Coelia bella

[Erythrone]

Coelia bella 2014 web by Erythrone, on Flickr

 

[NYEric]

Very well grown and bloomed. :clap:

 

[Wendy]

Oh my gosh that's lovely! What culture do you give it? :drool::drool::drool:

 

[Erythrone]

Thank you Eric and Wendy!

Oh my gosh that's lovely! What culture do you give it? :drool::drool::drool:

It is grown in pieces of quick drain rock wool. 10 or 12 inches pot. Lights: 4 ft long T12 (8 tubes over a 30 inches wide shelf). The lights are a few inches over the foliage. Relative humidity: usually 60 to 80 %. I keep the medium moist. I water often and the plant doesn't care if I forget to drain the water in the saucer in summer. Slightly drier in fall, when the fowering buds appear. Temps in summer: 18 to 27 C. Winter: 13 to 22 (sometime under 13). Fertilisation: with almost every watering. 10 to 40 ppm N. It deppends of what remains in the watercan...

 

[Lmpgs]

Congrats! Really well grown.

 

[Rick]

Well bloomed, and great show:clap:

 

[Parryaw]

Beautiful! One of those plants on my wish list!

 

[Ozpaph]

That is wow! Can you close-up a flower, please?

 

[Secundino]

Wow - stunning and beautiful!

 

[Wendy]

Thank you! Now to find one.......

 

[Erythrone]

Some close-ups from previous years. The color of the pictures is better IMO

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Coelia bella_web par Erythrone, sur Flickr

January 2014

 

[Erythrone]

Thank you! Now to find one.......

If you are unable to find it, let me know. oke:

 

[SlipperFan]

If you are unable to find it, let me know. oke:

Oh, my! Save me a piece, also!!!

 

[Felix]

Wonderful! Could you describe the smell? :smitten:

 

[TDT]

Lovely flowers. I'll also be keeping an eye out for this one!

 

[The Mutant]

Really cute.

 

[cnycharles]

It's excellent, and then you show us the close up! Definitely an unusual orchid

Orchids limited and Marlow orchids, camp lot a noise, mount prospect orchids has them listed for sale

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[Erythrone]

Wonderful! Could you describe the smell? :smitten:

Unable... My nose is not very effective... and I am sick by now... I have the flu...

 

[cnycharles]

Sorry to hear! Hope you feel better. When I was looking for sources I saw where others described the smell like marzipan
Also that it grows as a terrestrial and a lithophyte


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[Migrant13]

So beautiful. Another fantastic specimen from your collection.