Masd. mendozae - Orchid Board

ronaldhanko · #1 03-07-2013, 03:06 PM

From Ecuador and belonging to the Saltatrices group. Tindo where are you?

NYCorchidman · #2 03-07-2013, 03:11 PM

Those are some very unusually shaped flowers!

ronaldhanko · #3 03-07-2013, 03:23 PM

Most of the Saltatrices group have more or less tubular flowers, but in this case it's more pronounced. They actually look a bit like orange slugs up close.

Tindomul · #4 03-07-2013, 03:57 PM

Present and accounted for. Those are gorgeous!!!
All your plants seem to get tons of blooms, how dooooo you do it?

NYCorchidman · #5 03-07-2013, 03:59 PM

I thought Ron's pictures are from gardens and wild.
Ron, are these all what you grow????
If so, I'm speechless.

ronaldhanko · #6 03-07-2013, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tindomul

Present and accounted for. Those are gorgeous!!!
All your plants seem to get tons of blooms, how dooooo you do it?

They are in near-perfect conditions, Tindo, as far as light, humidity, and water go, but I'm still learning - just learned some really cool stuff about fertilizer from the latest issue of Orchids. One of these days I'll do a post on it.

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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I thought Ron's pictures are from gardens and wild.
Ron, are these all what you grow????
If so, I'm speechless.

I'm embarrassed. Many of the pictures I post are of native orchids and those I do't grow, in fact many of them are impossible to cultivate. The tropical are mostly miniatures I grow. If you check the links under my name, especially Orchids in Bloom, there's several posts that describe my wardian case. Just look through the list of tags for Orchidarium.