Just showing off a few of my favourite miniatures that hang out in the glasshouse with everything else.
I apologise in advance for my shoddy photos, I did the best I could with my phone camera, but tiny blooms are hard to capture with a phone
First up is Harealla retrocalla. This plant is on its' very first bloom, and is 3 months out of flask.
Flower is not fully open yet, but already emitting a wonderful, soft fragrance.
Next up is Tuberolabium kotoense. I'm not sure this counts as a true miniature, it gets a bit big in time, but this is madly flowering away for the first time at a small size. This spike is just opening and there's a second one on the way.
Breathtaking fragrance on this, this one, half-open flower spike is already scenting the glasshouse. I can smell it as soon as I open the door. Scent is reminiscent of violets crossed with marshmallow.
Straining my camera phone to get up close photos of tiny blossoms
First little spike.
Next is a ongoing joy to grow, Psymorchis pusilla. Pretty much perpetually in bloom. One flower on the go, 3 more spikes coming up.
Overexposed colours =\
Last up is a teeny tiny Papillilabium beckleri. This grows like a tiny weed for me under high light, high heat and high humidity. The flowers are minute and quite fragrant for their size. Their scent is fresh, with a touch of vanilla.
Mealy bug for scale!
Last up is some shots of the above miniatures along with a plant tag for scale.
Tuberolabium kotoense
Harealla retrocalla
Psygmorchis pusilla
Papillilabium beckleri.
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A few warm growing miniatures.
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I'm actually Scandinavian, been in Australia for 9 years now and lived from Cooktown to Melbourne.
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