Epicyclia Mabel Kanda x Enc. Cordigera

[Shannara]

I saw this at an orchid show and finally tracked one down. It came in a 4" pot but I wanted it mounted on cork bark like the one I saw. It took awhile to rinse and loosen the roots from its original orchid bark mix, but man did it have a ton of healthy roots!



I used mostly fishing line and a small piece of twine to hold it on. Since I don't use sphagnum on my orchids I put coco fiber behind the orchid to help retain some moister. Hopefully the birds won't pick it all off to use in their nests.

I hope I did okay since this was my first time attaching an orchid onto anything. *Crossing my fingers*.

Shann~

[clintdawley]

Looks okay to me!

Good luck with it.

[Lambert]

This looks like a really healthy plant, I am curious to see what the blooms will look like. Good job mounting it !

[Shannara]

You can find a picture of the bloom online if you type in the name. The petals are green and the lip is very pink. I think there might be a spike coming...hard to tell just yet but I am hopeful.

Thanks!

Shann~

[Lambert]

Shann,

Saw a picture of the bloom online, very nice color combo.


LL

[kfir from israel]

looks just fine!
good job!

[clintdawley]

This plant has a name,

It's Epicyclia Serena O'Neill registered by Hawaii Hybrids on 4/4/2006.

[clintdawley]

Epicyclia Serena O'Neill
Beautiful magenta colored bulbs produce nice branching spays of smaller,nickel sized green flowers set off with cheerful pink lips. Very fast growing and easy to flower.

[clintdawley]

..and another picture. I guess this cross is fairly variable..