Cyrtorchis monteiroae, FBS

I've got several seedlings, why do you say it's just "ok" I've had high hopes for these babys

 

Nicely done!

 

I'm waitin' to see what Floozo has to say.

 

So nice

 

I don't even need to say what I'm going to say. The fact that Jon has bloomed such a fantastic and remarkable Ang speaks for itself!

What I *will* say, is that I would really like to see a plant pic? If nothing else how bout a leaf count? And, did you do anything in particular to get it to bloom? I feel like mine is big enough to bloom and yet...

 

Beautiful, Jon. As an angraecoid lover I particularly appreciate this. Aside from these pics, your photos are the best yet of this species on the interweb.

Oak Hill has been spelling the epithet incorrectly, thank you for spelling it right (though I wouldn't expect less from you ). Monteiro is a Portuguese surname, so leaving out the 'o' in monteiroae is a problem (incorrectly spelled as monteirae).

Does it have a fragrance?

 

Ugh....my plant is like twice as big with twice as many leaves and looks overall ....more healthy than yours. And yet...no blooms for me. I think this coming winter it will get a bit more misery. Thanks for the plant shot.

 

I understand what you mean with detecting fragrance. Sometimes I feel that I smell something when sniffing a flower but then I second guess myself. In these cases I end up just calling the fragrance "imaginary".

I love the fragrance of a healthy greenhouse or potting media!

Thank you for showing us a habit picture. I agree, sometimes 'pretty plants' don't bloom.

Hope yours blooms Mr. Breeze. Mine is half the size of Jon's, but it is really nice to have this preview of what to look forward to.

 

I had a nightmare last night that oakhill ran out of these just as I was about to place my order...DAMN I need to plan my cross-border smuggling trip ASAP

 

Oh Calvin I had the same nightmare last week about them running out of Aerangis decaryana. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

 

what does fbs mean?

 

first bloom seedling, i guess.
Or Freaking Beautiful Sucker!

 

thanks, yo

 

Nice!!! Mine blooms regularly and survived the horible greenhouse freeze last year.