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Prosthechea mariae, formerly Encyclia mariae
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A plant like Prosthechea mariae or formerly named, Encyclia mariae, will always attract attention. Although the plant as such is very small, each growth produces an impressive flower stem with three to five large flowers in white and sharply contrasting apple green colors. This year our plant had fifteen flowers and it really looked spectacular. Arne decided to display this orchid at the show table for the monthly meeting of the Maryland Orchid Society recently. It was voted the best species and became the judges’ choice as the best plant for the evening.
Not many orchid growers have Encyclia mariae in their collections because of its reputation of being difficult to grow and I guess that adds to its aura of uniqueness.
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| A) Five flowers stems on May 20th. |
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| B) By June 13th, all fifteen flowers had opened. |
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| C) Zooming to one of the individual flower. |
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| D) Flowers are still blooming as of June 24th. |
I hope you have enjoyed my post today. This is one of the most impressive looking orchid in our collection. A beautiful specimen, native of Mexico.
