Dendrophylax lindenii - the Ghost Orchid -

[Drorchid]

The first time I have ever seen one of these bloom in real life, so I thought I would share. The flowers are much larger than I was expecting.

Robert

 

[streetmorrisart]

:clap: I've seen it in person once--bloomed by Oak Hill Gardens. Can you sneak out and sniff this later and tell us what the fragrance is like?

 

[Paphman910]

Nice flowers! I saw one with 7 flowers on another forum.

Paphman910

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Really nice pics of this beauty! So now they are calling it Dendrophylax :rollhappy: The first I saw of these were wild plants in the Fahkahatchee Strand of south Florida back before it was a state preserve. Gotta be one of the coolest orchids out there.

 

[Clark]

Just fantastic!

 

[smartie2000]

amazing! this is something worth growing if you can provide the conditions for it

 

[cnycharles]

very nice and very interesting

 

[Kevin]

Well done! Very awesome. I was very fortunate to be able to see these in the wild in the Fakahatchee, but only in bud.

 

[NYEric]

Excellent, thanx for sharing.

 

[Jorch]

Beautiful! I have yet to see (and sniff) one in real life.

 

[SlipperFan]

Good growing, Robert -- I understand these are very finicky about conditions.

 

[JeanLux]

One of the most outstanding forms of ochid flower I have seen (on pics)!!!! Jean

 

[musiclovertony]

It's such a gorgeous plant!

 

[goldenrose]

:drool::drool: They are just way too cool! Last month a member brought one to the club meeting. Sooo impressive, I think there was 6-7 flowers! The flowers were larger than I expected but didn't detect any fragrance.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

:drool::drool: They are just way too cool! Last month a member brought one to the club meeting. Sooo impressive, I think there was 6-7 flowers! The flowers were larger than I expected but didn't detect any fragrance.

Really Rose? That many flowers on one plant?! That is impressive. Guess I'm used to seeing them in the wild with just a couple flowers.

 

[prem]

That is very well done for a plant that appears to be growing upside down. They are so hard to keep happy that way.

---Prem