Glad you and the others who liked it. Yes, the color is always pink. In Assam, naturally growing wild Kopou ful also have a mild but distinctive fragrance and is not particularly attracvtive. BTW, orchids, as a family of flowers are not known for their fragrance. Only a very few varieties of orchids have any notably pleasant fragrance.
Rhynchostylis retusa comes in a second sub-variety called Rhynchostylis retusa giganta, which also have white flowers. Their flowers are slightly larger but the inflorescence I have seen are shorter and more stout than our Kopou-ful. THey are also not common in Assam. Maybe found in Arunachal, I am not sure. But they are common in Burma and Thailand, as far down as Singapore. Rhynchostylis retusa is strikingly similar to another variety of sub-Himalayan region orchid called the Aerides. They too are mostly pink, but also have orange to red varieties as well as white. Their inflorences, again, are usually shorter and the leaves are flatter. Their habitat ranges from the Himalayan region to South India to Sri Lanka and east to China, Burma, Thailand down to Malayasia. You ought to have known by now Alpana, that asking me a simple question holds the promise of a day-long discourse :-). c-da On Aug 2, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > Very beautiful, C'da. Just looked at it. Liked the color also, is that the > only color for this variety? How long and how often do they normally bloom? I > thought only during Bohag Bihu they come out. Anyway, thanks for letting us > view it. > > > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:21:38 > To: <assam@assamnet.org> > Subject: [Assam] Kopou Ful > > Hi Netters: > > I am delighted to announce the blooming of Kopu-ful ( Rhynchostylis retusa, > Foxtail Orchid). For those of us in the > USA and other temperate areas, bringing a Kopou-ful to bloom is a seriously > difficult task. How I have finally succeeded, I don't > know. My best guess is that global warming has lent me a hand here. > > Since I cannot post images to assamnet, you can see it at my blog: > > http://www.chanmahanta.com/kopou-ful-rhynchostylis-retusa-foxtail-orchid > > cm > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
