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10-28-2012, 06:26 PM
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Wilsonara Hilda Plumtree 'Purple Wings'
I bought this last November in spike from Cal Orchids in Santa Barbara. It bloomed, I wasn't very impressed, smaller flowers than those on the plants in bloom at the nursery, and they didn't last long. I popped it out on the back patio where it started sending off a very hearty new growth. Then one day that growth got a bit streaky looking and started flopping over, I thought I was going to lose it. But it perservered and the pseudo bulb ended up being larger and more robust and the leaves bigger and healthier than the last growth. It spiked this summer and began blooming about a month ago and is still going strong. What even amazes me more, I smelled it today and it has a faint but very appealing fragrance. i didn't know Odontoglossum hybrids had a fragrance. The first pictures were from late September when it started blooming, the last pictures were taken today. Enjoy  |
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10-28-2012, 06:30 PM
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A few more pictures, and look at those pseudobulbs, hubba hubba!
 Just a few more pictures, the pseudobulbs on this one are amazing, very thick and healthy |
10-28-2012, 06:31 PM
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Nice!
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10-29-2012, 07:19 AM
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Really nice!
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10-29-2012, 10:50 AM
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Well done.
Kim
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10-29-2012, 12:08 PM
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that's real nice. They sure look like big blooms and they seem to be lasting a long time.
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10-29-2012, 10:34 PM
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Beautiful!
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02-10-2013, 06:47 PM
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I picked up one of these at our local orchid show this weekend...I hope for similar good success!
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02-10-2013, 10:06 PM
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Good luck... it is a very robust grower
I saw this one blooming at a local orchid show this weekend. They all looked very happy. Mine is now starting on its next growths, two new healthy growths so I am looking forward to a very nice display, maybe in early summer. Good luck with yours |
02-16-2013, 05:09 PM
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Here's the one I got last weekend:
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