Gastrochilus sororius

[drecksuck]

Hello everybody!

Today, I bought a Gastrochilus sororius.

With spikes, which will flower in about 7 days

My question is:

How big do they really grow?

A colleague told me, its leaves become 4 inch long.

Is he right?

Or is it a small plant?

greets

Sebastian

[arleneg]

Hi Sebastian,

It will stay fairly small, possibly medium size. I have a Gastrochilus somai, and it has stayed small and compact.

[kmarch]

Gastros stay small.

[tom499]

Has there been a name change?

I have a Sedirea japonica, but some places sell it as Gastrochilus japonica.

Sedirea used to be a two species genus, but I think it may have been conbined with others. They look like similiar plants.

[kmarch]

Gastros and Sedirea dont' look anything alike to my eye, but then again I'm not a taxonomist specializing in these species so.....

But, Sedirea is currently the recognized genus for 2 species: japonica, and subparishii.

[tom499]

Its alright.

Whats happened is there is Sedirea japonica and Gastrochilus japonicus, and some sites are misspelling them so they have the wrong species name.