Ponerorchis graminifolia

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KyushuCalanthe

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Ponerorchis is coming online now. Here are the first to open. These are very small plants standing no more than a few inches tall.

Already posted this one, but it is more open now.

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Interestingly, it threw one pale flower.

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Here's a real dark one that my camera cannot accurately show - the color is much less red, but rather more blue and much deeper. Go figure.

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I just call this beauty, "angel".

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More to follow in the coming week.
 
More coming into flower now. This one I call "Fancy Pink" is at its peak:

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A nice lavender flower with a big lip:

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A nice bicolor with a nearly spoon shaped and flat lip:

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And the first one I ever grew, this little beauty that I bought at a hardware store back in 2004. She's like an old friend:

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Even more to follow!
 
You are once again being vigorously envied -- by me! :D :drool:
These don't have any fragrance, do they?
Got any cultural advice for us?
I've been eyeing these plants for a few years now, wondering whether or not to take the leap. :wink:
 
your area must have the most amazing hardware stores ever! extraordinary beauty especially like the hardware store bi-color:clap: these orchids remind me of salvia very "lippy":p
 
Thanks for the comments all. They are delightful little things and not too fussy, but of course also not so easy either.

Any chance you can post a group photo so we can see them all together for scale?

Here's most of them Heather. They are small, even the "big" ones.

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These don't have any fragrance, do they?
Got any cultural advice for us?

Mark, no fragrance that I can tell. I grow them in pure kanuma with perfect drainage. The bulbs are planted just below the surface in a thin layer of sphagnum. They start growth in April, flower in June and July, and go down in late October. I keep them moist at all times until they finish flowering, and then back off the watering a tad, but never dry them out. During the growth cycle they are fertilized every three weeks with a very dilute liquid mix - too much and the leaf ends brown quickly. The like bright shade conditions, so make good paph companions. Once fully dormant they are kept near bone dry, just a tad of water once in a while. In growth they like warm temps (20-28 C) and in winter they are kept 0-10 C. I replant then every spring in fresh medium. Hope that helps.
 
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