ISOPE did me dirty...
 

I am a man with too many orchids and not enough space, yet I persist with ordering new plants. I always end up finding space, but not today friends...

ISOPE says Maxillaria dillonii is Found in Peru in wet montane forests at elevations around 800 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte...
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ISOPE says Lycaste ciliata is A medium sized, cold to warm growing epiphytic or lithophytic species...
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I wouldn't call Max dillonii "warm growing"... or at any rate, don't tell MY plant. (It's a beautiful species...) That plant looks better than mine though... mine is vigorous but compact, guess it leads a rough life. Certainly isn't tall like that. At least Lyc. ciliata has a fairly small footprint... and is deciduous. So SOME of the time it is not so big.:biggrin:

Don't buy any that ISOPE says are on the large size, you might have to start living in the garden!

I will pass your dismay on to Jay.:lol:

Another example for you to ponder. Epidendrum ciliare is one of my top 10 favorites out of my 300 orchids. It was one of three on the show table at our society meeting last week. All were mature, well grown and flowered plants. one had 3-4" long leaves and inflorescences, another's were 6" and mine are at least a foot long. It can't really be culture in our case, I don't believe, as we all grow outdoors which leaves genetics.

Many plants, like Epi. nocturnum, have a very large geographic range. It is common for different populations to have widely varying mature plant size, as well as being variable in other characteristics.

The pots look very small relative to the plants. How are you going to stabilize them? How many pots do you need if you are going to pot-in-pot?

These were from Ecuagenera, so they were bare root, in bags of sphag at the time of my orchid modeling debut. I potted them in slightly larger pots, but not much bigger as I read both like to be snug. I put some river rocks at the bottom of the pots to prevent tipping.

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Also pass my appreciation! ISOPE is a wonderful source in general. Such a broad spectrum of plants and my go to spot to find out if a species is fragrant, which is very important to my hobby.

[QUOTE]my go to spot to find out if a species is fragrant, which is very important to my hobby.[/QUOTE

Ditto!

LOL, I feel your pain!

I love the pictures and especially the facial expression in the first one.

I did pretty good this winter. But during winter months I have all plants indoors and feel the lack of space. But during summer I purchase new plants because I have enough room for them, despite knowing better. Until it's winter again :rofl:

Do you mean IOSPE?