tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35744052521915656642023-11-15T23:58:11.876-08:00Essence of StanhopeaIf you haven't grown Stanhopea orchids, you are missing one of nature's finest offerings. And, if you haven't gotten to know Stanhopea orchid growers, you are missing out on a very special and fine group of people...essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-26595595247516331022021-01-24T14:34:00.003-08:002021-01-24T14:34:36.233-08:00Stanhopea deltoidea - very rare beauty!<p> Here is one of the rarest Stanhopea species - Stanhopea deltoidea. It flowered early this morning and I am delighted to see this stanhopea in flower. I’ve been waiting for quite a while to see this Stanhopea orchid blooming and this season it decided to reveal it’s beauty.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfvOXz_vCHKCMyUZtqDDSgwEmwrnrkr3jasxRGEJfRIQpUi32uL3Fk-jfdK4J-az7lOA6ts3mhYQbEH6wCe0sIYrhXQxAwMFWwEMfCE-moGxJBOz2ByjFBEZrD6PtFOTUoVbLUWmaVkM/s2048/20210122_062531.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1179" height="708" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfvOXz_vCHKCMyUZtqDDSgwEmwrnrkr3jasxRGEJfRIQpUi32uL3Fk-jfdK4J-az7lOA6ts3mhYQbEH6wCe0sIYrhXQxAwMFWwEMfCE-moGxJBOz2ByjFBEZrD6PtFOTUoVbLUWmaVkM/w407-h708/20210122_062531.jpeg" width="407" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea deltoidea 1<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzp11-jltFMLgMdtSF7cwcHsPINOFMJuGQIz93tPx9mxvP6UMnOxk_OrykMJ962arSI-7aLeNFWuKqBIaosMYcRcKTa0tLaSJ-auE1xQAt565FwlpCpQON2ito5gIMc_fhaSRXp02GUro/s2048/20210122_062334.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1179" height="579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzp11-jltFMLgMdtSF7cwcHsPINOFMJuGQIz93tPx9mxvP6UMnOxk_OrykMJ962arSI-7aLeNFWuKqBIaosMYcRcKTa0tLaSJ-auE1xQAt565FwlpCpQON2ito5gIMc_fhaSRXp02GUro/w333-h579/20210122_062334.jpeg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea deltoidea 2<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Because of it’s extreme rarity not much information available about this specie - we know that it was first named by Lemaire back in 1862 from the plant imported by Riedel from Peru, and that there is a drawing by Pastorelli showing in detail this beautiful orchid.<br /><br />The plant and the flower is of the medium size and the blooms heavily spotted with burgundy colored blotches with yellow middle. The scent is very interesting - it’s very “fresh” smelling blooms with the background of grassy, herbal undertones. There is a bit of sweetness in the scent, but it's not strong or overpowering. Overall, very “clean” , refreshing, invigorating kind of scent.</p><p><br />It’s a beautiful, very rare special stanhopea for anyone who appreciates these orchids and I am thrilled at being able to see this remarkable orchid in bloom this season.<br /></p>essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-9645980587023144802020-01-17T15:42:00.000-08:002020-01-17T15:42:36.120-08:00Our New Stanhopea flowering seasonHere are we are right in the middle of our stanhopea’s flowering season now and all of my plants displaying their much awaited flamboyant blooms. The greenhouse filled with unmistaken scent of these special orchids and Nature continue to delight me with beauty of these exclusive blooms.<br /><br />This summer been very difficult for the whole country with bushfires and so much loss on so many levels that its difficult to comprehend the scale of distraction but here we are witnessing the strong sense of community and the Australian spirit of 'never giving up' in the face of such devastation and adversity. <br />
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-66069837587835431032019-02-22T21:16:00.000-08:002019-02-22T21:16:22.322-08:00Stanhopea intermedia<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am delighted to see this specie in flower this season. It came to me some time ago and I’ve been patiently waiting for it to bloom.<br /><br />It’s one of extra ordinary stanhopea’s that is so difficult to find and even rare to see blooming and it have very colorful history.<br /><br /> It was first imported in 1885 by orchid collector Wolter from Germany together with other stanhopea species from Mexico. From his collection, one of the <i>stanhopea</i> <i>intermedia</i> plants was given to the orchid collection of the Botanical Garden of St.Petersburg in Russia. The plant took it’s time to flower and finally bloomed in 1896 for the first time. Only in 1898 it was inspected, studied, documented and named as new specie <i>stanhopea intermedia</i> by J C Klinge based in that plant in St.Petersburg. The fate of the remaining plants in Germany is unknown.<br />
