{"id":48332,"date":"2025-04-14T20:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=48332"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:00:18","slug":"stenia-a-charming-unusual-mini-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/14\/stenia-a-charming-unusual-mini-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"Stenia: A Charming, Unusual Mini Orchid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stenia<\/a>\"Stenia<\/a>\"Stenia<\/a>
\nBeing an orchid geek, one of my favorite things is blooming a species for the first time. When this unusual Stenia pushed out a single flower bud, I was excited. Over several weeks, the bud fattened up, and finally opened to reveal a fascinating blossom. Stenia vasquezii<\/em><\/a> has a spotted flower with a lip<\/a> folded into a pouch. It’s one of the few orchids with a pouch-shaped lip that’s outside the Lady Slipper family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Stenia<\/a>\"Stenia<\/a>\"Stenia<\/a><\/p>\n

Stenia qualifies as an orchid name that’s easy to pronounce<\/a>. I bought this plant a year ago at an orchid show. It’s a Zygo<\/a> relative, native to Bolivia and Peru. With thin leaves, it needs regular water<\/a>, good humidity<\/a>, and bright light<\/a>. It can tolerate morning sun<\/a> if temperatures<\/a> aren’t too warm. The blooms hang from the base of the plant, so it should be potted<\/a> to sit level with the top of the flower pot. If not, the buds may get stuck inside the pot rim. It could also be mounted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Stenia<\/a>\"Stenia<\/a>\"Stenia<\/a><\/p>\n

These photos include flower views from varying angles to better appreciate that intriguing lip. I’m looking forward to coaxing more blooms from this attractive, uncommon orchid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being an orchid geek, one of my favorite things is blooming a species for the first time. When this unusual Stenia pushed out a single flower bud, I was excited. Over several weeks, the bud fattened up, and finally opened to reveal a fascinating blossom. Stenia vasquezii has a spotted flower with a lip folded […]<\/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":[3,18,19,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-intermediate-growers","category-mini-orchids","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48332","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=48332"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48391,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48332\/revisions\/48391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}