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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: johanneshoeller on September 30, 2009, 12:16:36 PM

Title: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: johanneshoeller on September 30, 2009, 12:16:36 PM

Now Habeneria longidenticulata has started to flower

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: ranunculus on September 30, 2009, 12:32:15 PM

What a beauty, Hans!

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Eric Locke on September 30, 2009, 08:55:05 PM

Nice Hans !
Have not tried this one.
 I do love Habenaria myself and will try to post some of my photos.

Eric

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Eric Locke on September 30, 2009, 10:03:34 PM

Some Habenaria photos as promised of recent flowerings.  :)

Habenaria Carnea
Habenaria Rhodocheila var rosea.

Eric

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Maggi Young on September 30, 2009, 10:13:08 PM

Oh, Eric, these are just lovely! Thank you.

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Eric Locke on September 30, 2009, 10:19:35 PM

Maggi

Habenaria are really lovely plants and not difficult to grow either.

Carnea also comes in a pale pink.
Rhodocheila comes in pink orange and yellow shades. 8)


Eric

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Paul T on September 30, 2009, 11:19:38 PM

Beautiful.  I wish some of these northern hemisphere terrestrials were available over here.  :o

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Slug Killer on October 01, 2009, 11:05:45 PM

Hi Hans

I think your Hab is H.malleifera.

Regards

David

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: Slug Killer on October 02, 2009, 08:59:25 AM

Hans

Can I ask how long you have had this Hab? Reason I ask is they are quite difficult to keep over winter and one minute seem fine but gone the next in to a mulch. Last years photos below.

Title: Re: Habenaria longidenticulata
Post by: johanneshoeller on October 03, 2009, 11:25:37 AM

Dave,
this is a good question! I grow this plant for 10 years and keep it frost free over the winter in my house like Pleiones (0°C - +10°C max.), because I am not sure about the hardiness in my country. The last year I have changed the substrate, now I use a normal garden soil with grit and bims, and now it is flowering very well and is growing much better. When the plant starts to grow I put the pot outdoors (not sunny) where we have 2000 - 2500m rain/year.