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<i>Stanhopea intermedia</i> native to Mexico’s slopes of the Pacific side of the Sierra and it’s very rare orchid, not often seen. In my life I have seen a few <i>stanhopea intermedia</i> plants in some other private collections, but they were yet to flower, so one could not be sure unless one can see it blooming, and this season my own plant sent out flower spike that I have nurtured.<br /><br />For anyone trying to bloom this specie I can only relate my own personal experience - at the time it bloomed with me, we had very hot and humid summer. It wanted copious amount of water, but really enjoyed when we had days of stormy, raining weather. It’s totally dislikes any form of sunlight, the darker the better seems to be for this specie so it’s been moved around greenhouse a lot in an attempt to shade it even from average light. <br /><br />The scent of <i>stanhopea intermedia</i> is complex, with many layers - one can smell initial strong herb/spices notes and then very strong sweetness, reminiscent of something like heavy rose oil. Very unusual combination of perfume for stanhopea. <br /><br />This specie demands attention in cultivation and may or may not be for a casual stanhopea grower, but for someone who exhibit dedication and persistence it will reveal it’s beauty, rarity and special place created by Nature.<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-8076040949091696502019-02-07T21:06:00.000-08:002019-02-07T21:06:43.760-08:00Stanhopea oculata x self (Brazil) <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This specie is one of the largest in the whole stanhopea tribe with so many variations and probably in the future should be split into many sub-groups.<br />
The native growing area encompasses from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. Due to such a vast area of native growing <i>oculata</i> orchids can differ immensely in colors, size, fragrance, even pollinators. If one adds to it natural hybrids, native back-crosses etc - <i>oculata</i> specie as it stands now always showing very high degree of variability. <br /><br />This stanhopea <i>oculata</i> plant came to me some years ago labeled <i>oculata x self ( Brazil )</i> and I’ve been very interested seeing it’s flowers. This season it bloomed and I love the coloring and the structure of the flowers. The scent is very sweet with a lot of cinnamon in the background and the plant itself is of the medium size. <br /><br />Brazilian <i>oculata </i>is rather rare and it gives me great pleasure to see this beauty in blooms this season. essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-45933253379752956442019-01-31T10:41:00.000-08:002019-01-31T10:41:06.868-08:00New 2019 Stanhopea flowering seasonOur new stanhopea flowering season here fully started now and once again I am surrounded by beautiful stanhopea’s with their flamboyant and mysterious flowers and textures and colors and heavenly scents.<br />
<br /> Every flowering season is different and I am hopping to see many of my plants in flower, to great and old favorites as well as welcome new for me species, varieties and crosses. My personal collection of stanhopea’s steadily increasing and there is always hope to see new for me flowering stanhopea and to share it’s beauty here in this blog with all friends of stanhopea orchids around the world. <br />
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-90057589717890874142018-04-30T17:42:00.000-07:002018-04-30T17:42:19.988-07:00Pictures of the beautiful stanhopea orchidsOur flowering stanhopea season now is over, now I have to wait until next year to see these majestic blooms again. I still have a lot of pictures to feature in this blog for all the Friends of Stanhopea orchids.<br />
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-31538278983473317632018-04-15T19:21:00.000-07:002018-04-15T19:21:52.094-07:00Stanhopea impressa<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea impressa1</td></tr>
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Not long ago one of my stanhopea <i>impressa</i> plants decided to bloom, I’ve been waiting for a while to see it’s beautiful flowers. <br />It’s first was described and documented in 1898 by Rolfe, It’s native to a few selective areas of western slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and in a small area of southern Colombia and grows in a very wet forests. <br /><br />Flowers are large and full , white/yellow color with many red spots on the petals and the scent is strong herbal/ spicy with smell of basil and rosemary and many other strong herbs. Piercing kind of smell, without any sweetness to it.<br />
<br />The plant is strong and robust and grows quite quickly providing it’s watering requirements met, otherwise it refusing to flower - it likes copious amount of water during it’s growing season.<br />
<br />Another beautiful stanhopea for anyone who appreciates these special orchids. essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-53878537882481391252018-04-06T17:44:00.000-07:002018-04-06T17:44:47.039-07:00Beautiful stanhopea’s bloomsIncredible flowers, complex intricate structure, heady strong complicated scents - may only flower for a few days but they more interesting in that short time than many other orchids that last for weeks. Nature’s special creations…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Wetley Secret2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea embreei 2</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-17824607318562460872018-03-21T17:53:00.000-07:002018-03-21T17:53:07.709-07:00Embreea rodigasianaHuge flowers, mysterious heavy scent reminiscent of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, dramatic color and structure of the blooms and a very close relative of stanhopea’s - this is<i> embreea rodigasiana</i>.<br />
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Until 1980’s it was part of stanhopea’s range and then been re-classified in the specie of it’s own.<br />
<br />This one is not an easy orchid to bring to flower - it demands huge amount of water during it’s growing cycle and strongly dislike change of temperature, making it really difficult during our winter time to look after it properly. If it’s growing requirements not met completely it just refusing to flower - a lot to do with it’s natural habitat of hot, misty, clouded forests of Colombia and Ecuador.<br />
