Sievekingia reichenbachiana

[zainal abidin]

Second times blooming for me so sad no smell to my nose but maybe not to the insect.Again another wonderful species from South America.

[suza]

Very nice!

[Ron-NY]

that is a stunning species. Another that I have not seen before!

[123orchids]

Great shoot, very interesting.

[catttan]

Beautiful, Zainal! First time seeing this interesting species.

[Phimax]

What a beauty zainal

[pavel]

Lovely devil! Flower-life about typical for members of the Stanhopea family?

[Dorsetman]

Some of these Sievekingias are lovely things. I was fortunate enough to see S.fimbriata in flower in the Monte Verde cloud forest in Costa Rica some years ago ... I have a plant in early bud now - fingers crossed - this is the second plant I have had, the first one turned out to be wrongly labelled, and although a Sieve' species, nowhere near as exciting.
I don't know if you ever get to see Orchid Digest ? There is a lovely pic on the front cover this very issue - landed in my mailbox only yesterday , of S.reichenbachiana , with flowers a little darker in colour than yours ; probably a true representation of the plant in question, since the photographer ( Ron Parsons) who is an old acquaintance of mine, is rather a purist in this connection.
A little known genus I think ; the people at Kew ( or maybe it is one of my paleontological friends) say it is an antecedent of Stanhopea - but rather preferable , in my prejudiced eyes.
Well done for growing it, showing it, and delighting us - at least me !

[ang709]

Cool blooms! I've never seen one of these before either.

[stateless]

bizarre and beautiful, nice photos