DirtyCoconuts presents: The flora and fauna of the Coconuts Compound

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by Keysguy

I'm jealous DC.
I think I killed my amizonica.

KG, that sucks...mine is a trooper and keeps coming back when i neglect it LOL

SG- i think you are correct, you always have the trade winds. i grow it sheltered in my patio. I know it would like a lot more light but it is a balance with the heat. it is 10 degrees cooler in the patio than the yard at least in the summer. I use an inorganic mix with a lot of coir added and i try to water it daily if it isnt rainy

[DirtyCoconuts]

1- cymbidium from Kim

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2 LOTS of mangoes coming

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3 nobiles

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4 so the specabile in the last pic is actually not, it is hawaiian spectacular a spectabile child... still nice

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5 but dont worry, a spectablie is actually in spike!!!!

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and lizards ate all the buds

6 this is onc lemon drop 'gower ramses' and it is a pretty, all yellow onc. what i wanted to show here is how orchids are so cool. this plant has normal thin onc type roots BUT, when mounted on this palm with perfect conditions, look at how thick and fleshy they get?!?! it found it cool

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7 a better pic of roy T

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8 a daytime moth on my arachnis flos-aeris

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[DirtyCoconuts]

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3- the color changers are back!

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4 Oncidium Gower Ramsey "Lemon Heart"

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5 pros fragrens

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6 Pros radicans

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7 den lorrie mortimer

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11 epidendrum purum ( should be Purim because it is almost always in bloom during Purim) smells awesome

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only one spike this year


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12 hoya pubicalyx

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13 noble with a lost tag

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14 this is a noid onc i stuck in a tree that had died. this is now home to five orchids, one dutchamn's pipe vine, an umbrella tree and a small bush. oh and an owl box.....point is, there is a lot you can do with a dead tree!

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zoomed out
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and way out to see the freaking tree growing out of a tree

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15 cym from kim is developing nicely

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my hand for scale

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16 den aphyllum

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17- random bulbo being weird


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thanks for looking

[DirtyCoconuts]

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5 thanks, Jeff!!!


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8 hermaphrodite spike!


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[Roberta]

Wow, Catasetum buds so soon! And what is #2? Looks like Den anosmum on steroids, or is that the camera angle?

[tmoney]

oh man!

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Wow, Catasetum buds so soon! And what is #2? Looks like Den anosmum on steroids, or is that the camera angle?

I feel like my catasetums are completely indifferent of all the reading and cultural notes on them.....i have two others with less developed spikes and a few still dormant..... why dont they listen!!!!

it is a strange anosmum....i have a few of that species and this is the smallest plant and the least vigorous and has the fewest buds BUT they are massive. I was wondering if it was some 4n type thing but i am pretty ignorant about all that HAHAHA

[Roberta]

Orchids don't read the books. The only thing they read is the calendar, to determine when there is a show or meeting coming up, so they can finish blooming just before or reach full glory the week after.

[Keysguy]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Orchids don't read the books. The only thing they read is the calendar, to determine when there is a show or meeting coming up, so they can finish blooming just before or reach full glory the week after.

Amen!

[Jeff214]

ohhhh I'm excited that the Den. speciosum is spiking!!! That thing is a keiki machine haha. I'm sure you'll have an army of it in no time...