Description
NOTE: PLEASE LOOK AT ALL PHOTOS TO UNDERSTAND SIZE OF PLANTS BEING OFFERED. SD1 (SMALL SEEDLING SIZE PLANTS) ARE ABOUT 18-24 MONTHS FROM REACHING BLOOMING SIZE. BLOOMING SIZE PLANTS ARE OF A SIZE CAPABLE OF BLOOMING, BUT THEY ARE NOT IN-BUD/BLOOM WHEN SHIPPED.
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Miltassia Lavender Kiss ‘Lavender Taffy’ has as parents Miltassia Charles M. Fitch and Miltassia Shelob (named for the giant spider living in Mordor in the Lord of the Rings), as certain cultivars of Shelob do have spidery petals. Lavender Kiss is actually a pretty good name; a lazy name would have been something meaningless like ‘Fitchlob’. A perfect example is ‘Marfitch’, named after the same Charles M. Fitch, but is an almagamation of his middle name (Marsden) and his last name.
Besides the fragrance, it is the color of the blooms that is most striking. It’s a pale lavender, and you’d usually want more intensity of color, but in this case, that’d probably make it purple or maybe violet, of which there are already many out there (often as rejects from someone’s breeding for a true blue orchid). So staying in the lavender realm is quite lovely.
The SD1 (SMALL SEEDLING) size plants we’re offering are about 18 – 24 months from reaching Blooming Size. Easy to grow, but will require patience on your part. They come in 2.25-inch pots; they don’t need to be repotted for at least 12 months. Bright shady conditions, indoor temps will work fine. You’ll get faster growth if you can keep them humid, such as under a humidity dome if growing in the home.:
