Hello

[OrchidGirl]

Just a quick hello from a new poster who has lurked for quite a while.

I hope to get advice on what other orchids to add to my collection and learn more about other less known species.

[Marco]

Hi Mrs. OrchidGirl, welcome to the forum. If you don't already have them, I think you should add a Paph. philippinense and Neofinetia falcata to your collection. Both are easy to grow and the Neofinetia falcata is fragrant!

[Djarum Black]

Hi OrchidGirl,

Welcome to the OB! Glad you decided to join! You have found a great website with lots of info and wonderful people.
Post pictures of your orchids when you get a chance!

[OrchidGirl]

Originally Posted by Marco

Hi Mrs. OrchidGirl, welcome to the forum. If you don't already have them, I think you should add a Paph. philippinense and Neofinetia falcata to your collection. Both are easy to grow and the Neofinetia falcata is fragrant!

I do not have either of those. Do they have a culture like a Phal?

I have great success with those, the Dens I have are doing ok, but they are looking a little funky, perhaps because I repotted them.

I just got a c. loddigesii to see if I can do Cats...

I will try to get some pics of the phals, three are blooming and one is just growing a keiki. I hope that does not mean that it is dying!

[Dorothy]

Wow, Iwanagara Apple Blossom ! You'll love the fragrance- it's an all time favorite.
I love the bc Miakia's family .. bc little stars x maikia 'hawaii' again fragrant but spicy .. I love it ..
Schomburgkias! (my avatar) .. I have a thread about them with sites .. check it out .. Question for Dorothy

I am sure you will get plenty of responses!

Have fun deciding .. there are just soooooooo many! :


Marco is so cute ... always encouraging the delicate and petite neos ...

[Marco]

Originally Posted by OrchidGirl

I do not have either of those. Do they have a culture like a Phal?

I think, they would go perfectly with phals. Especially the Neofinetia. The paph. phillipinense might require a wee bit more light than phals though.

I have my phals, paphs, and neos all in the same growing area buy i give them a bit of extra light with some artificial lights I picked up from HD and all grow great.

Just having a difficult time blooming my paphs. I think they need more humidity and more of a temperature for a couple of months

Specific culture sheets

paph. philippinense

Paph. roebelenii culture sheet - growing tips

neofinetia

Culture of Neofinetia falcata culture

and one more sederia japonica

Sedirea japonica culture

[OrchidGirl]

Those look very interesting. I will have to see if I can find a place to get them reasonably. I love my phals, but am rather ambivalent about the fact that they are bigbox noids. I love lady slippers, I remember going out with my parents when I was a kid and looking at them in the forest around here. I am just so wary of spending a lot of money on an orchid only to kill it.

[Marco]

Oak Hill Gardens always has reasonable prices

sederia - its blooming size...only thing is its mounted...

Oak Hill Gardens - sederia japonica standard form

neo - blooming size

Oak Hill Gardens - neofinetia standard white

paph phil. var. reobelenii

Gore Orchid Conservatory - Paph Catalog - Paphiopedilum slipper orchids scroll down a bit and youll see the link

[OrchidGirl]

Originally Posted by Marco

Oak Hill Gardens always has reasonable prices

sederia - its blooming size...only thing is its mounted...

Oak Hill Gardens - sederia japonica standard form

neo - blooming size

Oak Hill Gardens - neofinetia standard white

paph phil. var. reobelenii

Gore Orchid Conservatory - Paph Catalog - Paphiopedilum slipper orchids scroll down a bit and youll see the link

Oh gosh! Those are lovely. Great prices too! Hmm... I am guessing that it is much harder to keep a mounted plant alive...

I was looking at the ANGRAECUM sesquipedale, which has the same sort of look as the neofinetia you show above. Are they similar in culture or is the neofinetia easier to grow?

[Marco]

Originally Posted by OrchidGirl

Oh gosh! Those are lovely. Great prices too! Hmm... I am guessing that it is much harder to keep a mounted plant alive...

I was looking at the ANGRAECUM sesquipedale, which has the same sort of look as the neofinetia you show above. Are they similar in culture or is the neofinetia easier to grow?

I'm sorry I don't know to much about angraecum's. I'm sure someone else here will chime into your questions.Although I was looking into sesquipedale a little while back and I can tell you that they get fairly big and that sort of kept me away from them and doing any further research on.

If you're looking for the sesquipedale, Matt also has some available for $8, Gore Orchid Conservatory - Orchid Genera Catalog, I believe their seedlings though

As for the mounted sederia, yes they would require very high humidity levels that I can't maintain, mine varies from 30%-60%, so I stay away from plants mounted. If you can maintain high levels of humidity, my guess would be 80-90%, i'm sure they will do ok for you.