and a few that have bloomed once in the same period. Growing orchids definitely tests your patience!

[Lagoon]

Meow!!
I like this one, Gimmie gimme Shak

[justatypn]

Congrats awaiting a bloom certainly adds to the addiction high

[shakkai]

Becca, I've been out there for weeks, several times a day, talking to this guy saying 'hurry up' or 'come on, open!' - and that's only after the buds had got nearly fully developed!

This one was taken 14 days ago...


Phantasm, yes, you're right. I have purchased young plants and seedlings that I know are years away from flowering. Somehow, I can wait for those - or at least it is easier... but once I see buds, the excitement builds!!

Gloria, the bulb + leaf of this one is no more than 4" tall... its such a cute little plant - and the cervantesii is the same with really cool four cornered bulbs, and scented flowers. They are both cold to cool growers.

Cheryl - spot on! Knowing a flower is about to open - especially one like this that is flowering for me first time - I can get pretty obsessive. Fortunately, this one is growing in my kitchen window, right by the sink. So every time I needed to do dishes I could stand there and 'examine' its progress - and, of course, tell it 'come on, open already!!'

[shakkai]

Some better photos... The second flower has now opened, but they are so widely spaced, its diffifult to get them both in a photo!