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Aerangis biloba |
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Grows outside until temperatures drop below 50 deg. F. Currently, it's in the dining room with an eastern exposure. | Joy Keyser |
Anguloa ruckeri |
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Grows outside (coastal) in open shade | |
Brachtia andina |
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Grows outside (coastal) in shade, mounted. | |
Bulbophyllum echinolabium |
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Grows in greenhouse. Closeup of lip of 12" flower. Produces multiple flowers, sequentially, on an inflorescence. | |
Bulbophyllum masdevallaceum |
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Grows in greenhouse. | Edie Gulrich |
Bulbophyllum medusae |
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Grows in greenhouse. The "threads" are the petals of many individual flowers. This plant grows on a mount, but seems to do better when the mount is horizontal, rather than hanging. Closeup of the inflorescence |
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Bulbophyllum rothschildianum |
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Grows in greenhouse | Edie Gulrich |
Cattleya maxima |
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Grows in greenhouse. It would probably be OK outside, since this is the "highlands" variety of C. maxima (plant is more compact than the one that grows at lower elevations, and has somewhat darker flowers) However, the warmth and humidity of the greenhouse are clearly beneficial. | |
Cycnoches barthiorum |
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Grows in greenhouse. This species has very different male and female flowers. The same plant can bloom with flowers of different sexes in different years, occasionally on different inflorescences in the same year, or even on the same inflorescence. In 2009, it bloomed male, top image (close up). In 2008 it bloomed female, bottom image. Less light and perhaps less fertilzer seems to encourage male flowers. It is very important to keep these plants quite dry in the winter, when they lose their leaves. Watering can resume when the new growth is several inches long, with plentiful new roots. |
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Cymbidium tracyanum |
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Grows outside, in nearly full sun. It is fragrant. Also note the very fuzzy lip. |
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Dendrobium lawesii |
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Grows in intermediate greenhouse. It blooms on leafless canes, so do not cut the canes unless they are shriveled and brown. | Peter T. Lin |
Holcoglossum kimballianum |
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Grows outside (coastal), in filtered sun. This vandaceous species grows best mounted or in a basket. It rambles in multiple directions, with roots and terete leaves tangled together. | |
Laelia autumnalis |
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Grows outside. Like L. gouldiana and L. anceps, it grows best mounted. The flowers have a pearlescent luster in sunlight. Flower closeup. Here is the alba form. | |
Laelia gouldiana |
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This plant grows on a mount, in almost full sun, outside (coastal). It can grow in a pot, but tends to do better mounted. The flowers are beautifully crystalline in the bright sunlight. A problem with some of the Laelias that are grown mounted is a tendency of nearly-mature buds to blast. Harry Phillips of Andy's Orchids recommends that the buds NOT be protected from watering, since they contain sticky sugar. The water dissolves this and permits the buds to open, otherwise they may stay glued shut, causing that very disappointing bud drop. Closeup of flower. |
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Lycaste skinneri |
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Grows outside (coastal) in bright shade. It should have a fairly water-retentive mix (with plenty of air space, though) Water should be reduced somethat in winter, but it should never go dry. Lycaste skinneri is in the background of nearly all the big Lycaste hybrids. There is a wide range of color forms from the alba (pure white, no red pigment) to many shades of pink, to almost red. It may produce new inflorescences over a period of several months, and flowers are long-lasting. |
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Oncidium hyphaematicum |
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Grows outside (coastal), in filtered sun. It grows very well mounted. (It can grow in a greenhouse in a pot, but does much better outside on a mount) Here is a closer view of a flower. Here's another plant, that bloomed in March |
Roberta Fox (November) Richard Hess (March) |
Phalaenopsis amabilis var. formosana |
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Grows in greenhouse. Like all Phalaenopsis, it can also grow well in the house if it receives sufficient light (indirect light for 10-12 hours per day). This is the form 'Varigata'with varigated leaves. (RF) The flowers are the same as the usual Phal. amabilis . (DA) | |
Pleurothallis niveoglobula |
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Grows in greenhouse. Flowers are only 1/16" in diameter. | Edie Gulrich |
Trigonidium egertonianum |
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Grows in greenhouse. Its thin leaves should be protected from direct sun. Plant produces multiple inflorescences, each with one flower. | |
