Essence of Stanhopea: Stanhopea Tigrina var nigroviolacea

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Sunday, March 5, 2017

This week stanhopea orchids flowers

So many beautiful blooms, scents, textures - my flowering season continues.

Stanhopea grandiflora x connata


Stanhopea tigrina var nigroviolacea


Stanhopea Inodora x Wardii Aurea

Stanhopea graveolens var aurata


Stanhopea saccata "Rene"

Stanhopea Tigrina x Assidensis

Friday, January 27, 2017

More pictures of beautiful stanhopea’s

Some of the delightful stanhopea’s orchids blooming this week - strong, dreamy heady scents, kaleidoscope of colours, healthy robust plants - paradise for any stanhopea collector!

Stanhopea posadarum


Stanhopea tigrina var nigroviolacea (yellow form)


Stanhopea Bellarensis x Inodora


Stanhopea Spindleriana

Stanhopea Great Expectations

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.