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Gastrochilus sp.

Discussion in 'Orchid Species' started by goods, Apr 15, 2012.

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  1. Apr 15, 2012 #1
    goods

    goods Well-Known Member Supporting Member

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    No blooms on this one yet, but Marni requested I post a picture of this plant. I have it labelled as Gastrochilus formosanus. I'm attaching a picture of the plant to show the habit and also a bad picture of the leaves to show the red spots.

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  2. Apr 16, 2012 #2
    MiKa

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    This is Gastrochilus fuscopunctatus.
    G. formosanus lacks the spots on the leafs and the leafs are more rounded and not pointed like fuscopuntatus. Its a great plant! =)
     
  3. Apr 16, 2012 #3
    Marni

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  4. Apr 16, 2012 #4
    goods

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    I'll check on the spotting on the underside. My plant came from a cutting of a much larger mother plant, and it never grew curved like you mention with G. fuscopunctatus. The leaves on mine also seem more short and fat than the pictures I've seen of fuscopunctatus. That may be a result of growing conditions, and I've never actually seen a live fuscopunctatus to compare to this one.
     
  5. Apr 21, 2012 #5
    goods

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    I checked the underside of the leaves, and there looks to be even fewer spots there than on the top.
     
  6. Apr 21, 2012 #6
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    How exciting! all you need to do now is bloom it. :cool:
     
  7. Apr 21, 2012 #7
    goods

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    Yep! It's growing very well, so hopefully I'll have blooms soon.