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I got back from My grandmas house just a few days agoa dn had a great time. I was amazed at how many orchids they have there! They come from all over the world as my grandpa collected them. Renantheras, Vandas, Cattleyas, Laelias, Epidendrums, Phalaenopsis, Paphiopedilums, Stanhopeas, Gongoras, Lycastes, Maxillarias, Oncidiums, Miltonias, Catasetums, amd many many others that i cant name for shure. It was fantastic.And not only there at my grandmothers house, they sell stanhopeas a nd ancietas in the local flower market. Theres Oncidium sphacelatums growing everyhwre from the trees of the park to the ground! Theres a huge renanthera growing around a concrete pllar. It got accustummed to the weather there in Fortin de las flores. And i saw my first stanhopea flowering. It was amazing. AND THE scent was wonderfull. Its seriously like a orchid lovers paradise. Just go to El corazon and youll see wild orchids growing next to bromeliads. I saw a tree side with about a 100 or more Laelia seedlings. It trully is a beautifull place.

But theres a dowside to this story. Unfortunatly theres really isnt any body to take care of all the orchids in my gRandmothers house, so alot of them get fallen over by the wind and just lie there until they die. I saved Vanda and Renanthera SPECIES that where liing on the ground! I would be happy the collection since they some get robbed every once in a while Bu unfortunatly i cant.

Anyways, here are the pictures that i took. If you would like more, just ask!

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...hocephalus.jpg
Tiny orchid growing below a coffe tree from the Genus Ornithocephalus

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NOID but stll very nice.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...3-miltonia.jpgFantastic large fragrant miltonia.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...maxillaria.jpg
Nice small yellow maxillaria.

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Catasetum being visited by its pollinator, A Bumble bee. It woulndt leave even thought i was right it front of it. It was too concentrated on the fragrance.

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Stanhopea occulata

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ola-hybrid.jpg
Brassavola hybrid

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Sobralia macrantha

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Catasetum

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Renanthera in America!

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The peack of Orizaba. Not an orchid but still fantastic.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-nocturnum.jpg
Epidendrum nocturnum.

Alot of these orchids are native to this area of mexico such as this epidendrum. So they are practucally in situ.

Thank you for seeing these.