Schoenorchis scolopendria

Whatever it is, it's wonderful!!

 

Don't know bu WOW!

 

haven't a clue, but would sure like a piece of that!

 

I'd like to know what it is; I just acquired a piece of a plant that is vegetatively identical.

 

thats awesome

 

Just two updates:

1. The photo in your species now has a name: Schoenorchis scolopendria so I have taken the liberty to update the title of your thread; hope that is fine by you.

2. Your photo is being used to sell orchids by a French vendor who has a repuation for stealing photos for his personal commercial use. Your photo: http://www.tropicorchidees.com/orchidees-botaniques/282-schoenorchis-seidenfadenii.html

For more on this topic please see the OI discussion thread on this topic.

 

Thanks for updating this thread, Jacob! I've seen a few of these in person, and I have to say that it exhibits one of the nicest growth habits I've seen in an orchid.

 

For me the best perk of moderator status is helping get thread titles fixed, species spelling corrected and such.

I agree, this is a really striking and highly attractive species. My plant of scolopendria grew fine in my warm vivarium but refused to flower. Whether it was the 100% unnatural light (400w MH lamp, no sunlight) or the lack of cooling off below 17°C at night, I don't know, but since I moved it to my intermediate outdoor greenhouse 4-5 months ago, it has flower buds for the first time!

 

It might be okay in this case because he was asking for ID and I agree your findings, however changing title or species name without the consent of the thread starter is not a good practice as you did to few other threads(mine and others). IMO, to maintain the integrity of any thread or post, moderators should not change or delete any of the contents without thread starter's consent(if the contents are not offensive or violations of forum rules). The starter of the thread may not be an experts or Mr. know-it-all so you called them on one of your posts, but you are no taxonomist either.

You always can express your opinions and post you findings on the thread, but deleting or changing contents of other people's thread or post is not what I would do if I were a mod.