{"id":20971,"date":"2015-01-13T22:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T06:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=20971"},"modified":"2015-03-13T20:11:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T04:11:28","slug":"cynorkis-a-mini-orchid-from-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/13\/cynorkis-a-mini-orchid-from-madagascar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynorkis: A Mini Orchid from Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cynorkis fastigiata is an unusual orchid from some unusual islands. It would be easy to mistake for a couple blades of grass, except for its strange flowers hovering above. This small species is native to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/mg.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Madagascar<\/a> and nearby islands in the Indian Ocean: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/sc.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/km.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/mu.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mauritius<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/africa\/re.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Reunion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_3_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21019\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, pink and white flower, grown indoors in San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_3_800px-128x128.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_3_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_3_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_3_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_2_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21018\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, pink and white flower, grown indoors in San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_2_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_2_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_2_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_2_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_9_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21025\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, close up photo of pink and white flower, grown indoors in San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_9_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_9_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_9_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_9_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This species can grow as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/11\/terrestrial-orchids\/\">a terrestrial<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/17\/up-a-tree-2\/\">an air plant<\/a>. It needs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">regular water<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/humidity.html\">high humidity<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/temperature.html\">warm temps<\/a> during spring and summer. Cynorkis drops its leaves and goes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/dormancy.html\">dormant over winter<\/a>, but shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to dry out. As a confession, I&#8217;ll admit that I think I&#8217;ve messed up the dormancy period with my plant. It has bloomed twice this year &#8212; once in April, and again with fresh leaves and flowers over the past few weeks. It may not survive the winter, but at least we have another set of photos from this bloom. Please keep your fingers crossed for me, and I&#8217;ll keep you updated on its progress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_8_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21024\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, pink and white flowers and bud, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_8_800px-128x128.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_8_800px-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_8_800px-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_8_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_5_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21021\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, pink and white flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_5_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_5_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_5_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_5_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_6_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21022\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, side view of pink and white flowers, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_6_800px-128x85.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_6_800px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_6_800px-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_6_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My plant seems to self-pollinate, and every flower forms a seedpod. I suppose that explains its reputation for being invasive in greenhouses. It&#8217;s known as one of the few orchid weeds (check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/04\/arundina-an-orchid-weed\/\">the Bamboo Orchid<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/philippine-ground-orchids\/\">the Philippine Ground Orchid<\/a> for other examples.) So far, mine hasn&#8217;t spread to any other nearby pots. If it survives, maybe it will have more chances to earn its weedy reputation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_4_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21020\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, pink and white flower, grown indoors in San Francisco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_4_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_4_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_4_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_4_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_7_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21023\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, side view of pink and white flower showing nectar spur, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_7_800px-128x96.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_7_800px-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_7_800px-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_7_800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_1_800px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21017\" alt=\"Cynorkis fastigiata, miniature orchid species, pink and white flower, grown indoors in Pacifica, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_1_800px-96x128.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_1_800px-96x128.jpg 96w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_1_800px-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cynorkis_fastigiata_1_800px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynorkis fastigiata is an unusual orchid from some unusual islands. It would be easy to mistake for a couple blades of grass, except for its strange flowers hovering above. This small species is native to Madagascar and nearby islands in the Indian Ocean: the Seychelles, the Comoros, Mauritius, and Reunion. This species can grow as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18,19,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dormancy","category-intermediate-growers","category-mini-orchids","category-photos","category-warm-growers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20971"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21063,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20971\/revisions\/21063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}