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Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 06-10-2012, 08:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,782
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Wow, that's beautiful. I love the subtle colors...

Wow, that's beautiful. I love the subtle colors (colours) - the semi translucent white, green, beige, and rose - and that spur is phenomenal.

You mentioned it is from Malala; any tips on how you...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 05-23-2012, 06:04 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,489
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Angraecum scottianum compot in sphagnum

I recently purchased a compot of Angraecum scottianum via the internets. It arrived today in good shape and I have the strongest desire to mess with it immediately.

I will be brave and at least...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 04-25-2012, 08:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,848
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
I would love to have a book specifically on...

I would love to have a book specifically on Aerangis. I have her book on African Orchids and it is a great resource. I like her structure and all the energy she put into climate and geography.

I...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 04-25-2012, 06:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,649
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
J: It's pretty small. The pot is 4-inches (10cm)...

J: It's pretty small. The pot is 4-inches (10cm) in diameter, to give perspective, and the flowers are about 2 inches (5cm) across.

Goods, Calvin: thank you for the confirmation. I assumed that...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 04-24-2012, 11:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,649
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Angraecum cucullatum or Ang. cucullatum x Ang. scottianum

I purchased this plant as Angraecum cucullatum. From the flowers and foliage, I tend to imagine that the plant is really Angraecum cucullatum x Angraecum scottianum, but I could be wrong.

It was...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 04-04-2012, 06:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,119
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Not so loosely paraphrasing from An Introduction...

Not so loosely paraphrasing from An Introduction to the Cultivated Agraecoid Orchids of Madagascar, by Fred Hillerman and Arthur Holst:

Angraecum longicalcar grows in the central highlands of...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 03-20-2012, 09:15 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,900
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
I am hardly an authority, but I can tell you my...

I am hardly an authority, but I can tell you my experience:

I grow several Angraecoids in "windowsill culture" and have struggled with keeping humidity levels high enough for mounted Angs....
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 02-22-2012, 07:54 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,307
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
I'm not sure if my experience is because of a...

I'm not sure if my experience is because of a particular feature of Angraecum diderii or because of the conditions I provide my plants, but I have 3 of these plants and they tend to stay in bud for...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 10-27-2011, 01:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,164
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Thanks. That's kinda what I figured, but I...

Thanks. That's kinda what I figured, but I didn't see anything in the literature referencing seasonal changes and I wasn't sure how well it would take to my window in December as compared to my...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 10-26-2011, 05:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,164
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Angraecum sesquipedale in spike - looking for advice

I purchased an Angraecum sesquipedale in late spring from a local grower just as it was losing it's last flowers. Today as the morning sun went through the leaves I saw a curious shadow that, upon...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 09-30-2011, 10:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,305
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Any chance this is Jumellea recta rather than J....

Any chance this is Jumellea recta rather than J. erecta ? IOSPE PHOTOS (http://www.orchidspecies.com/jumrecta.htm)
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 09-27-2011, 07:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,305
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
I don't see it referenced in anything by Fred...

I don't see it referenced in anything by Fred Hillerman or Joyce Stewart. There's an Angraecum erectum, which I had seen before, and an Aeranthes erectiflora, which I've never run across.

It...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - Angraecum/Aerangis 09-20-2011, 10:22 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,803
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
She's a beauty. I just picked up a younger...

She's a beauty.

I just picked up a younger seedling of Plectrelminthus caudatus - obviously I don't have flowers yet, but I like the thin leaves and the plump roots.
Yours looks wonderful. ...
Forum: Introductions - Break the Ice ! 09-20-2011, 09:53 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,301
Posted By radiofreekirkwood
Long time listener, first time caller

Hi there.

I've been using posts from this site for the past few months as my casual hobby of several years of growing orchids in the home has recently turned into something of a pathology. ...
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