Gongora tricolor

[Rick]

I think I got this plant last summer/fall, so kind of new for me. This has the biggest flowers of all the Gongora I have, and very fragrant.

 

[cnycharles]

Very unusual flowers

 

[SlipperFan]

That is a wild bug!

 

[Ozpaph]

Dragon-esque. Very pretty

 

[Migrant13]

Very alien looking! Great growing.

 

[theshatterings]

I love it!

 

[troy]

Looks like a praying mantis!! I am going to get this!! How do you grow it?

 

[Secundino]

Amazing!

 

[Clark]

Killer.

 

[Rick]

Looks like a praying mantis!! I am going to get this!! How do you grow it?

In a hanging basket. In this case in the coarse bark mix it came in, but Gongoras are pretty flexible for substrate components. Always high humidity (>70%). This one is one the brighter side of the GH than a couple other Gongora species that seem to do better on the more shaded side.

Lots of water.

Don't know if you know, but the flowers on all these Stanophae types are short lived. 2-3 days max. So these are biggish plants that take up a lot of space for a big burst of glory blooming once a year. For a real big multigrowth plant you can get several spikes starting over a couple weeks, and end up with a month of blooming events, but that's a big plant at that point.

 

[troy]

Thank you rick for the culture info!!