Fantasy orchids. What on your wishlist?

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

My buddy told me what it was and how incredible of a find it was and I was hooked! I won’t buy one unless I can be certain it was not harvested so I haven’t found one I can trust.

If cost is no object, Orchids Limited has them, or at least did quite recently - that they have grown themselves, I'm pretty sure from seed. You certainly can trust them with regards to the provenance, and to supply excellent plants. Whether you are willing to gamble a significant chunk of change is something you will have to decide. I recently took the plunge and got one, I think two years from blooming if I am very lucky. (The price goes up sharply with the size of the plant, because it grows very, very slowly... if you are young, get one of the smaller ones and grow it up...I went a bit larger because I am not so young and wanted to give myself a fighting chance of seeing it bloom )

[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by Clawhammer

Maybe a little basic but I want a really fragrant Iwanagara Apple Blossom. I read "Hihimanu" was a very fragrant variety but can't find one online or locally. Any suggestions would be welcome

I got mine from Kawamoto a couple years ago. My 'Fantasy' clone is just as fragrant, and imo prettier.

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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

I thought it would be cool to see what is on your fantasy , dream, money is no object, wishlist.

Doesn’t have to be expensive, could just be rare, exotic, whatever. Please add a pic to the post so people can also see what keeps you up at night

For me the two orchids that I have wanted but can’t seem to find at a reasonable price are the fdk. After dark black pearl and the dendrophylax lindenii

I have tried to get the former and it keeps falling apart for various reasons... I find the flowers are too amazing and it is a shock in any garden to see THAT black


The Florida ghost is actually a long time obsession of mine ever since I was in the Everglades (deep) on a camping trip in 10,000 islands and I found one. I actually was quite startled because I thought it was a fleshy spider and jumped half up the tree. My buddy told me what it was and how incredible of a find it was and I was hooked! I won’t buy one unless I can be certain it was not harvested so I haven’t found one I can trust.



I am not the owner of these images...they were the first good google images to come up

Springwater Orchids has them in flask fairly regularly.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by Roberta

If cost is no object, Orchids Limited has them, or at least did quite recently - that they have grown themselves, I'm pretty sure from seed. You certainly can trust them with regards to the provenance, and to supply excellent plants. Whether you are willing to gamble a significant chunk of change is something you will have to decide. I recently took the plunge and got one, I think two years from blooming if I am very lucky.

Ooooh gonna have to check that out.

Originally Posted by Subrosa

Springwater Orchids has them in flask fairly regularly.

Do they deflask or only sell them flasked? I have not had great success in the two attempts I made at de-flasking and tiny dead orchids make me sad

[Mountaineer370]

Just a couple that I have any reason to believe I might actually be able to grow:

Phalaenopsis I-Hsin The Big Bang. I've only ever seen two of these, and apparently they cannot be found for sale nowadays. The color and pattern of the flowers is absolutely unique and just strikes a chord with me. I would love to find one someday.

Phalaenopsis schilleriana. Yes, I know, pretty common, but I don't have one because of their reputation for growing to a very large size. I'm probably maxed out on larger Phals right now.

Now, if we're talking about a list of fantasy orchids that are just that, with no hope that I could ever grow them here, that would include a number of genera, some that I've tried and given up on, and many others I've known better than to even try.

[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Ooooh gonna have to check that out.





Do they deflask or only sell them flasked? I have not had great success in the two attempts I made at de-flasking and tiny dead orchids make me sad

I've only seen flasks.