Lophiaris carthagenensis

[tenman]

I bought this last year at Redlands as Lophiaris lanceanum; it did well last year adapting to its mount and putting out a strong new growth. I was overjoyed when I saw it was putting out a spike, anxiously awaiting those beautiful 2.5" flowers with the hot lavender lips.

Not to be. It is however a very robust plant and the small (.75 inch) flowers are interesting and very photogenic. It has taken well to the GH and now has three new growths coming.

Pity it didn't bloom BEFORE Redlands or I could have picked up one here as there were several available.

Oh, well, another one for the sale list!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Ah too bad, though the flower spikes can be impressive in length. One I grew in Florida routinely has spikes up to 5 feet or more. Too bad you have to get close to see the beauty of each blossom.

My favorite thing about this species is its common name, the spread eagle Oncidium :rollhappy::clap::rollhappy:

 

[SlipperFan]

You must have more than one of these, tenman? It's really quite a showy flower.

 

[W. Beetus]

Nice blooms! Too bad it wasn't what you bought it as, though.

 

[JeanLux]

Very cool close-up of that interesting flower !!!! Jean