Species

Notes

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Ada glumacea

Grows outside (coastal) in bright shade. It does best hanging. It is very fragrant.

Brassavola cucullata

Grows in greenhouse. It is very fragrant at night.

Cochleanthes discolor

Grows outside (coastal) in shade. It prefers to be fairly damp. It is less tolerant of cold than many of the other outdoor-growing plants.

Dendrobium lowii

Grown in intermediate greenhouse.

Peter T. Lin

Dendrobium unicum

Grown in intermediate greenhouse. (Peter T. Lin) It can grow outside near the coast (Roberta Fox). A view of the mounted plant.

Peter T. Lin

Dendrochilum glumaceum

Grows outside (coastal), in shade. It prefers to be fairly moist. A closup of an individual flower.

Encyclia adenocaula

Grows outside (coastal) in filtered sun. Spike is 2 ft. long or more.

Epidendrum parkinsonianum

Grows outside (coastal). It needs to be mounted, since the leaves and rhyzome grow downward. Roots may appear at the base of a new growth, so that it can be propagated from cuttings. It is fragrant.

Grows outside (coastal) in filtered sun. Closeup of flower.

Laelia lobata

Grows outside (coastal) in filtered sun. It grows well hanging in a clay pot.

Lycaste aromatica

Grows outside (coastal) in shade. It prefers to be fairly damp. Like most of the Lycastes, the flowers emerge from the base of the bare pseudobulbs before the new growth of leaves. It is fragrant, reminiscent of cinnamon.

Grows outside, in shade. It prefers to be fairly damp, even in the winter when it loses its leaves. The flowers appear before the new leaves. It is fragrant.

Lycaste deppei

Grows outside (coastal), in shade. It prefers to be fairly moist all year. As with many Lycastes, the flowers emerge before the new growth.

Maxillaria tenuifolia

Grows outside (coastal). It prefers damp shade. It has the fragrance of coconut. Brown sheaths at the base of pseudobulbs should not be removed, since they protect roots, and removing them may kill the plant.

Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum v. esquirolei

Grows outside (coastal) in shade.

Phalaenopsis equestris

Grows in greenhouse. An inflorescense can continue to produce new flowers as the old ones fade, for several months.

Promenaea xanthina

Grows outside (coastal) in a basket, in shade. It prefers to be failrly damp.

Vanda testacea

Grows outside (coastal) This is one of the very temperature-tolerant Vandas. If the temperatures approach freezing, it will do fine if it is kept dry. The plant, with multiple spikes.