I generally hold back from sharing anything but Paphs and Phrags here, but on a rainy winter day this one just called to me in the greenhouse.
Zygopetalum unnamed (Fandango 'Blooming Fool' x Kiwi Korker '9 Flowers')
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Lovely!!
you will have a lovely display in a week!
Lovely! The fragrance of these plants can be some of the best around.
Bet it smells heavenly.
It scents half the greenhouse. This clone has the strongest fragrance of any Zygo I've flowered.
Wonderful! I just purchased a mackayi today! I can give it 25°C days and 17°C nights, will that work, do you think? And will it tolerate low humidity?
I can't speak to the species, as I've always grown hybrids - which I find are generally superior growers. I realize this will trigger some, but I'm looking for large fragrant flowers, two spikes per growth and twice a year flowering.
Fred Clarke has done amazing work with this group. Zygonaria have been bred specifically to allow for intermediate temperature environments. All of this group love to be kept moist and thrive in high humidity. Zygopetalum are tolerant of fairly low winter temps, growing alongside Cymbidiums, and survive but don't love warm summers. And some of the Zygonaria are quite compact, as opposed to many of the Zygos that can get quite large.
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