Plant name : Coryanthes macrantha

 

Owner : Carol Haskell

 

Where grown : Lighted windowsill

 

Special notes : First flowering, with another flower spike coming; flowers literally dripping with nectar.

(This plant/flower is so unusual that I'm including notes on it from Jay Pfahl's website about Coryanthes macrantha) -

"The Bucket Orchid or Monkey Throat Orchid is a hot growing epiphyte found from Trinidad to Peru in wet lowland rain forests, where it blooms on a basal, pendant, 12" [30cm] long, bracteate, 1 to 2 flowered, racemose inflorescence that carries a large, waxy, short lived, fragrant flower smelling strongly of mint held well below the plant and occuring in summer. " --- Another note is that the flowers pictured here look nicer than the ones shown on Jay's website. Very unusual!

 

Photo taken by : Carol Haskell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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