Arpophyllum alpinum

[Candace]

This a first time bloomer for me. I think I picked it up from Andy's a couple of years ago. I grow it probably warmer than it would like but it has still grown and seems to be fine since it's now blooming. I think this is a very under rated genus. I love arpophyllums!

I grow it mounted in the g.h., in high light and it gets watered once a day in Spring-Summer and maybe every 3 days in Fall-Winter.

 

[Erythrone]

I didn't know that species.

Fantastic fluo color!!

 

[streetmorrisart]

Nice! The color is indeed phenomenal.

Speaking of unusual Mexican species, do you grow Euchile citrina?...

 

[Candace]

Nice! The color is indeed phenomenal.

Speaking of unusual Mexican species, do you grow Euchile citrina?...

I don't have one but it's on my list;>

 

[streetmorrisart]

I don't have one but it's on my list;>

I picked mine up at White Oak Orchids in person last November--it's on my list of favorite orchids I haven't bloomed yet.

 

[NYEric]

Can you post a photo of the whole plant please?

 

[Candace]

No plant photo but if you know what giganteum looks like, the plant growth is the same but about 1/2 the size.

 

[NYEric]

Not helping.

 

[biothanasis]

Very nice colour!!!!

 

[Clark]

Pretty.

 

[Candace]

Not helping.

Let google be your friend?

 

[toddybear]

Beautiful macro!

 

[JeanLux]

great color!!! Jean

 

[NYEric]

Let google be your friend?

All the searches, except one of a diff arpophyllum, had only the bloom fotos.

 

[Kevin]

Eric, there's a couple on this page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23140499@N07/page4/

 

[NYEric]

Thanx. I fillay got into google and saw some. the plants look very big w long grass-like leaves! Not like phrags, hardly worth the space!

 

[Kevin]

They are very much worth the space. I have an A. giganteum, and the leaves are very rigid, like a long, slender Cattleya-type leaf, or like Cymbidium aliofolium, if you know that one.

 

[SlipperFan]

Somehow, I missed this thread. I'm interested in how you got your plant to flower, Candace.

 

[Candace]

Dot, I've heard from some people that this genus may be tricky but I've never had problems getting my other giganteum to bloom either. They are supposedly C to I growing, though I grow mine warm. I think it's the light level folks may have problems with. Mine get high, cattleya light, until they're almost yellowish. Because they're cooler growers, I think people may tend to shade them. Not me, I hang them up and let them fry. And they bloom.

 

[SlipperFan]

Interesting. We've tried warm/bright, intermediate bright, and even put them outside to get chilled. All they do is grow.