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10-11-2007, 10:10 PM
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| A bloom at last- but what is it? As I mentioned in earlier posts, I inherited several orchids from a friend who died suddenly. After a few months, one of them has bloomed, but I don't know what it is, or what I should do now that it has bloomed. Should I water more frequently? Should I fertilize? I haven't fertilized at all yet, and I water about every ten days or so. I'm going to be uploading some pictures of some of the others soon to see if you guys can help identify them for me.      |
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10-11-2007, 11:56 PM
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| Don't think it is an orchid. The leaves look kind of like a clivia or other tropical plant. But I have never seen a flower like that.
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10-11-2007, 11:59 PM
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| I don't know what it is but it resembles some carnovorous(insectivorous) plants such as sundews ( Drosera spp.?). I am sure someone here will identify it for you. Good luck.
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10-12-2007, 12:04 AM
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| It certainly is beautiful. You are doing your friend proud by caring for his/her collection.  It definitely is not an orchid, but I'm sure that someone on this forum can provide an ID. I would suggest taking a picture with significantly more light, and provide a clear view of the leaf structure. |
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10-12-2007, 03:07 AM
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| I dont think its carnivorous. sundews would have sticky leaves, and dont get that large. I can see how it looks abit phal like, nice big thick green leaves. But alas not an orchid either i dont think |
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10-12-2007, 02:47 PM
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| Whatever it is, it is beautiful and unique 
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10-12-2007, 06:49 PM
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| I also have one of these it used to be one of my fathers plants he always called it elephant ears I am not sure that is the right name though. the plant flowers once a year a nice orange flower I have noticed with the one I have the leaves die off the bulb goes dormant during winter followed with the growth of leaves that are large then the flower I hope this helps |
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10-13-2007, 03:00 PM
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| Could it be a Proteus from South Africa or Australia |
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10-14-2007, 02:23 PM
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| This is Protea compacta and bears some resemblance to the plant up for ID. It appears that the leaves of Proteas can take many forms and it is quite probable that the subject plant could be a Protea. JLO, excellent feed from you. Pic courtesy of saflora plant nursery Bill |
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10-14-2007, 09:44 PM
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| The blossom says Protea, but the leaves whisper Amaryllidaceae. Linnaeus named the genus Protea because of its variety of appearance and form, but the leaves in this genus tend to come in whorls, with a texture more like eucalyptus, rather than in this alternate, strap-like pattern, which is quite characteristic of plants in the amaryllis family. If there is a bulb, as Fred suggests, that really puts in with the amaryllis group rather than the proteas. But I'm not a botanist, so I throw in the towel. |
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10-15-2007, 04:55 AM
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| Star quality Fred, you hit it right on the nose. The link gives all the info. WIB had the noid genus spot on as well. Bill GROWN FOR their striking brush-like flowerheads and curious leathery leaves, Haemanthus is an entirely southern African genus of some 22 geophytic species belonging to the Amaryllidaceae. http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/p...Haemanthus.pdf Last edited by BillC; 10-15-2007 at 04:59 AM. |
Nothing I have ever seen before either.
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