Seidenfadenia mitrata | SapphireChild Orchids

Seidenfadenia mitrata - a not often seen vanda relative, this species forms large, pendant clumps of terete leaves, forming multiple crowns over time with masses of roots, for very dramatic plants.  They can produce large numbers of sweet smelling flowers per spike.

 

"Single crown" option are near flowering size, single crown plants.

"Multi crown" option has multiple growths and is flowering size.

Story time.  These are recently imported divisions.  I'll be honest, this is my first go with this species.  We are trying it mounted of course, and also have a few in baskets which may be added for sale later if they do well.  The commedy of these is that IOSPE reported this as a "small sized" plant, which I took at face value.  In fact, the leaves are about a foot long or more.  They do at least look like they'll keep themselves in a tidy cascade, though, so they should be easy enough to manage.