The 'orchid you can't find' thread

[Leafmite]

Oak Hill Gardens had quite a few species orchids that no one else offered. I truly regret that it closed. My first encounter with them was many years ago, when they were still in Illinois and I was obsessed with having an Angraecum magdalenae. Even after they moved northward, I was still able to find stuff there that no one else offered. I still can't believe they are gone.

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Originally Posted by isurus79

I can't find line bred Cattleya nobilior outside of H&R!!

Thankfully, you have a source.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

Thankfully, you have a source.

Ya, but I want more

[Leafmite]

Originally Posted by isurus79

I can't find line bred Cattleya nobilior outside of H&R!!

Have you asked at Miranda Orchids? He might know a source for them. He specializes in orchids from that region. Just a thought.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

Have you asked at Miranda Orchids? He might know a source for them. He specializes in orchids from that region. Just a thought.

Yep, I have a division of Franciso's only nobilior that he's willing to part with! Thanks for the tip though!

[mremensnyder]

I stand corrected. Orchids Limited now has ghost orchids in a variety of sizes back in stock.

[Leafmite]

Originally Posted by bethmarie

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was enchanted by a picture that turned out to be a Madagascar variety of Angraecum leonis. And so the search began.

It turns out, if you care to know, that in Europe you can sometimes find this orchid for sale. If you are in the US, you are better off looking for something where the odds are more in your favor. Maybe unicorns. Or sasquatch.

If you fall in love with a species that is rare in trade, or a hybrid that no one is making anymore, you can tell everyone about it here.

Think of it like a milk carton with your orchid's picture on it, and now maybe a hundred eyes are looking for it, instead of just two.

If you haven't found the leonis, Marlow's orchids seems to have it (hopefully it is the right one!). I know I am tempted....
Orchids by Marlow - Angraecoids

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Originally Posted by isurus79

Ya, but I want more

For me, it is the Angraecums.

[bethmarie]

I actually ordered three of them from Marlow's very early this year. The leaves were long and thin, not short and stubby and fatter like Madagascar. I shipped them back-- I have waaay too many Comoro that I thought were Mads!

Originally Posted by Leafmite

If you haven't found the leonis, Marlow's orchids seems to have it (hopefully it is the right one!). I know I am tempted....
Orchids by Marlow - Angraecoids

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For me, it is the Angraecums.

[Leafmite]

Originally Posted by bethmarie

I actually ordered three of them from Marlow's very early this year. The leaves were long and thin, not short and stubby and fatter like Madagascar. I shipped them back-- I have waaay too many Comoro that I thought were Mads!

When you see those curved bottom leaves...it is pretty evident that it isn't the one from Madagascar. Too bad. Both of mine are the Comoro type, too.

[wallyworld]

The one cattleya that I've been looking for is Lc. Alaracon 'Grand Sarah'. It is a large light blue with a dark blue throat.

[silken]

Originally Posted by wallyworld

The one cattleya that I've been looking for is Lc. Alaracon 'Grand Sarah'. It is a large light blue with a dark blue throat.

I can see why you would want that!