Habenaria Regnieri 'Pink Kitties' AM/AOS

[tenman]

This lovely hybrid, habenaria rhodocheila x carnea, a division of the plant recently awarded; the division was a gift from the award-winning owner of the mother plant. Only a few of my habenarias returned form dormancy this year despite the same treatment as always. The flowers are about 1 1/8" across and the most delightful pink, and the mottled foliage most attractive as well.

 

[Erythrone]

So cute!

 

[cnycharles]

very nice. I had so mistreated my rhodocheila (extreme dryness for months) that I was sure that it was dead. instead, two came up and are growing but probably not flowering. (okay, alive is better than dead)

 

[tenman]

very nice. I had so mistreated my rhodocheila (extreme dryness for months) that I was sure that it was dead. instead, two came up and are growing but probably not flowering. (okay, alive is better than dead)

well, they're supposed to stay totally dry through the winter anyway.

 

[s1214215]

I dont let mine go totally dry over winter as I find some dehydrate and die. So I just give them a rare light water to provide some hydration one a month or so and they are ok with this. Certainly in the wild in Thailand where I have seen them, they dont always go completely dry. The dry season still gets some rainfall, just not much..

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Those are great, love the clonal name.

 

[cnycharles]

I had also been told that light watering was necessary for them in winter... though it may have been helpful to their survival that they weren't under lights or in a greenhouse, so they had no exposure to light/heat (room temp with no light/air movement). if so, they probably would have been dead

I guess which instructions you follow (totally dry/light watering) depends on their surroundings/light/humidity

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Nice species, with both lovely leaves and flowers.

I've found that indeed these like to be "just this side of truly dry" in dormancy. Also important is to keep them warm, ideally above 20 C during dormancy. If you combine cool and moist conditions in winter you can easily rot any of the tropical Habenaria/Pecteilis. H. carnea in particular has been very difficult to overwinter.

 

[NYEric]

That is so nice. I would love to get a couple of bulbs when available!

 

[SlipperFan]

Beauties, and very nicely photographed.

 

[Ross]

I dont let mine go totally dry over winter as I find some dehydrate and die. So I just give them a rare light water to provide some hydration one a month or so and they are ok with this. Certainly in the wild in Thailand where I have seen them, they dont always go completely dry. The dry season still gets some rainfall, just not much..

I do the same thing

 

[s1214215]

I keep my species at 10c, but carnea warmer