My sister gave me this Psychopsis papilio 'Yellow Bird' a number of years ago (9? 10?). From a clump of low four-inch leaves, the thread-thin stems grow three feet long with 5-1/2 x 2-5/8 inch flowers. The stems last many years and produce flowers sequentially at the tips during the warm months. Due to the thin stems the flowers dance on any breeze, and the thin stems disappear against a green background of foliage, making the flowers look like a number of butterflies fluttering. The typical form of Pyschopsis papilio is yellow with orange to brown bars. This form is almost an albino.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Yellow Bird
My sister gave me this Psychopsis papilio 'Yellow Bird' a number of years ago (9? 10?). From a clump of low four-inch leaves, the thread-thin stems grow three feet long with 5-1/2 x 2-5/8 inch flowers. The stems last many years and produce flowers sequentially at the tips during the warm months. Due to the thin stems the flowers dance on any breeze, and the thin stems disappear against a green background of foliage, making the flowers look like a number of butterflies fluttering. The typical form of Pyschopsis papilio is yellow with orange to brown bars. This form is almost an albino.
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Hi Forest, I love your bog, the Psychopsis is one of my favorite plants, orchids...isn't the life of the bloom stalk amazing??!! I mean YEARS of bloom! Brian
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