Habenaria dentata

[KyushuCalanthe]

Another great Habenaria is H. dentata, a native of southern Japan (very rare) and virtually all of subtropical/tropical Asia all the way to the Himalayas. Now that is what I call an angelic flower!

Luckily, quite easy to keep; grow as you would any tropical Habenaria/Pecteilis species from SE Asia.

 

[JeanLux]

so white, so beautiful!!!! Jean

 

[callosum]

there are in Thailand too and going reaed:rollhappy:

 

[biothanasis]

Very beautiful!

 

[Candace]

Very angelic!

 

[SlipperFan]

I would picture angels to look like that. Wow!

 

[Sue]

Angelic . . . until you get up close! Looks like a bunch of legs and fangs in there—or a spider's mouth.

What's the Rilke line? (A short Googling later . . . )

"Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying."

http://www.homestar.org/bryannan/duino.html

 

[goldenrose]

:rollhappy::rollhappy:
However one look at it, one I'll have to eventually try!

 

[SlipperFan]

Angelic . . . until you get up close! Looks like a bunch of legs and fangs in there—or a spider's mouth.

What's the Rilke line? (A short Googling later . . . )

"Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying."

http://www.homestar.org/bryannan/duino.html

Or a wolf in sheep's clothing?

 

[NYEric]

Angelic . . . until you get up close! Looks like a bunch of legs and fangs in there—or a spider's mouth.

What's the Rilke line? (A short Googling later . . . )

"Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying."

http://www.homestar.org/bryannan/duino.html

- Morbid and heavy with forboding.

 

[labskaus]

Angelic yes, pure and pristine beauty.

Does anybody know if these sub/tropical Habenarias breed with the hardy species? Or even Platanthera? Might make some exciting garden orchids.