Dyakia hendersoniana

[naoki]

It is a compact and cute species with the vivid pink flowers. It makes amazingly large inflorescences for the size of plants. This one was actually flowering 2 months ago (March), but I've been a bit busy recently. I got it from Oak Hill Gardens.

I sucked the pouch (lip) and it contains pretty sweet nectar! It contains fair amount of nectar for a small flower. You can kind of see the nectar line in the very middle of the pouch (the bottom part is a bit darker with nectar in it):

Dyakia hendersoniana on Flickr


Dyakia hendersoniana flower on Flickr

It is not too obvious in this photo, but the flowers shows a nice phyllotaxis pattern: the flowers are arranged neatly in spirals within an inflorescence.

Dyakia hendersoniana plant on Flickr

 

[Marco]

Awesome. What is the LS on this one?

 

[rbedard]

I'm in love. LOL

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Thanks for sharing. How long have you been growing it to get 3 spikes?

 

[JeanLux]

Wow, beautiful in colors and readiness to bloom!!!! Jean
(I see 2 spikes and a root inbetween)

 

[theshatterings]

Amazing photos! What a cool species. How would you describe the scent?

 

[naoki]

Marco, it is a small 2" pot, so each leaf is about 2" at this moment, but it is still young. Similar size as some Neofinetia.

Eric, it has only 2 spikes + 1 root as Jean pointed out. I think I got it after the owner transfer of Oak Hill, so I have been growing it for 1 year or so.

theshatterings, I forgot to sniff it...

 

[NYEric]

I think I have may one sitting...

 

[SlipperFan]

Great close-ups!

 

[paphioboy]

Cute! I killed two of these already.. Died from root rot

 

[Erythrone]

Wow!!! So cute!!!

 

[Linus_Cello]

What's your culture and where did you get this from?

 

[eggshells]

That is really really nice

 

[naoki]

Thanks!

I should be careful about the root rot. Thanks for the info Paphioboy.

Linus, it is from Oak Hill. I think it was $3 when they were doing the sharp discount before closing the internet sale. I got it because it was cheap, and I haven't paid much attention to it... But after seeing the flowers, I was glad that I got it. With the culture, I'm keeping it intermediate (80/60F), it is sitting next to Cattleyas.