In the 3rd link, top photo (taken by Eric Hunt) you can see the profile for
sulawesianse/crepidiferm on one of the flowers in the upper left. The
nectary has a keel. The flower you mention is taken at an off-angle, and
shows the 'ventral' side of the flower - if one can use an animal term for a
plant, *G* . The lip is rather like how it shows in all pictures. Andy's pic
does show the crystalline texture, which is a very fine feature of the
plant.

The flower does have a long nectary that extends back from the open flower
face, about 1-2 cm. Sounds like your petals and sepals are slowly opening?
In my GH the flower has not trouble opening, not like Den victoria-reginae
(Purple and white) in which the blooms are all scrunched up together and
each individual flower has no room to open fully and diplay its self. So I
prefer crepidiferum, plus the color is a knock out and the crystalline
texture is to die for.

What to do in order to get the flowers to open better, I have no idea but I
can tell you how I grow mine. I have mine in a rather dry corner of the GH.
Its in sphagnum in a clay pot, it gets light as for cattleyas, if not
brighter. When I got the award the judges commented that some of the leaves
were the same color as the flower from the high amount of light I give the
thing. I water once a week. More if I have time. Rel humidity is 40-80%
(yes! quite a fluctuation) and temps are 55-85F. So its tolerant of abuse.
(Not that it enjoys abuse, just that so far its putting up with me) I've
been keeping the canes staked upright, although they may look really cool
laying over, pendant. However the canes are about 2 1/2 feet tall so it
would take up a lot of room if allowed to hang (IMHO)

I hope this helps, its a great plant

K Barrett

"Dave Sheehy" wrote in message
...
K Barrett ) wrote:
: http://www.aospacificcentral.org/SF-050702-21.html
: http://www.aospacificcentral.org/SFA...3/densula.html
: http://www.aospacificcentral.org/SFJuly%202003/den.html

: I hope these pics help you with the shape. Also please note that
according
: to Christensen the name now is Dendrobium crepidiferum (ick)

Thanks Kay, they do help some. The top photo (that you took) in the second
URL illustrates my question about shape. In the top left corner you see a
flower in profile that is very trumpet, or cone shaped. That is what my
flowers are shaped like although they are gradually (very gradually I
might
add) flattening out. There is a bit of an illusion in the pictures which
are taken head on. That is, the lip looks very short and squat from that
perspective when in reality it is not. Again, looking at the flower in the
top left corner you can see the lip sticking out from the edge of the
petals/sepals. Having bought this orchid from the picture at Andy's
Orchids
I didn't expect it to quite look the way it does. BTW, the picture at
Andy's
can be found at:


http://www.andysorchids.com/picturef...s/5168med.jpg&
PicId=5168

It looks very much like the photos you listed above (except for the
silvery
sparkles on Andy's photo).

Dave

: K Barrett

: "Dave Sheehy" wrote in message
: ...
: Gene, I have a question for you. I have a Den sulawensience that I
got
: from
: Andy's Orchids. Andy's claims that the flowers are very flat when they
: open
: but mine are more trumpet shaped. So, what shape are the flowers for
your
: plant? I wonder if I'm doing something culture-wise or if it's just
the
: nature of the beast (err... plant).
:
: TIA,
:
: Dave
:
: