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09-24-2013, 04:57 AM
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Masdevallia goliath
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09-24-2013, 12:06 PM
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Wow, those are massive leaves. I knew gigantea was big but hadn't realized it could get that big!
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09-24-2013, 03:17 PM
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I agree with what Silje said, first bloomers (that you, yourself are responsible for) are very thrilling! 
Ooh, RJ, I would've mentioned P. gigantea, but I don't grow it yet... I definitely will one of these days... and when I do get it to flower... Ooh, it will be at the top of my list! on this thread 
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09-25-2013, 06:31 AM
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Rosie, what's your most exciting orchid to bloom?
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My very first, a NoID Phal. I had been bought it as a gift in flower and I kept it after flowering with no expectation that I would ever get it to flower again (I thought you needed specialist conditions). When it flowered again I was so surprised and excited... wow they COULD be bloomed at home!
It's a toss up between that and the Zygo I mentioned above as the most exciting recently. It was almost given up for dead years ago... but I'm still excited a month or so later that it has 4 large flowers now |
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09-25-2013, 12:26 PM
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Of the ones that I have here at home and that I have flowered:
Phal. Queen Beer 'Tiny Doll', despite it flowering so often, I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.
Paph. purpuratum and Paph. cerveranum, because they are such well behaved, and good looking Paphs.
Things that make me very exited are spikes on previously un-flowered orchids, so all I haven't managed to flower yet, are cause for great excitement in the future. Some I look forward to more than others:
Phal. Princess Kaiulani 'Miki'.
Any of my multiflora Paphs, species and hybrids alike.
Dendrobium normanbyense.
Whenever any of these start spiking, you're going to hear my happy shouting wherever you are in the world, and you're going to be subjected to spike/bud-progression pictures until you go crazy. |
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09-26-2013, 02:43 AM
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Whatever is currently in bloom.
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10-04-2013, 05:05 PM
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Currently, I'm head over heels with Monn. Millenium Magic 'Witchcraft'.
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10-05-2013, 10:42 AM
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I go crazy for the long petaled slipper orchid species - Paph. sanderianum, Phrag. caudatum, & Phrag. wallisii. Don't have to two phrags yet though.
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10-05-2013, 11:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Orchid Boy
I go crazy for the long petaled slipper orchid species - Paph. sanderianum, Phrag. caudatum, & Phrag. wallisii. Don't have to two phrags yet though.
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Ohhh those are a fave of mine as well. Oy more things to add to my short list...  |
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