Oh that is Weird! I really like it! Those are two blooms, correct? Are those white things solid or flimsy? It looks like some kind of poisonous reef tank animal or plant.
Cheers,
BD
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This always blooms with 2 flowers on each inflorescense. It has been seperated from the Bulbo genus and I believe it is now with Rhytionanthos due to the lateral sepals being fully united and the non exposed column. It is a southeast Asian species (java, Bali, Sumatra, Malaysia). This blooms on and off for me throughout the year.
Oh that is Weird! I really like it! Those are two blooms, correct? Are those white things solid or flimsy? It looks like some kind of poisonous reef tank animal or plant.
Cheers,
BD
How unique, and unconventionally pretty! It kind of looks like the foliage in the background has some texture too?
cool one there and with nice colours! How does one tell what are the flower parts on these
That's really striking! I like that a lot. What type of culture??
Amazing plant and amazing picture. Thanks for sharing!
Bizzaro-world! Cool!
Yes, that is 2 flowers. The "dohickeys" are flimsy. It gets Bulbo culture but on the bright side of Bulbo light. It is stick mounted. I give it intermediate culture but would most likely appreciate it a bit warmer. I will see if I can get a picture of the inside of the flower so you can see the flower parts. It is a fairly small flower (3/4" long) so that will not be easy for me.
The lateral sepals form a slipper-like structure and the dorsal sepal cups over the flower like a zootrophion does. The "dohickeys" are from the petals. The column and labellum lie within the flower. Here is a pic from Jay Phal's site that might give you a better idea of the structure. IOSPE PHOTOS
Is this a smelly one too?
McJulie
many of the Bulbos don't have a fragrance, although I don't have a tendency of putting my nose to the flowers, LOL. I don't recall this one having any fragrance. The really smelly ones, you don't have to put your nose to to know they don't smell good.