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11-21-2019, 12:24 AM
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Stunning plant Selmo
On the table as it’s sitting I’d have assumed it was at least five plants. Big girl!!
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12-06-2019, 11:36 AM
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this is not my plant but i went to a friend's house to get some bromileads and i spotted this guy on a palm tree...i counted over 30 spikes!!!!!
i have to go back in a couple weeks because i cannot imagine what this display must be like!
Magnum poppin by J Solo, on Flickr
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12-06-2019, 11:56 AM
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Don't forget we wanna see the pictures when you go back!
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12-06-2019, 12:56 PM
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That's one impressive plant!! Now that you've shown it to us, you really have no choice or possible excuse, we expect photos of it in bloom!
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12-06-2019, 01:26 PM
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I accept. It wraps 2/3 the way around the tree too. Amazing!
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All the ways I grow are dictated by the choices I have made and the environment in which I live. Please listen and act accordingly
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Rooted in South Florida....
Zone 10b, Baby! Hot and wet
#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
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12-27-2020, 09:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Selmo
People always ask, why do you grow in such large containers? Because you can grow such large plants! I like large specimen size plants and hybrid cattleyas can get pretty big. It can be hard to get plants to this size because the medium brakes down and then the plant gets chopped up into smaller plants. Never allowing it to get big, space can be at a premium. This is a NoID cattleya that is one of our first orchids. It blooms every year in late February and smells wonderful. The blooms are about 5” (13cm) and the plant is about 4 foot (1.3m) across.
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Wow, what a beauty, and it's got my favourite Catt colours.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbarata
My Den nobile...photo taken last spring. More than a meter high.
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Oh wow!!!
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03-20-2021, 11:06 PM
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Dendrobium Speciosum
My best "specimen" at this point. I got it (them) from a neighbor who has the most incredible collection. Probably 40 or more (seriously!) Bloomed like gangbusters. Also have a L. Pacavia that has five sheaths and is getting huge....BLC Taiwan Chief Wine "Van Gogh" that has three inflorescences with five flowers (three currently open(ing) and two to come.
cheers
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03-20-2021, 11:44 PM
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It's definitely Den speciosum time (and also for relatives) Here is Den. speciosum var. hillii x Den gracilicaule. Sort of a cross between a St. Bernard and a Chihuahua .. Lots of flowers on a semi-reasonable sized plant... to my eyes, looks pretty much like a Den speciosum... Den. speciosum var. hillii becomes a beast, Den. gracilicaule is a miniature. I have pretty much given up repotting this, and the Den speciosums... as they outgrow the pot, when there is no more room for roots in the pot, they just start sending roots upward (birds-nest roots) I suspect that's what happens in nature... Den. speciosum is basically a lithophyte - grows on rocks (nickname "rock lily") with roots going down into crevices to find water, organic matter, and coolness, once it runs out of space in the cracks and crevices, sends roots upward to capture detritus.
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03-23-2021, 10:29 AM
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Here are my biggest, 3 genera:
- Angraecum Veitchii, leaves are 55-60cm, 120cm tall
- Phragmipedium longifolium, the biggest growth has leaves of 50cm
- NoID Phal, leaves are 30cm, flowers 13cm wide
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03-23-2021, 02:16 PM
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Stellar!!
Massive doesn’t even do that justice
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