fredg
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Post by fredg on May 16, 2013 14:46:09 GMT -5
Found in China, Korea, Japan and the Ryukyus in shady and moist places in dense evergreen broad-leaved forests at elevations of 780 to 1500 meters. Calanthe discolor is a small sized, cool to cold growing, semi-evergreen terrestrial with small pseudobulbs sheathed basally by leaf bases and carrying 2 to 4, elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-oblong, minutely pubescent above leaves and narrowing below into a sulcate petiole which blooms in the spring on terminal, lax, 2' [60 cm] long inflorescence with a loosely several [10 to 15] flowered racemose inflorescence with the rachis minutely pubescent and carrying mushroom scented flowers. I can't comment as yet on the mushroom scent, someone closeby has a bonfire going so everything smells like smoke . Easily grown in a pot in semi-shade, I haver mine under the staging. Just ensure it doesn't completely dry out. There are many colour forms.
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Post by daniel on May 16, 2013 18:09:53 GMT -5
This one also very nice.
Best regards, Dani
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