Den. speciosum season!

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Originally Posted by nhbeek

Does anyone know where to get a good one of these? I got a tiny seedling as a bag baby, but I would like to purchase one that will bloom sometime in the next decade.

Fred Clarke at Sunset Valley Orchids breeds Den. speciosum hybrids with the aim of creating smaller plants that flower at a younger age. Their flowers look very much like the species. Unless you really want the species consider his Aussie hybrids. The descriptions tell you what are the ancestors and what you will likely get.

[Greenpots]

Wow. Thank you for sharing. I did not know it can get that tall. You must feed it good stuffs.
Hope you dont mind to post here or please move it to proper place. Here is mine.

[Roberta]

Yours look great! Different varieties of Den. speciosum have different sizes and forms... grandiflorum gets big, hillii gets HUGE. ssp. speciosum is more horizontal, curvicaule stsys smaller. And breeders mix and match. They are all wonderful