What orchid Excites you the most when it blooms?

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Don't look at the IOSPE's meter or what Jay says when says cold to cool growing. Those are his interpretations of things.

Look at the elevations that the orchids come from and where the orchids are coming from, (which country + what kind of habitat) and do research on that.

I'm looking at the countries of origin and the elevations that Retrepia trichoglossa has been recorded to be found in, and I think that this orchid has a wide range of temperature tolerances (anywhere between 36 F - 95 F).

Thank you King, that's what I do also, I do not rely only on IOSPE, because I saw many times they state wrong temps for many species. I do go through couple pages always, and also here checking threads. I did see that this orchid can stand real cold and also real hot good, so I am going for it:-)

[Gage]

1. Encyclia tampensis
2. Vanda garayii
3. Phal I-Hsin Kiwi
4. my NOID yellow Oncidium

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)

Don't look at the IOSPE's meter or what Jay says when he mentions that they're cold to cool growing. Those are his interpretations of things.

Look at the elevations that the orchids come from and where the orchids are coming from, (which country + what kind of habitat) and do research on that.

I'm looking at the countries of origin and the elevations that Retrepia trichoglossa has been recorded to be found in, and I think that this orchid has a wide range of temperature tolerances (anywhere between 36 F - 95 F).

Jay provides an invaluable service. I think that if people find something that doesn't appear right, they should reciprocate and let him know. BTW the Bakers ( OrchidWiz ) also say its cooler growing; that may be the source of Jay's information.

[Edward Brookes]

Rossioglossum grande - I am near madness with joy when it flowers - in fact, with our climate, & my micro climate, hot, humid & great for pathogens, a new, fat & gorgeous pseudobulb does it for me.

[kindrag23]

whoaaa I have to pick just one! I have to say I really love Catasetums they are a favorite of mine.

[RJSquirrel]

yes thats a phal gigantea. Elephant ear orchid is only found in Sabah and Kalimantan of Borneo island and it is very rare. Would get excited some yay if I had one and it bloomed too

[kindrag23]

How big are the blooms on that thing?

[RJSquirrel]

largest Phal. gigantea flower on record belongs to the clone 'Valle Giant', which had avg 6.5 centimeters per bloom which is almost 3 inches. Not very big really.

phal gigantea is used in 140 first-generation hybrids and is in the background of 1,187 hybrids going back seven generations, with more than 500 plants awarded.

Its the shape of the flowers not the size sometimes you know.

[kindrag23]

@RJSquirrel so i have heard. But still those leaves are monstrous.

[Silje]

First-time blooms that I can take credit for are the most exciting for me.

To see that spike or bud develop and know that I (not the nursery where I bought it) have managed to make it bloom, that's the driving force of my whole orchid obsession.

Obviously there are flowers that I just keep looking at several times per day just because I think they're so amazing (angraecums, especially), but it's the challenge and the reward of providing a plant with whatever it needs to stay happy that is really exciting.