Selenipedium palmifolium in flower

[treefrog]

Much more cute and amazing than I initially expected! This is a native from French Guiana! The whole plant is very elegant.
Enjoy

 

[NYEric]

Sweet. Yours? What size did you acquire it? Thanks for sharing.

 

[JayeL]

That is certainly different - love that elongated pouch...

JL

 

[GuRu]

Lovely and I suppose not easy to grow ? So kudos that you flowered it.

 

[big923cattleya]

Man, that is quite unusual! Great job in growing that species!
Weirdly elegant I guess you could say. The color is spectacular!!!

 

[BrucherT]

Much more cute and amazing than I initially expected! This is a native from French Guiana! The whole plant is very elegant.
Enjoy
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That is incredible!

 

[BrucherT]

Whence cometh this wonder?

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Like a little clog… cute!!

 

[littlefrog]

I would try to grow that... Don't know that I've ever seen Selenipedium offered for sale. The reputation is that they are all meters tall. That one could easily fit under my lights.

 

[dodidoki]

How old is this plant? Seems to be diminishing, leaves are yellow, brown, there is no new shoot at all.

 

[spujr]

Is it cross compatible with anything?

 

[BrucherT]

How old is this plant? Seems to be diminishing, leaves are yellow, brown, there is no new shoot at all.

I think they’re deciduous?

 

[BrucherT]

Still hoping to find out where you acquired it.

 

[treefrog]

Hi everyone, so the thing is I live in French Guiana and this plant is endemic to the Guiana plateau. Basically it grows naturally here. Yet it still is a rare plants and few have found one (when not in flower, they are nearly impossible to see in the middle of the dense vegetation). This plant was giving to me a few month ago by a friend. I does not appear to be particularly difficult to grow so far. Time will tell. In French Guiana, we also have Selenipedium aucourdianum that is red (pictures taken by the jardin botanique de Guyane). I will try to find this species in the future.

 

[cborchids]

I suspect they can cross with Cypripedium.

 

[Clark Thomas Riley]

I suspect they can cross with Cypripedium.

FWIW, when I had Selenipedium aequinoctiale, I tried about 10 cross pollinations with Cypripedium pubescens with no success.
No evidence of taking.

 

[dodidoki]

All selenipediums are extremely rare and impossible to keep them alive for years. I have never seen only one man who had a strong, multigrowth plant kept it in GH. Most common spec. is aequinoctiale , Mundiflora and Ecuagenera had few but they don t offer plants for a few years.