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Actually, it is. I think the tip got damaged, and it made the secondary spike close to the tip.

When P. longiscarpa was described, I believe the author was comparing P. longiscarpa to Polystachya dendrobiflora (= P. tayloriana = P. flexuosa), and said P. longiscarpa is a larger version of P. dendrobiflora. So you have a good insight! P. dendrobiflora is also an early-branching Polystachya.

I didn't think about It, but it looks similar to some Dendrobium. I went to look at the relationships, and interestingly they are fairly far apart.

I got this plant from Afri orchids in 2019. It is an interesting species because it is one of the "early-branching" Polystachya spp., and it is a narrow endemic species. The inflorescence is kind of too long from my grow tent. Here is a link to my blog post.

Floralia has it (not flava) listed for $25 for Redland.

I'm growing mines at the cool end of intermediate temp; 29/18C (84/65F) in the summer and 21/13C (70/55F) with high humidity. They don't grow particularly fast (took 6 years to the first bloom from deflasking), but I got a fairly high survival rate.

The stem of my plant is about 25cm long, but I'm guessing it probably could have flowered much earlier if it had had a right cue. Angela, yes, it is fragrant. It is fairly pleasant, but not as good as others, I think.

I got this from Louisiana Orchid Connection 8 years ago. It kept growing, but didn't flower until this year. I changed a couple things, and some of the changes might have induced the first bloom. Link to my blog post.

I'm wondering if it is the case. I'm growing them at the light level similar to other mottled leaf paphs. I wonder if they prefer even lower light. But they seem to grow even with the pale color, so I haven't changed it. I don't do anything special, other than the fact that I'm growing them...

I've been growing them for 6 years from the flask which I got from Troy Meyers. Actually, this is derived from a SlipperTalk collaboration between Rick L and Uri. For the first generation, Rick managed to make some of them flower in 3 years. My plants are the grand-kids of Rick and Uri's...

That's a bummer, but they are both beautiful, though!

I think so. I might be wrong but I believe all species of this genus has no-resupinate flowers.

Nicely grown!

Beautiful!

Yes, it is easy to break since it makes long flowering stems which extend between neighboring pots, and the stem snaps easily. It is interesting that yours are flowering at the same time, I guess mine flowered pretty late this year. Yes, it seems to be able to grow at the cool end of...