Stanhopea nigroviolacea, oculata and jenischiana

[gotsomerice]

It's Stanhopea time! Love the scent! More to come. Stay tune!

 

[JeanLux]

very nice blooms, and strong plants!!! Do you have a pict. of the tigrina (nigroviolacea) plant??? Jean

 

[fbrem]

jealous in Memphis, love Stans, can now grow them, just not bloom 'em, yet

 

[goldenrose]

:drool:jealous in N.E. IL.! I just might have to try one again! :drool:

 

[gotsomerice]

To me, most of them smell like fresh bake sweet bread or dessert. Like cinnamon roll without cinnamon! And you can smell this about 15 feet away! Super super strong scent. One drawback of Stanhopea is that a flower last at most 3 days. You have to grow them real big so they have tons of flowers, then you can have blooms for about two weeks.

 

[Heather]

They are SO fricken cool!

They really remind me of hummingbirds (though not really from the angle of those photos, except the last one. Great shots and great growing!

 

[paphioboy]

WONDERFUL... still have yet to find one...

 

[Rick]

Those are very cool.:drool:

 

[rdlsreno]

Very nice!!!!



Ramon

 

[cnycharles]

amazing flowers, your plants must be very well-grown to have so many flowers on them

 

[Kevin]

Cool! I love Stanhopeas! I have a tigrina x devoniensis that just bloomed. Perfect for just one day. I have been told that devoniensis is not correct, but I don't know. I should post a pic sometime. Does any one have this cross, or something similar? Post a pic and I can compare. Apparently, devoniensis is insignis x tigrina/nigroviolacea. I've also heard that devoniensis is a synonym for hernandezii, which seems more plausible, as mine does look like a tigrina x hernandezii. Anyone here know taxonomy of Stanhopeas?