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Stanhopea jenischiana with four
flowers on the inflorescence |
A well grown Stanhopea jenischiana was exhibited by Joe Kles of the
Riverside/San Bernardino Counties Orchid Society during the Southland Orchid Show at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California. The orchid had perfect timing
and was in bud for the setup of the show. The morning of show judging the
flowers opened and the plant was awarded a blue ribbon. Congradulations Joe!
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Stanhopea jenischiana exhibiting
the narrow upper hypochile |
This Stanhopea is rather easy to distinguish from some of
the other species due to the narrow upper hypochile. It is very thin where it joins the petals and
sepals. I could not detect much of a
fragrance off this flower, perhaps because it was surrounded by several other
fragrant orchids! The flowers stayed open all three days of the show, so the public was able to enjoy them as well.
