Habenaria longidenticulata

[johanneshoeller]

Now Habeneria longidenticulata has started to flower

[ranunculus]

What a beauty, Hans!

[Eric Locke]

Nice Hans !
Have not tried this one.
 I do love Habenaria myself and will try to post some of my photos.

Eric

[Eric Locke]

Some Habenaria photos as promised of recent flowerings. 

Habenaria Carnea
Habenaria Rhodocheila var rosea.

Eric

[Maggi Young]

Oh, Eric, these are just lovely! Thank you.

[Eric Locke]

Maggi

Habenaria are really lovely plants and not difficult to grow either.

Carnea also comes in a pale pink.
Rhodocheila comes in pink orange and yellow shades.


Eric

[Paul T]

Beautiful.  I wish some of these northern hemisphere terrestrials were available over here. 

[Slug Killer]

Hi Hans

I think your Hab is H.malleifera.

Regards

David

[Slug Killer]

Hans

Can I ask how long you have had this Hab? Reason I ask is they are quite difficult to keep over winter and one minute seem fine but gone the next in to a mulch. Last years photos below.

[johanneshoeller]

Dave,
this is a good question! I grow this plant for 10 years and keep it frost free over the winter in my house like Pleiones (0°C - +10°C max.), because I am not sure about the hardiness in my country. The last year I have changed the substrate, now I use a normal garden soil with grit and bims, and now it is flowering very well and is growing much better. When the plant starts to grow I put the pot outdoors (not sunny) where we have 2000 - 2500m rain/year.