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Acostaea species

Discussion in 'Orchid Species' started by Tom-DE, Jul 23, 2015.

  1. Jul 23, 2015 #1
    Tom-DE

    Tom-DE Well-Known Member Supporting Member

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    A tiny species. 0.3" tall flower.
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    W. Malewa and piotrm like this.
  2. Jul 23, 2015 #2
    wpinnix

    wpinnix William Pinnix

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    Awesome!
     
  3. Jul 23, 2015 #3
    Tom-DE

    Tom-DE Well-Known Member Supporting Member

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    Awesome indeed if I may repeat what you said. I wonder why this genus is not popular in U.S. I have grown this for over a year and I don't think it is difficult.

    I am looking for other color form, especially the pink or red one.
     
  4. Jul 24, 2015 #4
    Boytjie

    Boytjie Out hiking Supporting Member

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    That's great. Can't keep up with all the name changes, as usual. Looking up this one, I found it used to be Specklinia, which used to be Pleurothallis, etc., etc. Nice to know to search for this one under its current name. Thanks for the post.
     
  5. Jul 24, 2015 #5
    Tom-DE

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    They were Acostaea long before Chase moved them to Specklinia. I am not sure about the current statues but I prefer the older name Acostaea.
     
  6. Jul 24, 2015 #6
    Marni

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    I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't Stelis now.
     
  7. Jul 25, 2015 #7
    Boytjie

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    That does seem to be where they're lumping a lot of them now. I just purchased Stelis mystax, which has been bounced around at least once.
     
  8. Jan 15, 2022 #8
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    Lovely! You may need to move it somewhere cooler, I think those flowers are melting.
     
  9. Jan 20, 2022 #9
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    Sometimes I wonder the same. Acostea are one of my favorite genus to grow. They're pretty easy to grow too. Wished there was a way to hand pollinate them. We would've had some seedlings running around in the US by now of Acostea costaricensis.

    If anyone has a procedure, I'd be glad to take the project on.
     
  10. Jan 20, 2022 #10
    Marni

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    Unless you have really good vision, you probably need to do it under a 'scope.