Maxillaria sanderiana

[JeanLux]

I got this plant in fall 2006, without too much hope to bring it to bloom, this time. The first experience I had was expensive, and failed.

I was of course happy when I discovered this 2 months ago:

one of the 2 buds failed, but the other continued growing:

the flower opened this week!

 

[Elena]

Oh, wow, beautiful colours!

 

[Park Bear]

I've been starting to accumulate some maxxies....very nice

 

[Rick]

That's a pretty cool one. Does it have a fragrance?

 

[orcoholic]

It's nice to see one in bloom. I thought I would be accused of personally making this plant extinct. Must have tried 10 times already and each plant died. Have a couple more that have actually lived for over a year but no blooms yet.

Maybe they are allergic to aluminum foil???

 

[JeanLux]

It's nice to see one in bloom. I thought I would be accused of personally making this plant extinct. Must have tried 10 times already and each plant died. Have a couple more that have actually lived for over a year but no blooms yet.

Maybe they are allergic to aluminum foil???

I bought it in that alu foil, price on the orange sticker (18 Euro only!). When I removed the max. from the alu I was confronted with a lot of very fine roots, and I did not see if they were still alive or not, so I cut off a good part of them, and put the plant in a plastic pond pot with holes all around (pic 2) filled with bark mix. Placed in a saucer filled with water at every watering, so humid almost all the time, it remains in a sunny space of the greenhouse!!

Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Congrats Jean..... I was worth the try...

 

[Ron-NY]

Congrats and Very nice Jean, that has been at the top of my wish list for some time. I seem to always miss getting one from the South American vendors each year. They sell quickly!

 

[Greenpaph]

Super, Jean!

:drool:

 

[philoserenus]

and interesting combination of colours. looks like it has a dusty lip ^^ pretty

 

[JeanLux]

That's a pretty cool one. Does it have a fragrance?

I didn't detect any! Jean