Orchid-Dendrochilum filiforme 

             'Borders' -spontaneous                                                      

                                
    ID#863
 
 
HEIGHT X SPREAD: tall PLANT TYPE: Orchid -Evergreen Hybrid GROWTH RATE: fast TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: filtered light, cool to warm (60-83F degrees) areas with medium to bright light WATER: listed as “water hungry” high humidity 60-70 % SOIL: best potted in moist retention media, well drain.Fine orchiata mix
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: from spring to early summer with many small 0.5 cm flowers. Flowers are fragrant FRUIT AND SEED: N/A, propagate by division. KEY FEATURES: -spontaneous = no intervension in pollination of this seed pod.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Seedlings received just out of flask. These plants have been in various flasks for 6 3/4 yrs. before sent to me. -Placed in two compots with S. moss, about 25 + plants in one and many very tiny plants in the other. Plants were very difficult to separate.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens       
 

April   2014

Additional Information:  purchased at: www.troymeyers.com/

waiting for flowers.

Common Name:

The Golden Chain Orchid

Best in a hanging basket or pot so that the inflorescences can cascade down.

Small plant. Many inflorescences bloom simultaneously for a spectacular display. Blooms several times a year.

Plants are found growing in the forest of the Philippine.

Flower SAMPLE photo