Hello again everyone, A few days ago I noticed that a dendrochilum species that I bought at our recent orchid club auction had a flower spike on it. I was quite pleased because I have a dendrochilum cobbianum that has grown for many years but never flowered for me. At least I know that a dendrochilum will flower on my property, even if it got the energy and inclination to do so from someone else! ; )
It seems people thought the plant that came from Rice's Orchids was a trichopilia, (the tag had been lost at some point) so no-one knows what it is, though I was fairly positive then and definitely now that it's a dendrochilum but just not which species. For size comparisons, this plant has the general shape of my cobbianum plant, but much smaller in dimensions. It has been grown well for a number of years and shows no inclination to get larger, like my cobbianum had as well. Pictures can be seen at http://cnyos.org/virtualshowtable/thumbnails.php?album=2 Views are of whole plant, view of flower 'chain' and two flowers close-up. I appreciate all comments, input and ideas. I don't have a general pic of my cobbianum at the moment, but can get one of both plants side-by-side fairly quickly if someone would like. thanks in advance, charles phals bellina, 2 phal violacea albas, dendrochilum sp., 2 phal cochlearis, phal violacea, 2 peloric, one albescens and one standard phal equestris, 2 phal lindenii, phal sanderiana, 2 phal pulcherrima in flower -- charles ufford oriskany, ny usa _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