<br />I am forever learning with this one, trying to find the best conditions for it’s growing and blooming cycle, don’t mind the challenge because the rewards are huge - seeing this dramatic looking orchid in bloom and smelling it’s mysterious scent I can more appreciate Nature for creating such beauty.<br />
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-32387200085585968562018-03-12T16:54:00.000-07:002018-03-12T16:54:38.124-07:00Stanhopea ruckeri x nigroviolacea<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Some time ago a dear friend of ours crossed these two stanhopea orchids - (ruckeri x nigroviolacea) and gave us a few small seedlings. They been growing and maturing, getting stronger and bigger last number of years and finally they flowered this season.<br />
<br />It’s a beautiful cross with large showy flowers, very strong, robust plant that produced number of flower spikes with three blooms on each spike. The background colour is creamy/white with many many dark burgundy spots and marks with darker middle. The scent is very complicated with initial vanilla and then strong perfume of herbs and spices takes over.<br />
<br />Because of our hot and humid weather at the time of flowering, most of my pictures were taken very early in the morning, as the flowers were unfolding.<br />
<br />We are very grateful to him for creating such beautiful cross that will be welcomed in any stanhopea collection by many stanhopea growers and anyone who appreciate these magical orchids.<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-44220214436021832352018-02-08T12:16:00.000-08:002018-02-08T12:16:40.312-08:00Stanhopea gibbosa<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My <i>stanhopea gibbosa</i> finished it’s seasonal flowering not long ago and it’s a delight to see this beauty in bloom.<br />
<br />It’s one of the oldest stanhopea species, first described in Gardener’s Chronicle in 1869 by Reichenbach from plant collector Veitch from Chelsea who imported many plants and orchids into Europe at that time. <i>Stanhopea gibbosa</i> is a beautiful stanhopea , very distinct in it’s colouring and deserves it’s place in any stanhopea collection.<br /><br />The flowers are of creamy colour with many purple dots all over the blooms and it have darker colour eyes, the scent is very strong herbal/spicy and stays around for a long time, there is no sweetness to the scent - just sharp, bold, strong combination of many spices and herbs, complicating and overpowering.<br />
<br />The plant is of medium size yet the flowers are large and full. Because of our hot and humid weather I had to take pictures of <i>gibbosa</i> very early in the morning, just as the flowers started opening up.<br />
<br />The cultivation of this stanhopea can be a bit tricky, because it have it’s own requirements - it’s native to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama and can be found mostly in very wet forests, often close or straight above open water and require copious amount of moisture during it’s growing season.<br />
<br />I am delighted to see this beautiful stanhopea in bloom and as usual marvel at the Nature creating this special orchid. essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-50687880504378583462018-01-18T16:36:00.000-08:002018-01-18T16:36:57.542-08:00Flowering stanhopea’s this week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Hidden Agenda 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea tigrina Glory of Mexico 1</td></tr>
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-32465130676221303012018-01-06T11:24:00.000-08:002018-01-13T15:23:13.388-08:00Stanhopea posada - new<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea posada 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea posada 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea posada 3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea posada 4</td></tr>
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<span class="s1">Quite a number of years ago I’ve acquired few very small stanhopea seedlings labelled as “stanhopea posada - new species from Colombia” . Not much details were given and to this day I have no idea if this actually a new specie or natural hybrid. There is no stanhopea specie registered under this name, so I still don’t know any information about this plant, only that it came from Colombia. The plants were happily growing and maturing and finally this season decided to flower.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-30965360802780425532018-01-02T11:29:00.000-08:002018-01-13T15:27:39.936-08:00New stanhopea flowering season started.<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">Here we are right in the middle of new stanhopea flowering season now. Many of my orchids have flower spikes bringing anticipation of seeing beautiful and majestic flowers soon. Every flowering season is different and brings a lot of surprises - colours, scents, textures. Some of the early flowering stanhopea’s already in bloom and it’s so nice seeing them again in all their glory.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Here are the plants that flowered first this season -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Great Expectations 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Great Expectations 2</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, not many of these pictures available for obvious reasons - the flowering season is short and a chance to encounter flowering stanhopea in the wild is still just that - a chance.<br />
