Yard Orchids 2020

[DirtyCoconuts]

Happy times!!

[Bulbopedilum]

Originally Posted by Afid

I have around 32 acres, which is small enough to be manageable, but big enough to have habitat for a nice variety of orchids. I spend a LOT of time walking around, but I still find new things every time! I even found an entire species that I had somehow missed the last 4 years I have been orchid hunting, and it was a big patch next to the trail. They are just about to bloom so you will get to see pictures soon!

Afid, can I just say, 32 acres (129499 square meters, or 0.129499 square kilometers) is an insane amount of land (insanely large, that is). I just did some measurements on Google Earth, and a square covering 32 acres, with my house at the center, would engulf a hundred or so houses (too lazy to count exactly how many, but it's a lot!)... no wonder you have wild orchids!

[DirtyCoconuts]

Saka- i have a wonderful density of plants on my 1/2 acre!!! i am constantly amazed by Afid's front and back yard

[Bulbopedilum]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Saka- i have a wonderful density of plants on my 1/2 acre!!! i am constantly amazed by Afid's front and back yard

Half an acre is still pretty big here though, although not ridiculous like 32 acres. I'm still hopeful though, someone near me has a wild Dendrobium crumenatum growing on their rambutan tree. This is pretty off topic (Although I've heard that the forum doesn't mind that too much), but does putting orchids in trees / the ground increase the likelihood that the correct fungus will grow in the tree / ground?

There are also some patches of forest near me, but I have yet to find any orchids. Either I missed them, I visited in the wrong time of year, or they just aren't there.

[DirtyCoconuts]

I was no complaining. I love my land ht I cannot imagine having 64x that lol

[Afid]

I just remembered I started this thread! A lot has been going on since my last post (mainly traveling across the state to see orchids). I will try to post some updates soon (later tonight if I remember) as a lot of new things have come and gone since my last post.