Cyp.macranthos 'Orchid Court' CCM/AOS

[tenman]

A nicely dark colored form of this species, stays compact and floriferous. Grown in a pot in a cyp. mix, sunk into a raised bed outside here in Ohio at 40ºN. Midday sun, filtered otherwise.

 

[PhilaGardener]

Gorgeous!

 

[NYEric]

Nice. What cyp mix?

 

[jtrmd]

nice! A squirrel or chipmunk dug my macrathos up this spring.

 

[tenman]

Nice. What cyp mix?

It's Roger Zelazny's from Raising Rarities. Granite grit, perlite, peat (fine, not chunks), and a bit of oystershell. I usually put a layer of gravel or large bark in the bottom to hold the mix in as the holes in the bottoms of the 1 gallon pots are so large.