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12-31-2014, 04:45 PM
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Lealia anceps after snow and freezing night
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12-31-2014, 05:03 PM
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Lealia anceps after snow, high winds and overnight freeze
Sorry last pictures from tapatalk did not work so well.
We have had several nights in the low 40s f, last night my wife got home late and woke me up and said look outside, and it was snowing everything had a light blanket of snow on it already, cars out front were covered. That was around 11am, when I finally went outside at 5am no snow totally dry and that was understandable due to the 40 plus mph winds we had, it was also 32f, burrr, that's cold for Los Angeles.
This tree was planted with orchids 2 years ago and they get shaded by Mimosa leaves in summer and full sun from November till around April, there is a drip/mist system that runs on a timer for them also, you can see it on tree as black tubing.    |
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12-31-2014, 06:58 PM
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your tree is beautiful!! are those all the same species of orchid? i can't wait to plant my roots somewhere so i can start an orchid tree of my own someday!
good work!!!
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12-31-2014, 07:38 PM
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Beautiful! Do you know which variety / cultivar this is?
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12-31-2014, 08:55 PM
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Awesome! I really wanna start an orchid tree.
We got snow down here in orange county too.
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01-01-2015, 08:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Plodde
your tree is beautiful!! are those all the same species of orchid? i can't wait to plant my roots somewhere so i can start an orchid tree of my own someday!
good work!!!
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Thank you, there are 35 different orchids on tree plus about 40 variety of Tillandsia. Orchid varieties are: Brassavola, Oncidiums, Dendrobiums, Cattleya, Lealia, Shumburkia, miltonia and a couple of others.
This spring I plan on adding more, I have several that can't wait for there new home. |
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01-01-2015, 01:40 PM
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That's very cool!
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01-02-2015, 03:07 PM
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Impressive! So the plant experienced no damage as a result of the weather, not the flowers even?
Wow I bet your tree is a sight to see when multiple plants are blooming. Well done!!
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01-02-2015, 04:25 PM
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We have had three nights of below freezing weather, ice on cars in morning kinda stuff, tree offers very little protection/cover at moment. I keep monitoring plants and flowers, two more flowers have open since pictures were taken and plants show no damage yet.
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01-02-2015, 04:47 PM
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Wow, wonderful tree and great flowers
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