<br />Also, it seems rather difficult to find large specimens of stanhopeas in nature that we in the cultivated situations are familiar with - insects, animals, bad weather and other elements in stanhopeas habitats contribute to this. Here just a few images that I was able to find of flowering stanhopeas in their natural surroundings.<br />
<br /> Thank you to Eduard Faria, Philip Davison, Luc Rubrecht and all others who was able to share these stunning images with all friends of stanhopea orchids around the world.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea wardii</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea panamensis</td></tr>
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-67160974873590738952017-04-29T14:10:00.000-07:002017-04-29T14:10:31.707-07:00Stanhopea orchids end of season floweringOur stanhopea’s flowering season nearly over and here pictures of some of my late flowering blooming plants.<br />
I still have a few stanhopea’s in spike, but mostly our stanhopea blooming time is finished. Our weather is very mild at the moment and most of my plants still actively growing developing new leaves and bulbs, getting ready for the next year spectacular flowering.<br />
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-15442542408076289892017-04-13T13:59:00.000-07:002017-04-13T14:02:03.753-07:00Stanhopea tricornis orchid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This beautiful and rare stanhopea orchid just finished it’s flowering season with me and it’s stanhopea <i>tricornis</i> - rare and unusual form. It’s one of the oldest documented species - the first description of it appeared in 1849 by Lindley from the plant discovered in Peru by famous orchid collector Joseph Warscewicz who worked for Skinner in England at that time.<br />
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There appears to be a few color variations of this specie and I’ve seen pristine white blooms of stanhopea <i>tricornis</i> as well as creamy color and some like mine with yellow markings on the end of the petals. It’s native to the Western slopes of the Andes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia in very warm and very humid forests which probably gives a clue to it’s successful flowering.<br />
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The plant itself is of medium size with slender leaves and elongated bulbs and the scent is very forceful strong with many herbal tones. With me in our climate it seems to flower every other season, showing off it’s unusual and rare flowers and a glimpse of this beauty created by Nature.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea tricornis</td></tr>
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essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-33179850344199446982017-03-26T10:53:00.000-07:002017-03-26T10:53:38.528-07:00Late flowering stanhopea orchidsBeautiful blooms later in the season<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea embreei x wardii</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Gary Baker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea tigrina</td></tr>
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-68298956574745707542017-03-13T17:23:00.000-07:002018-03-21T17:57:29.456-07:00Stanhopea oculata x jenischiana<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea oculata x jenischiana1</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea oculata x jenischiana 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea oculata x jenischiana 3</td></tr>
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Here is an introduction to a beautiful new stanhopea cross of oculata x jenischiana. It have very colorful blooms of deep rich yellow with many many dark burgundy colored spots all over the flowers.<br />
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I’ve had this stanhopea’s seedling for a while, patiently waiting for it to mature and to finally show it’s beauty - because of an outstanding parentage it promised to be a spectacular cross, but of course one does know until it flowers and this one did not disappoint.<br />
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The plant is of medium size, yet the flowers are large and showy, it sends out a number of flower spikes during it’s growing season and the blooms have very sweet, fruity scent that resembles cherry/ black currants/apricots - an absolute delight!<br />
Another beautiful stanhopea orchid for my ever growing collection.<br />
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essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-55896512715542881132017-03-05T11:44:00.000-08:002017-03-05T11:44:20.664-08:00This week stanhopea orchids flowersSo many beautiful blooms, scents, textures - my flowering season continues.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea grandiflora x connata</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea tigrina var nigroviolacea</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea graveolens var aurata</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="caption">Stanhopea saccata "Rene"</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-16486081707812123542017-02-23T10:53:00.000-08:002017-02-23T10:53:04.041-08:00Stanhopea oculata var ruckeri<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea oculata var ruckeri1</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Stanhopea oculata var ruckeri2</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This special and very rare <i>stanhopea oculata var ruckeri</i> finished it’s flowering season - it’s a beautiful oculata variety with many interesting features.<br />
