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Old 09-02-2009, 10:09 PM
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also i was unable to find a BS gigantea at a decent size so i looked at the others and i think i settled on the Acanthephippium sylhetense, let me know what you think, i really would like the Anguloa however on my research i got the inclination that it may need more light than what flows through my kitchen
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The Acanthephippium sylhetense is fine. This is terrestrial. There is only one picture of it in situ:

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The Acanthephippium sylhetense is fine. This is terrestrial. There is only one picture of it in situ:

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The only winter blooming orchid I'm aware of (not to say there aren't others) is Maxillaria schunkeana.

This is a mini, and may not be what you're looking for.

Other than this one, I'm not aware of many commercially available ones.
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how about these?
Amesiella (Angraecum) monticola
Polystachya ottoniana (yellow)

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this orchid site seems pretty good i haven't ordered any from it yet but i was going to get my Acanthephippium from here also. let me know what you think!

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Amesiella monticola is not an easy species to grow and they're minatures.

The Polystachya is also a miniature, but is a lot easier to grow, however, the reason why Polystachya is not a popular species is because of how miniscule the flowers are.

Again, I'm not sure these are what you're looking for. You did mentioned you wanted giants.

Try finding Pleurothallis titan. When full grown this gets to be 6 ft tall and does not require high light.

Plths teaguei is a giant as well, with the leaf diameter being 2 ft to 3 ft when fully mature (according to Ivan Portilla of Ecuagenera). Pictures of the flowers to these plants do it no justice, I've seen them in full bloom and they're gorgeous, too bad they're very expensive in full bloom...

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