My terrace smells of coconut
If my memory is not faltering, I bought this plant in 2010 as a small division from the province of Quezon. Prior to this, I have been reluctant to grow this species because of the prevailing common knowledge that this is a species from higher altitudes* and thus will have a very difficult time adapting enough in the lowlands to flower. Indeed, I have not heard of anyone successfully blooming this species within the Metro Manila area (alright, I'm pretty sure that almost as soon after I make that statement, someone will show me a flowering plant from the Metro!), although it can be argued that tropical city climate is more hostile to many orchids compared to more rural areas of similar elevation. Notwithstanding, I attached the plant to a fern slab and attached it using wire to large wooden mount where it gained in size at a moderate pace, although the roots barely attached on the wood. A few years later and the plant surprised me by throwing two inflorescences, followed ...