Orchid-#621

                                       

                                    
   ID#621
 
 

This plant, along with 24 other where given to me the previous owners moved out of town and no longer could care for them. I have never met the Cochran’s, but I have a glasshouse that can accommodate the plants.


About half of the Collection  still had plant name/description and sometimes nursery of origin. Very helpful information to guide me into their care. So my education begins...

HEIGHT X SPREAD: medium PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: bold LIGHT: filtered light, only. WATER: moist well, drained, high humidity 60-70 % SOIL: Pot in coarse chunks of fir or redwood bark and/or hardwood charcoal
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: gorgeous double blooms of pale and dark pink and yellow . Winter blooming, January. FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: Single elongated leaf at the tip long pseudobubles.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch This plant, along with 24 others where given to me by my neighbor, the previous owners “The Cochran’s” which I never met moved out of town and no longer could care for them. About half of the Collection still had plant name/description and sometimes nursery of origin. Very helpful information to guide me into their care. So my education begins..... Plant has done well. Mounted on trellis A Spring 2013, plant along with all other mounted deteriorated, insufficient moisture or drips from other plants. Flowers get ruin easily with drips of watering, I decided to removed mounted plants. -3/25/13 removed from mount and placed in 4” plastic pot with Orchiata -Jan 2014: Plant not found. No longer.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

January 2014

Additional Information: Adopted from Hank & Betsy Cochran Collection.

Jan. 8, 2012

Feb. 2011