What orchids to choose?

[stefpix]

look at this
probably shipping to Europe is less bureaucratic than shipping to the USA.
think they need to be around 0 C in the winter, maybe between -5 to +10C.
prfect for UK winter. In NYC it gets too cold outside and too warm inside.
the best site on Pleiones is UK based - someone there growns them , maybe sells tehm and provides detailed culture info.
I googled it but I did not bookmarked it because anyway Pleiones look so good but no way I can grow them here.



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[stefpix]

Also maybe some Den nobile or something... Den cucullatum

[Undergrounder]

What about good old Cymbidiums? easy to grow, cool tolerant, big flowers..

But getting orchids to flower in summer is always going to be difficult, most of them flower in winter/spring.

The pleiones sound good to me too.

[trdyl]

Also Odontoglossum and their hybrids too.

[Zdenglan]

Thanks everybody, to quote Dorothy and Neb, Pleiones are a deffo an option, I actually already grow a few of those (found them last winter in pots of ordinary multipurpose compost, burried deep, obviosly my predecessor thought they were a daf , they are a piece of cake in our conditions, I put them in the shade tunnel over the summer to keep them cool and they made two new massive p.bulbs for each old one - can't wait for them to flower, esp. since I don't actually know what exact sp. or cultivar they are... !. The only issue is that they're mainly spring flowering (exc. a couple od autumn fl. ones of course). Masdevallias I was considering.... I DO like some of those..... Ideas?
BTW yes, sorry, we don't usually go over 25C in the summer..last year there was about 5 days with max 27C but we do damp down religiously....

[Roy]

Everyone seems to be missing the obvious. Paphiopedulums, complex hybrids or species like P.insigne. The don't mind those temps at all, the flowers last for ages and don't need to be huge plants to flower.

[stefpix]

And Bletilla striata. those are really cheap and Ludisia discolors - the leaves are a show by themselves

[Zdenglan]

Originally Posted by Roy

Everyone seems to be missing the obvious. Paphiopedulums, complex hybrids or species like P.insigne. The don't mind those temps at all, the flowers last for ages and don't need to be huge plants to flower.

Thanks again. I have got a P. insigne at home and it flowers in the winter... Are there any cool growing paphs that flower in the summer?

[Zdenglan]

Originally Posted by stefpix

And Bletilla striata. those are really cheap and Ludisia discolors - the leaves are a show by themselves

B. striata, yes I can see that, L. discolor probably not - likes it a little warmer than what I can offer....

[Zdenglan]

Originally Posted by Undergrounder

What about good old Cymbidiums? easy to grow, cool tolerant, big flowers..

But getting orchids to flower in summer is always going to be difficult, most of them flower in winter/spring.

The pleiones sound good to me too.

Do like them a lot but they are a little too big for the space I have got.. I remember I heard about some smaller hybrids...any ideas?