View Full Version : Physosiphon tubatus


Gideon
June 2nd, 2005, 02:28 PM
Another interesting little orchid...with this one I have no idea how to pollenate it, I can't even find the pollen, I wonder what would pollenate it in nature.


Physosiphon tubatus

http://home.telkomsa.net/thomasriver/images/orchids/tubatus.jpg

Close up

http://home.telkomsa.net/thomasriver/images/orchids/tubatus1.jpg

TADD
June 2nd, 2005, 03:40 PM
Wow! I have never even heard of this genus before!

Gideon
June 2nd, 2005, 04:08 PM
It's the only one I have come across, it is different to the pics on the net, but the grower assures me it is a tubatus

nyorchids
June 2nd, 2005, 05:05 PM
very different! does it have a scent?

Paphgirl
June 2nd, 2005, 05:06 PM
That's a cool flower - big plant, small bloom!

Picsri
June 3rd, 2005, 10:25 PM
never seen or heard about it either.. wow, nice :D

Gideon
June 4th, 2005, 12:34 AM
very different! does it have a scent?

No, no scent