Orchid -  #623

Orchid -Oval/long small mid ridge leaf

                                     
  ID#623
 
 

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: 6 inches x 6 inches small, miniature? PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen GROWTH RATE: slow TEXTURE: bold, rigid 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: flowers...... FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: very rigid, very narrow/elongated with a distinctive middle crease. Single stem monopodial?, no pseudobulbs.
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 came in a 2” plastic pot with bark. Repotted in 6” wooden basket and later on mounted with basket on wood trellis B. A slow grower it shows good aerial roots and healthy leaves. Receives medium sun & moisture. No flower yet.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

May 2012

Additional Information: Adopted from Hank & Betsy Cochran Collection.

April,  2012