On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:29:08 -0500, Rob Halgren
wrote in Message-Id:
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Larry Dighera wrote:

Bill shipped two mostly dead plants in place of the one I had ordered
hoping that doubling the quantity would make up for the mostly dead
quality plants I received. If I were him, I'd have been happy to get
these out of my greenhouse too.


*grin* He should have sent you a dozen, then... You want some
mostly dead plants of other genera? I can set you up.

Thanks a lot Rob, but I'm quite capable of producing my own. :-)

I'm going to order from The Orchid Connection next, however they're
sold out at this time.

What is the trick to growing this species?

I found it in an inventory of Bolivian orchids (but only a citation,
not the full description - La Llave & Lex.). But the only information I
have is that it grows in Bolivia. Along with a few hundred other
epidendrum species (most of which have habitat information). See
http://www.senckenberg.uni-frankfurt.de/odes/03-04.pdf

Thank you for the link.

Jay's orchidspecies.com lists it as from Mexico at 2300m. That
would indicate intermediate temperatures, maybe on the cool side, I
think. Since Bolivia and Mexico are fairly far apart, this is either a
pretty adaptable species or somebody is confused. Or both...

Likely the latter.

I'd bet
if you got a big enough plant to start with that it would grow just fine.

That's what I'm thinking too. Actually, Woodstream's plant was large
enough to survive, but the insect infestation seems to have taken its
toll. I'd order another from Woodstream, but they're out of stock at
this time too.

It looks cute though. Just from looking at it, it looks closely
allied to a plant I have labelled Epi. diffusum. Mine doesn't even
remotely match the picture that Jay has though... So who knows what
mine is. If E. anisatum is related, then mine grows great at dead on
intermediate temperatures, medium (Paph) light, and a fairly moist
potting mix. It is right in with my bigger paphs, and gets treated
identically. Don't know if that helps or not.

Is anyone able to provide contact information for a vendor with good
Epidendrum anisatum plants?


Can't help you there, but if you find a good vendor, let us
know. The name indicates that it smells like licorice, which would be a
nice addition to my basement.

Rob

The fragrance is what I'm after too. I'd like to see if I can
introduce it into the reed-stem Epidendrums I'm attempting to breed.

Thanks for your thoughtful reply, and I'll post the source if I find
one.