New bloom on my mango tree

[Swamper]

Originally Posted by cb977

I wish I could put stuff out to grow on my trees
Here in Spring Hill, we still get a bit colder than it does in Miami during "winter"

Yours looks lovely

Thanks.I wonder though since some orchids grow in the wild,in your area, why wouldn't you be able to at least have some of thos on your trees. By the way just to clarify, the ones on the link entitled Bob Hatos'Orchids, are his not mine. I only wish.

[trinimom]

Pretty orchid on the Mango tree.. but the ones I found on my mango tree when we were trimming were not put there by me but found there at the top of the tree,, the branches way to the top had these orchid plants and I took them off the branch before carting away the branches and planted them and now they bloom all year round. They look like dens though ....one is a pale yellow almost cream with a hint of pink centre and the flower looks almost wax like ,, after flowering some green buds appear at the end of the spike,, the other one is a small pink flower and the same thing happens with the green buds at the end of each flower spike.. the latter is a single flower....
Looking at your flickr photos and they look just like your wild orchids pics...
Nice photos and ooh so many lovely shots of Vandas.. thanks for sharing...

[Roly0217]

WOW !!! Those plants look gorgeous !!!! All those many colors and the sizes of the plants HUGEMONGOUS !!! That guys is amazing and you are lucky to see that big show

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Swamper

Thanks.I wonder though since some orchids grow in the wild,in your area, why wouldn't you be able to at least have some of thos on your trees. By the way just to clarify, the ones on the link entitled Bob Hatos'Orchids, are his not mine. I only wish.

there are probably a few I could experiment with...but I'm too much of a worry-wort to try it

[Swamper]

Im glad you guys enjoyed Bob's orchids. He's actually got some of those registered, his own hybrids, with the orchid registry in ....Australia is it?
Trinimom, Im not surprised that you didn't plant the orchid up there. When I look at all the orchids in the wild and after researching their origin, Im surprised that there aren't more dicoveries around like yours.
I now look at a lot of trees differently. Wondering if some orchid seed didn't land in just the right spot, of just the right tree,facing just the right direction, carried over by winds, maybe of a hurricane?

[trinimom]

We call those mangoes in Trinidad , Julie Mangoes ..it is a grafted mango with thick sweet juicy flesh.

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by Swamper

Thanks.I wonder though since some orchids grow in the wild,in your area, why wouldn't you be able to at least have some of thos on your trees. By the way just to clarify, the ones on the link entitled Bob Hatos'Orchids, are his not mine. I only wish.

I planted one Avocado and one Mango tree about 5 weeks ago and they're really beginning to grow (almost 1'). Hopefully they'll be producing fruit and be large enough to house some chids in a few years. I'd love to mount the chids directly to the trees but will probably mount them on another medium and suspend them from the trees. That way if the temps. drop I can bring them indoors.

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by Swamper

I went and bought two cuttings. There was so much to choose from. This guys greenhouse is hard to describe. I was in vanda heaven. I took so many pics. They are on my flickr page. If you want to take a look go to my page and look in "Bob Hatos' Orchids" Flickr: joemarquez17's Photostream
I have more pics but haven't downloaded them yet. Im still putting that whole thing together in the diff albums.
Ive got too many pics and decided to just start sending them there.

Spectacular looking Vandas. I've been looking for some bare root Semi-Terete beauties to mount to my palm trees but haven't had any luck.

[thakshila smith]

Originally Posted by cb977

there are probably a few I could experiment with...but I'm too much of a worry-wort to try it

Sue there is a way .I mounted orchids on a big plank / log of wood and hang it on a branch of mango tree. just to grow it. When there is temperature drop
can be trancefered to your pool area.
Some people hang their wooden baskets on trees too.

[Roly0217]

All of my wooden Vanda basket are hanging from the branches of the avocato tree. The rest of the plants are confortably shaded by the tree's thick foliage however it allows them to get a good amount of sun. And they love it!!!