Neocogniauxia monophylla

[tenman]

This tiny plant grows on a stick (a 1" thick piece about 7" long) with some sheetmoss underfoot; gets watered every day or so and sits in front of the evap cooler. It was hard to find, but has taken to the GH and sent out two inflorescences this year and last; and this year they'll both be in bloom at the same time! The flowers are about 1 1/3" across and the leaves get up to 3" long on 2" tall pseudobulbs. Whole plant pic is from last year. Since my camera has a hard time focusing on the intense orange, I had to take 73 pics of this this week (with two different cameras) in order to get one which was passable.

 

[Dupuy]

wowow!

 

[SlipperFan]

Oh, that is sweet! Now I have to look for one!

 

[jewel]

the flower looks delicate, how long do they last? any fragrance?

 

[Jorch]

What a beautiful flower for this rare species!

 

[musiclovertony]

oh my! I've never heard of this, I really like it. It was definitely worth all the effort to get a photo, too!

 

[s1214215]

Thats a stunning plant Tenman. I have been trying to get one for years, but no luck

Brett

 

[tenman]

the flower looks delicate, how long do they last? any fragrance?

Yes, they are like crepe paper, but no fragrance I can detect.

 

[etex]

Very cool plant and bloom-very unusual!

 

[JeanLux]

cool plant and extreme color on that bloom!!!! Bravo (also for the pic )!!! Jean

 

[NYEric]

Nice, thanx for sharing.

Since my camera has a hard time focusing on the intense orange, I had to take 73 pics of this this week (with two different cameras) in order to get one which was passable.

Welcome to my world!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Cool little thing. Almost gives the impression of being lipless!

 

[Leo Schordje]

Great growing, these are notorious for being hard to grow in the mid-west. Lovely