Allegedly hard to grow, this orchid grew and flowered wonderfully for me indoors. I kept it in a boglike dish in an eastern kitchen window with other bog plants. A beautiful orchid!
by lofilofo Dec 14, 2011 8:17 PM
In my garden in Switzerland
by exoticus Nov 22, 2012 3:47 PM
"Sagi-so" in Japanese means Crane-weed. The flowers are said to look like flying Japanese Cranes (Grus japonensis). These birds are considered auspicious (long-life, fertility, etc.) and so the orchid has acquired the same baggage. A reputation for being hard to grow has only enhanced the mystique, and unfortunately, because of this, thousands are poached from the few remaining natural sites lefted in this over-developed country. Soon to be extinct, like every other plant of any distinction here in Japan.
by Lophophora Jul 9, 2002 5:06 PM
Sagi-so with varieted leaves
by scottie3d Jul 3, 2003 3:48 PM
Photo courtesy of and copyright of Rogier van Vugt, the Head Gardener at the greenhouses at Leiden University and at Hortus botanicus Leiden, from Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
by Kell Jul 21, 2018 11:53 AM
