suggestions for a longwood purchases

[Call_Me_Bob]

hey all! im going to the longwood show on sunday and im super excited!

ive been thinking about things i want to buy.

i have intermediate-arm temperatures. i keep most outside in summer, but i can keep some inside. id prefer somethings that would be able to tolerate summer outside though. and it cant be too tall

any ideas?

[peeweelovesbooks]

Of course you knew my answer--laelia anceps.

[Call_Me_Bob]

i actually have that one, its growing great for me but no blooms yet. as soon as i saw you replied to this thread, i knew what your answer was gonna be

[Connie Star]

Dendrobium loddigessi (sp?)- it's small, cute and easy to grow.

[prc11]

I am sure there would be some cttleya's there that would summer well.

[Call_Me_Bob]

how does lodigessii do in a pot? im not so sure about another mount.

ill be on the lookout for some compact or even mini catts. i have a bunch, but ill always take more

[stefpix]

Encyclias do well for me. they seem to put out more roots than everything and care less about low humidity. I got an Epc Serena Tinkerbell as a closeout at Lowes and it is growing like a weed. Someone sent me a piece of Bc Maikai saying that was a weed for him but it is growing really slow.

What seems to grow well for me is also a recent Miltonia spectabile from Ecuagenera... I put it in aoblong bonsai pot and has really many new growths...

I have a seedling of Laelia tenebrosa that is growing well apparently too.

Also I read that Cattleya skinnerii is not finnicky about humidity and grows fast . Got a small one from Oak hill.

and also what is doing well was a closeout Trichocentrum Ollie Palmer for a dollar and is growing new roots and new growths.
I live in an apt and humidity often is low althoiugh I supplement with a Vicks vaporizer.

Also what is easy are Oncidium Twinkle and related species.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Broughtonia sanguinea

[stefpix]

Don't Broughtonias need a ton of light and are finnicky with overwatering?
although a Cattletonya is another closeout I got for a dollar at Lowes and is growing better than a couple of other Cattleya hibrid closeouts

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Cattleytonias will work too.

Cattleytonias need lots of light as well.