Prosthecea cochleata "Valley Isle" x self - The Clamshell Orchid

We like to call this the "Octoporchid" because it is so crazy looking with octopus arms on the flowers. We really like it a lot because it looks so cool. We also got this from Zack at Steven's work when he was downsizing. It has been growing in a 6" basket in sphagnum and this seems to be working out just fine for it. It flowered a lot last year all during the growing season. It put itself into a rest period over the winter, during which we didn't water it very often or fertilize at all. This spring when it started showing signs of life I started watering more and fertilizing. Currently it has a nice spike on it that has two flowers with more to come. We are excited to see it again this year! I definitely recommend this plant as a low maintenance, easy orchid that is really cool looking.