Aeranthes Hsinying Ramosa

[mrhappyrotter]

Aeranthes Grandiose x ramosa

This plant is so cool! Aeranthes is a really interesting and unique Angreacoid alliance genus. This hybrid has proven to be exceptionally easy to grow and bloom. I keep it in a wooden basket with a bit of moss, bark, and perlite -- and I water frequently as it seems to love water a lot. It doesn't seem to need lots of light, though it definitely grows and blooms better now that I give it slightly brighter light than in years past. I also grow one of the ancestral species (A. grandiflora), and this hybrid is significantly larger.

The spikes are very long, pliable, and wire-thin. I've not grown anything else like this. It's a sequential flowering plant, so the spikes can produce flowers over long time frames.

My only disappointment with this plant is that the flowers are not fragrant at any time of day.

I will give it credit, it's pretty robust. It's blooming like crazy despite being in desperate need of repotting. I'm honestly quite impressed.

And yes, one of the flowers seems to have been pollinated this time around and the ovary is clearly starting to swell.

 

[abax]

Interesting plant. Are those ferns growing in the pot or the foliage?

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Interesting plant. Are those ferns growing in the pot or the foliage?

Those are rabbit foot ferns in a separate pot. I grow that outdoors most of the year but it had to come in for a bit while the night temperatures are dropping down into the 20s again.

 

[Ozpaph]

interesting flower

 

[blondie]

I think this genus is so nice I've never had the chance to buy one to grow.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

I think this genus is so nice I've never had the chance to buy one to grow.

My favorite is A. grandiflora. It's a compact grower and the flowers are fragrant.