Mormodes Rolfeana Rare Species 4” Pot Previously Bloomed Growing Strong

Description: Mormodes is an epiphytic genus ranging from sea level to 800 meters that seems to favor dead or rotting branches. This leads to many plants being found growing on the ground when the limbs break. The name of the genus comes from two Greek words that mean “phantom” and “resembling”. They are frequently called “goblin orchids” in English. Their name is based on the very strange lip shape and the relationship of the column to the lip. The lip is frequently reflexed in two or three sections with the column twisted to one side with the back resting on the lip. Mormodes are usually considered to bear perfect or bisexual flowers with both pollen and a stigma in the column. Like Clowesia and Dressleria, however, the stigma will not accept fertilization until the pollen has been removed. After the pollen is removed, the column straightens and raises back from the column to expose the stigma for pollination. A vegetative feature that distinguishes Mormodes from the other Catasetinae is that the inflorescences generally originate from the middle or lower nodes of the pseudobulbs. Another difference from the other Catasetinae is that the inflorescences of Mormodes project straight out or upward from the pseudobulb. There is less published information about Mormodes than about the other Catasetinae. In a subtribe that abounds with strange features, Mormodes may be the strangest of all. The plant will be shipped via priority mail. I don’t offer heat packs because I heard stories that heat pack burned the plant. It will be securely wrapped into warm keeping fluff and then paper to keep it all together. I will do my very best to secure the shipping but I can’t guarantee how mail service will handle the package. I will not carry any responsibility for the condition of the plant once it’s out my hands. All plants insured thru the coverage offered by priority mail. For items over $100 in value there will be purchased additional insurance. This plant is in bloom. It will be packed super carefully but I can’t guarantee how flowers survive the trip. If case they don’t survive, I will not carry any responsibility. Please note that returns or exchanges not offered for this item!!!!

Price: 85 USD

Location: Concord, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-09-25T05:38:02.000Z

Shipping Cost: 15 USD