After seeing your pictures I am sure I want one now. I came across this plant on Andy's orchids but couldn't find a picture that really showed off the plant.

If you have a bunch of keikis you don't know what to do with I would love to work something out with you.

Great growing I to usually try to give everything more light than they say always seems to be the right answer.

Thank you so much for the added info and pictures Richard!! After the picture you put up last night, I went to Andy's WS and he had both mounted and potted. I'm not to sure if they will ship now, but I will order one of these guys soon. Another thing I love about this guy is the plant itself is interesting and pretty - but that little bloom? This went straight to the very top of my want list!! Thanks again Richard!!
Pat..............

Richard - That's awesome. Congrats! It's interesting that you posted this now. I just got a small keiki of this one this past fall and have been wondering what it wants. My main concern was the reddish pigment developing on some of the leaves. I was wondering if I need to back off of the light or not?

I know some people have trouble blooming this one, so congrats again.

Kevin

Impressive growing Richard - congratulations on the three blooms abloomin'.

Brooke (muttering to 'self, no no no do not add to list)

We'll see if three actually are open at the same time, it depends on how long the earlier ones stay open. I am reserving my opinion about how well it is growing until I see the next bloom. If the next one is a good or better that this one, then I will know the plant is happy.

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Thank you, Richard, for all the detail. Such a fascinating flower and plant(s)!
I've never seen anything like it--I'm repeating myself, still marveling at the look of that precious little thing.

As p-can's husband implied (seeing your stunning picture on the "Happy new year to all!!!" thread) it looks like an exotic little frog, beautifully jewelled.

Can you give an idea of scale? What are the sizes of the flower and the round pot? And what kind of humidity did it require in Your care? You wrote, "Once again I found that the plant had failed to read the literature." Maybe you could write a treatise... Regardless, I'm saving your post.

Thank you so much for the story and detail. $12 ~ What a deal! Please do post pictures, when more of those many buds bloom.

Sweetcicely

Richard, I second all of the above. The plant is enchanting. Looks like it belongs in a fairy tale. Really magical looking. Especially the way it vines around, and those three fat little purple buds in the lower left dangling out of the heart-shaped leaf.

A pure fantasy. Your picture shows all of it's special features, too. Deserves to be the fronticepiece of a book.

Like everyone else, I also benefitted from your story of ferreting out ways to give it the care it needed, and how it grew in your care.

Thanks for taking the time to detail this for us. A marvelous tale and picture for a cold winter's night. :)

Richard, Thanks for the info. Because my one and only Masde is blooming, I'm looking around for other warmth-tolerant Masdes or relatives to try. The Masde hybrid has been in as much light as I can give it - E/SE light through the sliding glass doors, plus 26W CFLs as close as possible.

Andy's, here I come.

Please keep us posted on the palliolata's progress and what you learn.

Whitecat8

{{gwi:140436}}Here is a picture of the three open flowers, each exactly 1/2 inch across. It is on its way to "show and tell" in Santa Rosa.

I am pleased at how the plants are doing and especially at having three flowers open, since the book says that they usually have one open, sometimes two.

So pretty! How nice of your Pleuro-pal to rise to the occasion of your Show and Tell! Thank you for the picture, Richard.

Sweetcicely

Richard,
This is no time for modesty. Please report on how your amazing trio was/were received in Santa Rosa.

While waiting, I looked at almost every Pleuro. picture on Jay Pfahl's site. My eyes saw nothing to rival your beauties.

Sweetcicely

wow, what an unusual plant