Aerides odoratum - or not , as the case may be
This is the same plant which I showed maybe last year when it had a single spike, and which caused some interest because the spike is more is less vertical instead of horizontal and drooping ; I wonder if it is not the true species, but a hybrid - it is rather small flowered, and very free flowered along the spike - maybe odoratum x affine (syn- multiflora) ?.
However, whatever is the right name, now it has a total of four growths, and has two spikes on the original, two spikes on one of the new growths, one on a second, and none on the third ( latest ) growth. Colour is not as dark as last year, and a few buds have blasted, probably because the plant has been neglected for a few critical weeks whilst my wife was in hospital and I hardly went into the greenhouse.
But I'm quite pleased with this . I have several other vandaceous plants which are producing keikis, and starting to mass up - well that is a bit of an exaggeration when I say mass up, but you will know what I mean. Seems these plants like my ( normal) treatment this year ; of course the winter will be more of a challenge !
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