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12-06-2010, 10:17 PM
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What is your favorite Orchid?
What is your favorite orchid you have or want and why?
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12-06-2010, 11:46 PM
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That is a very tough question to answer! Several come to mind and I think in all instances its the reliability of flowering. My Phrag Normont is like clockwork. Starts blooming in late fall and continues up to the beginning of spring. C Angel Bells and C Bactia also give me reliable - and fragrant - flowers.
All three are easy for me to grow. An added plus!
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12-07-2010, 12:40 AM
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Hard question!!!!!! my answer WILL change....
its a toss up between L. anceps and Masdie. Angel Fling. neither of which i have successfully bloomed (yet ) but they both are troopers and grow so nicely
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12-07-2010, 01:16 AM
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i would have to agree with it being a hard question, mine would have to be the cattleya iricolor,Cattleya amethystoglossa,Laelia anceps var. delicata 'LASCA'..
i would say they are favs because of the beauty all of them have,plus they are hardy plant both catts i owe and have down fairly well so far the other is on my wish list!!
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12-07-2010, 05:37 AM
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This is really a tough question - well, there are so many phals out there I would really like to have. 
But there is one plant I've always admired on exhibitions and such: Phrag. besseae! I love it! Right now I can't give it the right growing conditions, but I know one day I'm going to buy one.  The color is vibrant and it looks so elegant. |
12-07-2010, 11:19 AM
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Although I'm partial to the Catt alliance, the orchid that gives me the most pleasure overall is my Cycnoches warscewiczii. It blooms regularly no matter how I treat it, and, for the three weeks, or so when it's in bloom, fills my house with the most amazing fragrance.
Kim
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12-07-2010, 11:43 AM
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For now I would have to say Cattleya x gravesiana alba 'Snow Queen' FCC/AOS. Its endearing qualities are large full flowers, strong but not overpowering fragrance, ease of culture (not finicky about temperature at all), can bloom more than once a year, and an important piece of orchid history.
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12-07-2010, 08:16 PM
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Masdevallia 'Machu Pichu'- it's put out a few blooms for me and has a spike. It is cute, and the color of the blooms is a beautiful intense magenta.
It's my favorite... for now, that is.
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12-07-2010, 09:08 PM
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Sophronitis coccinea or Dendrobium cuthbertsonii
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12-07-2010, 11:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Connie Star
Masdevallia 'Machu Pichu'- it's put out a few blooms for me and has a spike. It is cute, and the color of the blooms is a beautiful intense magenta.
It's my favorite... for now, that is.
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Often my favorite is the one that is blooming. Carol |
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