Habenaria medusae

First blooming of this species for me. I avoided habenaria for years, but I may be addicted now. This is the 3rd species I've bloomed this year and have several more in bud.

 

Kelly, I made up a mix combining my standard terrestrial mix (fine bark, pumice, lava rock, coir/coco peat and charcoal if I have it) with about 40% of a commercial potting mix.

Giles, many years ago (decades?) I tried one and it limped along for a couple of years and died a slow, sad and pathetic death. At the time the were expensive and hard to come by, I was broke and not so experienced. Last year I had the chance to buy some at reasonable price and decided to jump in with both feet since I have friends who were successfully cultivating them. I do understand that success one year doesn't mean I will understand if some/all don't come up next year. I'm making seed as I go in case I need more chances and hoping that seed grown plants will be more adaptable.