| Thanks everyone! It's great to be here, and I'm glad you've enjoyed the Calypso pictures. I haven't been able to suck my friends and family into orchids yet, so it's great to tell people when I find a beauty! Even in my home in Colorado, I would be worried I couldn't give the right conditions to these Calypsos. The places where they were growing along the trail seemed so specific, but, at least I know where I can go visit them!
I've already gotten one small growing light for my two orchids I keep at work, so I'm sure that once I run out of space on my windowsill, I will be getting better and more powerful ones!
So far, I have collected the following :
I started off with regular sized plants, and my first was a Miltoniopsis from the local nursery (not the best idea, since everything I've gotten from a store like that doesn't do so well). They tend to have ones with genetic crinkling of the leaves (I've tried more watering, less, different medium etc, but just this one plant likes to be wrinkled)! It still flowers regularly, so it seems to be as happy as it can be - just not the best looking!
Now I get my plants from Fantasy Orchids, and these do very well.
Then I got a large Dendrobium, with green flowers (not sure what the full name is on this guy). My husband was nice enough to then get me an Oncidium Sharry Baby for Valentine's day (what could be better than chocolate scented flowers??). Then I realized I was going to run out of space and found a book on miniature orchids.
I also have a Jewel orchid (velvety green leaves with a goldish hue to the leaves), a Paphiopedilum Maudiae, a larger Phalenopsis (white with pink spots), a smaller Catleya Yellow Kitty (haven't seen this one bloom yet), another mystery Catleya, a Dendrobium Kingianum, and I just purchased a Cadetia Chionantha and a Massdevallia yesterday. I also have one more mystery plant which was given to me. He's a little on the small (as in immature) side, so it might be a while before he blooms and I can identify what it is.
The Phal Naples Nights sounds interesting! Are there pictures?
Cheers!  |