"gogo" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote:
"gogo" wrote ...
Hello all,
Could you help me identify this orchid I've just bought?
Nothing at all on the label and without at least the species name, it's
quite difficult to search the web.
Thanks!
Gogo

http://www.gogo.me.uk/my_orchids/neworchid1.jpg
http://www.gogo.me.uk/my_orchids/neworchid2.jpg

Looks like one of the easiest Orchids to grow ... Encyclia cochleata (syn
with Prosthechea cochleata)

http://www.abundaflora.com/enc_coch.htm

http://www.usbg.gov/plant-collection...-cochleata.cfm

http://www.orchidweb.com/orchidofweek.aspx?id=52

I've had one for years bought at one of the sheds and it sits on a high
shelf in my N. facing greenhouse and gets watered with the lance from the
tap like all the other plants. It's mostly now walked out of it's pot and
is once again in full flower.


Cheers!
I hope I'll be as lucky as you! I had a few success stories with orchids
on my kitchen window sills (see http://www.gogo.me.uk/my_orchids), esp
Burrageara which has been blooming for several years now. I thought I'd
try another "unusual" one...

All the others are generic crosses but this is a species orchid, like ones
that grow in the wild, but unlike most species orchids they are not
difficult to grow.

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Regards
Bob Hobden