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Leptotes bicolor 'Khairul Bariah' |
Leptotes bicolor is Arne's oldest and very first orchid in the US. He acquired the plant within a week after he arrived in Baton Rouge from Sweden in
September 2000. Based on his previous experience with this species back in Sweden, he decided to mount it on a piece of bark immediately after it arrived. It didn’t
have much time to adjust to the conditions in Louisiana before we had to move to Baltimore, eight months later.
Upon arriving to Baltimore, this little orchid had to adjust to a few more moves between different apartments and finally in 2007, to our permanent home. We dragged the
little Leptotes with us all the time and maybe, if we had settled earlier, it could have grown into specimen size quicker.
The plant grew dramatically
during 2014 and produced a cascade of 56 flowers in spring of 2015 when it
received a Certificate of Cultural Merit (CCM). Arne gave it the clonal name after me. This year I believe it has about 75 flowers. Leptotes bicolor grows in
bright light but does not tolerate direct sunlight during summer.
From June
till the end of September Arne has it hanging outdoors where it gets water every
day. It spends the rest of the year in an east facing window and can be kept
drier with watering every two-three days from November until the flower buds
emerge in February – March
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| A) March 16, 2019 |
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| B) Profile on March 16, 2019 |
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| C) March 21, 2019 |
Today April 21st, the last flower has dropped. Until my next post, Happy Easter everyone!
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