Pecteilis susannae

[KyushuCalanthe]

Here's a success and "failure story" all bound into one plant. I got this plant a couple winters ago as one large tuber. Last year it started growth quite late, around June, and by fall it had grown fairly large, but didn't flower. This year I put it in a slightly larger pot and forced it to start earlier, at the end of April. Well, it has grown very nicely since then and is now sporting four large flowers. Unfortunately, due to my less than perfect conditions, the buds got blemished by something - a bummer, but at least the plant is healthy.

Pretty tall, maybe 80 cm not including the pot. The flowers are large, about 7 cm north to south and 5 cm east to west.

Grown like other tropical Habenaria/Pecteilis of SE Asia, just a bit more light, but no direct sunshine. No special soil amendments either (dolomite, etc). It goes dormant sometime around Christmas or early January. I keep it moist until then.

 

[SlipperFan]

I don't think I've seen this one before, Tom. What a cool little monster!

 

[cnycharles]

very interesting. they really do distantly resemble platantheras, though these go for flower size rather than number like most of their north american cousins

 

[JeanLux]

too cool Tom!!! Great white blooms, good pics!!!

I have got one of them (thanks Thanasis) and grow it with my slippers and catts(??), a tenth of the size of yours, and of course no sign of flower stem ! Jean

 

[paphjoint]

very nice and interesting too

 

[biothanasis]

Great job Tom!!!!!! I have two (you are welcome Jean) that are 35 and 27 cm! and now flower spikes too! Does it need more sun to flower???! I gave it dampled evening sun (1-2 hours) in the summer with medium shade in the morning! Now there is no sun unfortunatelly...

Jean... do you give your slippers and catts the same conditions?

 

[NYEric]

Are you used to working in metric!?

 

[streetmorrisart]

This is extremely cool...

 

[JeanLux]

Great job Tom!!!!!! ...

Jean... do you give your slippers and catts the same conditions?

Thanasis, I just have 1 gh (+/- 3 x 8m); so I have to try to reconciliate the different species of diff. genera with their diff. growing needs within this space ! but in fact you will find there several temp/humidity zones: near the heating devices, near the glass, near a fan, in the shade of one large plant,...away from all of this ...!!! Jean

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Glad you all enjoyed it. I was really happy to have it grow so well and flower this season.

Are you used to working in metric!?

Yeah, afraid so. Last Friday was my 7th anniversary in Japan - I'm a changed man! The shift wasn't too hard though since I have a science background working in labs, etc.

80 cm ~31.4"
7 cm ~2.75"
5 cm - just under 2"

 

[NYEric]

I still have to do stupid conversions, 80 cm = 800 mm/25 mm/inch = 32"...

 

[SlipperFan]

I still have to do stupid conversions, 80 cm = 800 mm/25 mm/inch = 32"...

Macs have a cute little app that lets you convert just about anything to just about anything else.

 

[paphioboy]

Nice susannae, Tom Looking at how dark and fat the leaves on your plant are, I think I should give mine less light.

 

[biothanasis]

Thanasis, I just have 1 gh (+/- 3 x 8m); so I have to try to reconciliate the different species of diff. genera with their diff. growing needs within this space ! but in fact you will find there several temp/humidity zones: near the heating devices, near the glass, near a fan, in the shade of one large plant,...away from all of this ...!!! Jean

Oh, ok I see... Wish I had a gh and I would do that too...hehe


Tom, judging from the photo, I think that mine have stopped at the phase and height where the stick you've used to support the plant ends!

 

[Rob Zuiderwijk]

Very cool looking plant. I love the photo of the flower close-up.
Thanks for sharing.

Rob Z.

 

[Brian Monk]

My vary favorite tropical terrestrial. I have one, flowered with 8 blooms on one very tall plant. I have found that these plants need an increadible amount of light to do really well. I grow mine in direct morning sun, with about 30% shade in the afternnon and evening. Mine produced 4 large tubers from the initial one I bought at the WOC in 2008.

 

[smartie2000]

cool! like a little white monster