Annika,
Always willing to oblige - with not one but three! Though not very exciting, I fear. Having two boys age six and three, I can't give too much of the garden to orchids. [In British English I'd say 'garden', I figured 'yard' was more appropriate in the US?
] Also there were no orchids here when we moved in 17 months ago.
So I have three main sites - four pine trees provide moderate shade from the midday sun at one corner (photo 1 - in the background), and at the opposite corner I have a mango with a lot of trunks that has the bulk of my collection (photo 2) - the shade is denser there - around 80+ species growing on these two sites. I also have a few orchids on the other mango in the garden (photo 3) - many branched and ideal for orchid growing, but also for treehouses - so any there have the potential to be trampled on, so I don't put anything too delicate or precious there!
As always, click to link to the larger gallery photo.
Photo 1:
Photo 2:
Photo 3:
All three places (+ a bed in direct sun which isn't great for most of the orchids, foreground of photo 1) are currently exploding with this kind of orchid - I'm currently classifying as den. polysema - but I waiver between that and d. finisterrae or even possibly d. macrophyllum.
I also have these two terrestrials growing in other places - anyone know the names?
i)
ii)
Thanks!
Phil
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