Friday Orchid Blogging

Encyclia cochleata, now called Prosthechea cochleata

I've had this one for a few years, this is mine in flower now. It's pretty easy to grow, likes to dry out completely between waterings, lots of sunlight. The thing can flower for 9 months at a time, every time it drops a flower a new one starts. Eventually I just cut the flowers off to let the plant rest and put the energy into growing bigger and flowering better next time.

Like I said, this is considered a very easy orchid, and as you can see, it's quite pretty and different. Some of them, I believe, can be fragrant, mine is not.

Anyway, it's a keeper, and like I said, it's pretty easy to grow so long as you water it well, then let it dry out before watering it well again. And, it will not flower unless it gets regular sunlight.

Enjoy.