[ChrisATX]

This is a very special little species from PNG. All the of the plants in an area bloom at once and the flowers only last 12-18 hours. Their cue is thought to be changes in barometric pressure from intense thunderstorms. Interestingly enough, this plant hasn't bloomed in over a year, and a series of strong fronts and thunderstorms rolled through over the last week. The plant immediately exploded with buds.

 

[GRIMM]

Very cool. Can you get a closeup of one of the flowers if they are still looking ok?

 

[NYjim]

Very cool,I want it.

 

[frogparty]

what genus is it? looks like its in the bulbophyllum alliance, but perhaps not a Bulbophyllum.

 

[ChrisATX]

It's Diplocaulobium tentaculatum. Very close relative to Dendrobiums.

 

[frogparty]

nice! great little orchid!

 

[varanoid]

Very cool looking orchid. I'm not a plant person and if I were to see the plant when it was not in bloom I would have doubted it was even an orchid.

 

[joshct]

very cool i like the flowers

 

[Dendroguy]

Real pretty,at first I thought it was a masdevillea but when you mentioned it bloomed after thunderstorms I knew it was a dendrobium relative

 

[Mitch]

Awesome bloom! I really don't know much about orchids but that's pretty cool.