tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4812302111893373753..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty picture: Prosthechea cochleatamr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-52892848870018783232010-12-25T07:26:31.106-08:002010-12-25T07:26:31.106-08:00They are as tough as iron. I've left mine unwa...They are as tough as iron. I've left mine unwatered for a couple months, and it still just won't die. Getting it to bloom requires more normal care, but go for it if you can find one! I like growing it in Sphagnum like all my orchids.Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5487735574695913252010-12-17T19:04:10.775-08:002010-12-17T19:04:10.775-08:00How exotic!How exotic!Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-19526005297757862982010-12-17T14:28:28.038-08:002010-12-17T14:28:28.038-08:00Such a wonderfully weird plant - I've admired ...Such a wonderfully weird plant - I've admired them at the botanical garden before, but I've never seen them for sale.Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48619106882267522292010-12-17T11:32:05.084-08:002010-12-17T11:32:05.084-08:00One of my favorites! We used to get them in fairl...One of my favorites! We used to get them in fairly often at work...but I never wanted to spend the $30 to get one in bloom. Too bad they always sold before they hit the 50 off table :(Tomhttp://theatrumbotanicum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-81849824309061463282010-12-17T11:18:42.537-08:002010-12-17T11:18:42.537-08:00Green Hornet is not too difficult, it seems to wan...Green Hornet is not too difficult, it seems to want to bloom. But I don't smell lemon/citrus (in mine), more of a musky honey smell, similar to the annual sweet alyssum. Something interesting about orchids is that the flowers develop labellum uppermost, then the majority undergo resupination to put the labellum in the 'welcome mat' position. http://www.oscov.asn.au/articles2/Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157968454131571365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-86476681841515485072010-12-17T07:05:59.461-08:002010-12-17T07:05:59.461-08:00It apparently is called the Octopus Orchid (It eve...It <a href="http://www.orchidspecies.com/anacochleata.htm" rel="nofollow">apparently</a> is called the Octopus Orchid (It even comes up fairly often by that name on Google) so feel free to continue calling it that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-51371015849344006002010-12-17T06:09:18.320-08:002010-12-17T06:09:18.320-08:00Weird but cute orchid. Doesn't cochleata mean ...Weird but cute orchid. Doesn't cochleata mean "of a snail shell"? Even more inappropriate.<br /><br />It is far more dangerous being a young and pretty human in Southern Florida, from what I have seen of CSI:Miami. Caruso rather undermines his cool with the few lines he gets being like:<br /><br />"Timmy, I promise you we'll save your mother and your puppy from the Patnoreply@blogger.com