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Originally Posted by King_of_orchid_growing:)
Anacheilium cochleatum (aka Encyclia cochleata)
Anacheilium radiatum (aka Encyclia radiata)
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I have both of these, bought from a UK orchid seller, but under the name Prosthecea
UK natives are available (there's at least one seller specializes in them) but I think they are generally considered difficult. I think a lot of them need special soil types and/or are difficult to establish. Also, just in case you don't know, all orchids are protected so you can't take them from the wild.
My advice would be to get used to the orchids you have, and maybe buy a cheap Phaleanopsis from Sainsburies or wherever and learn to take care of that.
I'm not sure that there's really that much difference between how hard one orchid is compared to another, they are just different. It's probably a lot easier to learn to look after one really 'hard' orchid, than lots of different easy ones. Take that from someone who's recently gone mad buying lots of different 'easy' ones!
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