Acanthephippium mantinianum
The first time I heard of an Acanthephippium was last Spring at the World Orchid Conference in Dijon. A weird looking Orchid with an even stranger name? An interesting post last June on Dave's Garden showed another plant with several flowers, this one was mantinianum. So when I saw a plant offered last September at the Chicago Orchid Fest ( Oak Hill Gardens), I decided to try my hand at one.
Here it is flowering!! I am reminded of two small strange baby birds yelling "feed me"? The flowers are fragrant.
I have been growing this Orchid fairly bright, it was getting almost full sun during the afternoon hours in Winter. |
