Weird unusual orchids?

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by daemondamian

Oh bummer And it was so tiny too! Any other paph/phrag suggestions that are small in growth and flower or with short spikes?

Mexipedium xerophyticum also loves it VERY dry... too much water rots them right out of the pot.

Smaller growth Paph. species (legal) would include Paph. barbigerum, Paph. helenae, Paph. niveum, and as Fren said, most of the Brachypetalums (though their leafspans can get a little long, and Paph. concolor has somewhat taller spikes)...

As for Phrag, my smallest one is Phrag. fischeri... the leafspan is about 10 inches, and is quite compact. My Phrag. schlimii has a leafspan of about 2 or more feet... here's both species (3 different plants)

Phrag. fischeri


Phrag. sclimii (#1)


Phrag. schlimii (#2)


-Pat

[daemondamian]

Originally Posted by Mahon

Mexipedium xerophyticum also loves it VERY dry... too much water rots them right out of the pot.

Smaller growth Paph. species (legal) would include Paph. barbigerum, Paph. helenae, Paph. niveum, and as Fren said, most of the Brachypetalums (though their leafspans can get a little long, and Paph. concolor has somewhat taller spikes)...

As for Phrag, my smallest one is Phrag. fischeri... the leafspan is about 10 inches, and is quite compact. My Phrag. schlimii has a leafspan of about 2 or more feet... here's both species (3 different plants)


-Pat

Awesome! Pat is there anything that you don't grow well? Phrag schlimii is at the top of my wish list.. is it an easy 'beginners' phrag?

[daemondamian]

Thanks everyone for your paphs for a viv suggestions!