Renanstylis Azimah x Renanthera Bangkok Flame

Initially I didn't want to post pictures of this orchid as I had just bought it about 3 weeks ago at an orchid show after it had travelled thru 2 orchid shows. Most of the buds had dried up and blasted.But I decided to post the pictures after BD posted pics of his Rhy gigantea and this cross had Rhy gigantea in its bloodline.

Renanthera hybrids have a reputation of being difficult to grow and bloom. Moreover they grow quite big and takes forever to reach blooming size. I have a Ren Nancy Chandler( a keiki from a friend) that is now 3ft tall after 5 years, and still no sign of it blooming.

This cross is Rnst Azimah (Ren Nancy Chandler x Rhy gigantea) x Ren Bangkok Flame. The Renanthera lineage runs the whole gamut of renantheras including storeii, coccinea,imschootiana and monachica.However, the Rhy gigantea seems to impart the very desirable qualities to it - ease of growth, free flowering from a small size ,non-fading flowers, plus the branching flower spike habit of the renantheras. There were 3 plants for sale with varying degrees of red - one a 'loud' red, another a rather subdued pinkish red and this one, an in-between. Of course I wish I had the money to buy all three!

Pic # 1-3 Flowers of Rnt Azimah x Ren Bangkok Flame

Pic # 4 The plant 15in tall with 12 pairs of leaves showing remnants of old spike and the current one; 8 bloomings altogether but strangely all on one side of the plant only.

I love this genera , and buy all I see offered, which is not a great range here in UK . They flower easily in my conditions, oiften twice a year ; perhaps they get more stressed ythan yours Yew Sung ? . also they flower when fairly small . I have only a couple of hybrids , one of which is Nancy Chandler, but its only a few inches ( say 4 ) high as yet , and it will be interesting to see if , in my conditions it follows the others. or whether it too will need to be grown until more than 3 ft tall. ( None of my plants is 3 ft tall ! )