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10-27-2007, 04:15 PM
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| Lepanthopsis astrophora I won probably the smallest orchid I've ever seen today at our Orchid Society meeting... Lepanthopsis astrophora. Too cute! And very small. The pot is only 1". So... now what? I'm pretty sure it's in the Pleurothallis family or along those lines. Will my cool-intermediate shelf (humidity 65-80%) be the best place for it? I also won a Paph. lowii x sib which I'm really excited and worried about. Not many healthy looking roots on the single growth... but a win is a win.      |
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10-27-2007, 05:20 PM
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| Lepanthopsis is, indeed, among the Pleurothallids. I think it got split out from Pleurothallis itself a while ago. It's from Venezuela, at 2,500- to 5,000-foot altitudes, so you should be spot on. I'm devoted to my little Platystele umbellata, also a Pleurothallid, even though the individual flowers are so tiny I need a stronger magnifying glass than I have to really see them. But they grow in a tiny umbel, like a minature Allium, so they're cute as a button. -- Bill |
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10-27-2007, 05:35 PM
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| Thanks Bill. It has one bloom hanging on (had lots of blooms before all the moving about from grower to meeting to my house). Looks like it has either new leaves or new spikes coming in. Have to find a stronger magnifying glass myself!! LOL |
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10-28-2007, 09:13 PM
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| My goodness that is tiny!!!! It is cute though 
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10-28-2007, 09:27 PM
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| Congratulations on the wins, Vivienne.
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10-28-2007, 09:35 PM
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| Sandra - you crack me up... my nail polish. Girly Girl! Trying to get a picture of the bloom on the Lepanthopsis (yes it is in bloom) but it's about the size of... ummm... a very small snowflake. LOL Can't think of anything that small. |
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10-29-2007, 01:35 AM
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10-29-2007, 08:00 AM
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| Thanks Kevin! Someday, I hope, both my Paph. Susan Low and the Paph. lowii will bloom at the same time. Would just like to see them side by side in person to compare. If that makes sense. I need more coffee!! |
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