What are minis?

[Leafmite]

Yeah, it is pretty crazy how differently people define miniature orchids.

I collect mostly 'small' or 'miniature' orchids which mostly reside in a twenty-gallon tank or table-top greenhouse. Schoenorchis fragrans is about my idea of a 'miniature' orchid and an Angraecum didieri or Tuberlabium is my idea of a 'small' orchid. So, sometimes when I order orchids, I am surprised to receive an orchid that is larger than I expect. The biggest surprise came at an Orchid Society meeting when someone showed off a Cymbidium that had leaves at least twenty-four inches and introduced it as a 'miniature' Cymbidium. :|