Cischweinfia platychila

This is one of my growing collection of about ten Cischweinfias so far. They are a south american genus in the oncidium alliance related to (and once included in) Trichopilia - hence my original interest. But they have a charm all their own, miniatures which can be quite floriferous when grown to 'specimen' size. Mine are all just a few growths, grown mounted on cedar shake (yes, cut from left over shingles I bought when I had to repair some on the house) with a dollop of sphagnum, misted heavily daily and grown in cattleya light or perhaps just a tad less. I know some folks who grow these potted, but for me they do better mounted. I may have to revisit this as they get larger.

This is a less commonly grown species; the 1" wide greenish/cream flowers yellow with age and this one has two spikes this time and no fragrance I can detect, though after the discovery with the nearby Chysis bractescens this AM, I may have to check it at night to be sure it's not night fragrant.

 

I wonder why the script is all over the pics. I uploaded the pics last and the other three posts came out fine.

 

Yup, and the same thing happened with the post of dasyandra. However, I found a fix: I just went back into 'edit', copy and delete the misplaced links, and re-paste them where I want them. problem solved! Would that all such had such an easy fix!

Now I'll have to watch the next time and see if the links appear in the wrong spot BEFORE I click 'submit', and fix them then.