Essence of Stanhopea: Stanhopea orchids end of season flowering

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Stanhopea orchids end of season flowering

Our stanhopea’s flowering season nearly over and here pictures of some of my late flowering blooming plants.
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.


Stanhopea inodora x wardii aurea

Stanhopea inodora

Stanhopea insignis

2 comments:

TeresaMay 10, 2017 at 8:03 AM
Son una preciosidad. Besitos.
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essenceoftimeDecember 24, 2017 at 9:09 AM
Thank you for the visit and for appreciating my beautiful orchids
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If you’ve tried growing everything from Aspidistras to Zinnias and you haven’t tried Stanhopea Orchids, you don’t know what you’re missing. They are easier to grow than African Violets and far more majestic than any other plant. The variety available boggles the mind …

Be warn, though, ever since their discovery by English explorers to Europe in the 18th Century they have caused a “ Stanhopea mania” that continues to this day.

My own first Stanhopea orchid was Stanhopea Tigrina though I didn’t know it. Friend gave it to me as a birthday present – a trip to the library for some orchid’s books was quickly followed by the purchase of some more of these exotic, majestic, beautiful orchids and as they say – the fever had struck.

My fascination with orchids led to great friendships, lots and lots of reading, trips to exotic places (sometimes only through books) and the joy and frustration of growing the world’s most fabulous plants.