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Rhynchostele stellata 'MC5660' -spontaneous
 
 
 
 
Number: TN7060
Name: Rhynchostele stellata 'MC5660' -spontaneous
Type: spontaneous    (What's that?)
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F, in cooler season Cool 70-52°F. Likes low light, in the range of 500-1500 footcandles -- slight shading. Water with distilled or R.O. water about 3-5 time per week. Likes to be moist. Slight drying is ok. Very low amounts of fertilizer every week. Mounted on cedar with a fair amount of sphagnum moss.
 
Comments: Parent plant: One-inch bulbs with 2-4 inch leaves. 1-3 blooms per spike. Long lasting star-shaped yellowish flowers with a mixture of brown spots on the petals with a gorgeous white lip that turns pink as the flower matures. Small plant.
 

About the name...
Etymology of Rhynchostele   From latinized Greek "rhynchos" beak; "stele" column or slate-pencil. The rostellum is extended beak-like. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of stellata   From Latin "stellatus" star-like. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Rhynchostele   rink-oh-STEE-lee (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of stellata   stel-AH-ta (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We had yield problems with this item, so we didn't continue flasking it.
You should: Consider placing a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
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