Another view. Now the front of the flowers are visible.

Nick

The plant.

Nick

I agree, a neat little plant.

Interesting. The plant looks like a Masdevallia, but the flower spike is unusual. Very cute.

Jane

Here is another Stelis, Stelis purpurasens is from Mexico and Costa Rica. Got it off the $7.50 table at SBOE years ago and it has been growing like a weed ever since.

Nick

Another view.

Nick

The whole plant. It has never had to suffer through a division as I'm the only one that loves it. I have offered it for trade but nobody wants it. Their loss, I like it. These are all unopened new spikes, all the old ones have been removed.

Nick

When I say 'grows like a weed', I mean just that. A few years ago I thought I had a trade for this plant and made a division. The bride was left at the altar, got potted up and look at her now !

Nick

It's lovely in close up, lots of spikes and neat leaves too, but not exactly "eye catching".

I like the plant but based on where it comes from my guess is it would not be happy with high temps and high humidity. I live near sea level. My guess is it would not like it here. I wouldn't mind being wrong...

This post was edited by shavedmonkey on Sat, May 24, 14 at 12:18