It’s a medium size plant with smallish size flowers and nice coloring, distinct eyes and many purple dots all over the blooms. The flowers themselves look like little birds of prey. The scent is very herbal/spicy strong and penetrating. Another beautiful stanhopea variety that not often seen in cultivation for my collection.<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-36238413169623052212017-02-08T11:26:00.000-08:002017-02-08T11:26:09.570-08:00Stanhopea orchids flowering season continuesMore flowers, more scents, more beauty!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea oculata var pallida</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea wardii aurea</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Wetley Secret</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea tigrina var albescence</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-32063268538781977812017-02-04T11:06:00.000-08:002017-02-04T11:06:49.632-08:00Stanhopea jenischiana Carlyle<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea jenischiana Carlyle1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea jenischiana Carlyle2</td></tr>
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Here is very special stanhopea <i>jenischiana variety Carlyle</i> from my collection that just finished it’s flowering season. It’s very beautiful <i>jenischiana </i>with colorful, striking appearance, it came to me as small, unflowered seedling and I’ve been waiting for a while to see it’s blooms.<br />
<br />For some reason, <i>jenischiana’s </i>have have this “difficult to bloom” reputation and over the years I’ve heard so many stories from many fellow stanhopea growers about keeping it almost bone-dry to induce flowering, not giving it fertilizer or positioning it in full sun - none of them sat well with me for a simple reason that this specie mostly native to Cauca valley in Colombia and one small isolated population in southern Equador near Pinas where it grows in a very wet mountain forests so my plants get plenty of feed, plenty of water and shady, filtered light.<br /><br />The flowers of <i>jenischiana Carlyle</i> have rich, striking colouring of deep, buttery orange with many many dark burgundy spots and the scent is very sweet with many herbal and spicy undertones - one can smell clove, nutmeg, cinnamon wrapped in sweetness and it lingers around for a long time.<br />
It’s very special stanhopea to love and to admire and to reflect on the Nature producing this beautiful orchid.<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-81521880634139153082017-01-27T15:54:00.000-08:002017-01-27T15:54:41.700-08:00More pictures of beautiful stanhopea’sSome of the delightful stanhopea’s orchids blooming this week - strong, dreamy heady scents, kaleidoscope of colours, healthy robust plants - paradise for any stanhopea collector!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea tigrina var nigroviolacea (yellow form)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea Great Expectations</td></tr>
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<br />essenceoftimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317241761628351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574405252191565664.post-58593250750827195282017-01-24T16:36:00.000-08:002017-01-24T16:36:13.927-08:00Stanhopea xytriophora<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanhopea xytriophora 1</td></tr>
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This special and very rare stanhopea just finished it’s flowering season and it gave me a great pleasure to see this beauty in bloom. It’s one of the rarest species in the stanhopea orchids range and not many plants of stanhopea <i>xytriophora</i> around, making it very desired stanhopea for any serious collector.<br />
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Stanhopea <i>xytriophora</i> specie was first documented by Reichenbach in 1868 - he received unknown orchid from Peru, studied it and gave it it’s current name - <i>xytriophora</i> and for a while no more plants of this specie was collected. Later on, in 1921, in 1958, in 1965 this specie was mentioned in some publications by various collectors, including Barney Greer in 1998. My plant is one of the plants from his collection that I treasure.<br />
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It’s beautiful stanhopea with white/creamy medium size flowers, red eyes and many red spots on the petals with very strong, piercing scent of spices - there is no sweetness to the scent - just strong, spicy smell that lingers for a long time. The plant itself is of medium size and it’s rather a slow grower that perhaps will test the patience of any stanhopea collector because it’s flowering cycle truly left for the Nature to sort out - stanhopea <i>xytriophora</i> flowering have it’s own timing and rhythm and all one can do just go with it. And then to enjoy it’s special, rare blooms. <br />
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