Rhyncorides Springtime

[zainal abidin]

That is really fantastic blooms I love the overall purple color how tall is the plant and the leaves?

[catttan]

That is really fantastic blooms I love the overall purple color how tall is the plant and the leaves?

Thank you Zainal.The plant is 5in tall(13cm); 4 pairs of leaves, each measuring 10in (26cm) and 1 1/2in wide (4cm). The plant looks very much like a Rhy gigantea.

[zainal abidin]

Thank you Zainal.The plant is 5in tall(13cm); 4 pairs of leaves, each measuring 10in (26cm) and 1 1/2in wide (4cm). The plant looks very much like a Rhy gigantea.

Thanks for the info where to get this one?

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Wonderful orchid photos and stunning blooms. I love this one!!

cheers,
BD

[BValdes]

That is simply gorgeous! Great job.

[Phimax]

it is a beauty do they grow equally slow as rhynchostylis? I hvae a couple of rhyncho's bought as young plants and hard to get to flowering size. Visited Akerne in Belgium today and they had a lot of them in flower but resisted to buy one
Bought aerides Houlletianum, and vandachostylis Thailand Somsri
Jan

[123orchids]

Wow, the bloom is magnificent.

[catttan]

it is a beauty do they grow equally slow as rhynchostylis? I hvae a couple of rhyncho's bought as young plants and hard to get to flowering size. Visited Akerne in Belgium today and they had a lot of them in flower but resisted to buy one
Bought aerides Houlletianum, and vandachostylis Thailand Somsri
Jan

I agree that Rhyncostylis are notoriously slow growing. Tried growing them from seedling size but have never grown them to flowering size. I now buy them all either blooming or near blooming size and they aren't all that expensive about US $8 -12 each. Hope your Aer and Van bloom for you soon.I bought a Aer houlletiana 2 years and it is now 1 foot tall with 3 keikis but has still not bloomed and my Aer lawrenceae is 2 ft tall but has never bloomed. However my Aer Pramote ( a houlletiana cross) blooms 3-4 times a year.

[Phimax]

good to hear you have same experience it means its not doing me something wrong. The plants look really healthy ut it will take at least 2 years to flowering size.
The Houlletiana has 2 spikes and hope they survived transport to my greenhouse. As soon as they flower I will share some pics!
Jan