C. Landate is a primary hybrid between
C. aclandiae and
C. guttata that I got a few years ago from
Oak Hill Gardens. This has flowered in late summer for me. The flower is nice, but this plant is on my list of plants to sell or trade. The problem is that has only flowered once per year and only one flower. Yes, it is easier to grow than C. aclandiae and is much smaller than C. guttata. But if you want to focus on growing species, a hybrid has to give you a good reason to grow it. With one flower/year, this one doesn't pass that test for me.
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On the other hand it is a very cool flower.
ReplyDeleteYep, it is nice. Well, we'll see if it manages to hang around another year - it has inertia on its side...
ReplyDeleteHow many pseudobulbs does your plant have ? If it has a sufficient number, perhaps you could do what Richard suggested for a plant of mine:
ReplyDelete"As for generating new leads, I think back-cutting would work best here. You might be able to make two cuts given the number of pseudobulbs, but one will do the trick. Take a new razor blade and cut the rhizome. The idea is not to disturb the plant at all. Slip a piece of plastic tag between or the cut might heal."
Charlie
Charlie,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I did back-cut this plant earlier this year and it is growing in two (or three, I don't remember) directions now. The one flower/growth is the aclandiae part of the genes. In a good year this plant will have two buds on a growth but one has aborted, if I remember.