Den. Roy Tokunaga
bought at flos auction (atroviolacem 'pigmy' x johnsoniae) Roy Tokunaga is the R of H&R Orchids
bought at flos auction (atroviolacem 'pigmy' x johnsoniae) Roy Tokunaga is the R of H&R Orchids
SECTION Formosae
Blue Ribbon at July 2012 FLOS meeting.
Seems to like hot and steamy with a drier but not bone dry winter.
Wayne Musgrave bought one of these too, from the back of the greenhouse.
Native winter is long and very dry. Reduce water in winter except to keep plant from dessication.
Found in Papua and New Guinea as a medium to large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte on moss-covered trees in cool mist forests at elevations of 1000 to 1200 meters in high light with stems carrying 2 to 3 apical, elliptic, bluish-green, erct or spreading leaves blooming on an axillary, racemos
Found in Hainan China and in Vietnam at elevations around 1200 meters as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with many ridged, jointed and swollen in the middle stems that taper at both ends and carrying 2 to 5, oblong-lanceolate, leathery, persistent leaves all held towards the apex and blooms
Very wet summer, very dry winter. 2500-2500 fc, very bright. Cutting from Vizcaya
Cutting from huge plant at FLOS show, blooms continuously and grows like a weed. Wayne Musgrave bought two of them from under the counter.