Eurychone rothschildiana

[bigleaf]

Eurychone rothschildiana - green flowers. supposed to be fragrant but haven't detected it yet at the right time.

 

[suzyquec]

Beautiful flowers. I am not familiar with this species, do you have the roots wrapped in sphagnum? Do you mount them or how do you display?
Susan

 

[Happypaphy7]

Beautiful!!!
Maybe belongs to non-slipper photo section?

Anyway, I was told that this species is a shrot-lived plant.
How short is short, I wonder?
and can anyone confirm if that is even true?

 

[SlipperFan]

That is a nice one.
I have one that is a few years old, and it is doing fine so far.

 

[bigleaf]

I have this plant since last November. Purchased from Tom-DE. don't know how long he had it before. It is mounted. I just add fresh moss to it because summer is here.

 

[NYEric]

I have killed at least one of these. Maybe I should try it mounted. The flowers are very fragrant. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TrueNorth]

Beautiful!!!
Maybe belongs to non-slipper photo section?

Anyway, I was told that this species is a shrot-lived plant.
How short is short, I wonder?
and can anyone confirm if that is even true?

I have had mine for at least 15 years.

 

[NYEric]

I have had mine for at least 15 years.

How many leaves does that have?

 

[TrueNorth]

It still only has 3 or 4 leaves and 3 to 5 flowers. The leaves have gotten slightly bigger over the years. It likes to be mounted with the crown pointing down, like in Bigleaf's photo, so the water can drain after you spray it. I have mine on tree fern.

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the tips, now if only I can beat that person on eBay.

 

[Happypaphy7]

I have had mine for at least 15 years.

Thanks, good to know.
Dang it, I had two and sold them both.

 

[Happypaphy7]

This looks like growing horizontal with center pointing up actually.

Eric- I had both of mine in pot with good results.

 

[abax]

Lovely and very interesting flowers...with fragrance. What
could be better than that????

 

[Migrant13]

I have killed at least one of these. Maybe I should try it mounted. The flowers are very fragrant. Thanks for sharing.

I had the same unfortunate experience. Mine was in a pot but not in NZ sphag. The flowers are both unusual and beautiful. Might have to try again with all the good growing advice.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Mine was in a mix of moss and chunky (power grade) orchiata