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Forum: Orchids in Bloom 03-07-2025, 11:43 PM
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Posted By piping plover
Phal. 'White Dream' ' V.3' AM/AOS

Phal. 'White Dream' ' V.3' AM/AOS and a super market phal. Been growing these for years. A big thank you to the OB community. I asked years ago what could be recommended as the best, classic white...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 03-07-2025, 11:30 PM
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Posted By piping plover
Beautiful bloom. I can see why you were excited...

Beautiful bloom. I can see why you were excited about the buds!
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 03-03-2025, 10:25 AM
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Posted By piping plover
Windowsill phals and paph. Gongora also

Joyful phals remind me that winter is almost over! Also, a paph that I picked up in a Home Depot, of all places. My first paph.

Phaleonopsis’White Dream’. Huge blooms. Pictured next to my kentia...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 01-15-2025, 12:20 PM
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Posted By piping plover
So vibrant WW! And to get those blooms indoors...

So vibrant WW! And to get those blooms indoors —great job!
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 12-10-2024, 11:37 PM
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Posted By piping plover
C. Bob Betts 'White Lightning' AM/AOS

C. Bob Betts 'White Lightning' AM/AOS,(Bow Bells x mossiae). A classic, old-fashioned, corsage-type white.
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 12-06-2024, 11:44 PM
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Posted By piping plover
Coelogyne rochussenii

Coelogyne rochussenii. First time experiencing these blooms. A very small one. They get huge and put on spectacular displays.

And the last photo with my little Hawaiian tree fern Hapu’u pulu...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 12-05-2024, 06:52 PM
Replies: 12
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Posted By piping plover
Thank you Steve. This is my third year of...

Thank you Steve. This is my third year of blooming and each time the blooms extend lower than the previous year. Not sure if a maturity feature that improves as the plant grows larger.

Joe
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-29-2024, 02:44 PM
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Views: 754
Posted By piping plover
All 3 spikes blooming today. Fragrance otherworldly !

All 3 spikes blooming today. Fragrance otherworldly ! The first photo is view looking up to basket from below.
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-24-2024, 05:37 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 754
Posted By piping plover
Thank you for the mention of those species. I’ve...

Thank you for the mention of those species. I’ve seen them on ecuagenera’s website. Now I know that they can grow in a similar temperature range as my oculata.
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-24-2024, 05:12 PM
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Views: 754
Posted By piping plover
What an amazing video capture of the wardii,...

What an amazing video capture of the wardii, Roberta. Thank you for posting. Curious if you find the wardii to like cooler growing temperatures like the oculata. The oculata seems to appreciate our...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-24-2024, 04:57 PM
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Views: 754
Posted By piping plover
Thank you Willam! One of the spikes opened this...

Thank you Willam! One of the spikes opened this morning. Absolutely wonderful fragrance. I’m hoping the 2nd or 3rd spikes delay a bit so i can bring to my orchid’s society mtgs in a few weeks in RI...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-23-2024, 10:07 PM
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Views: 754
Posted By piping plover
Thanks Roberta. My third year experiencing this....

Thanks Roberta. My third year experiencing this. My first year I was living in between 2 places an hour apart and didn’t know what to expect as to when and how it would bloom. As it was getting...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-23-2024, 08:41 PM
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Views: 754
Posted By piping plover
Stanhopea oculata

Like a chandelier. *Stanhopea oculata. Anticipation building for this to open soon. I kept it outdoors with night temperatures in the low 40s F. It’s indoors in the sunroom now.
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 11-11-2024, 11:02 AM
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Posted By piping plover
Rlc Rhyncholaeliocattleya Blanche Aisaka 'Yuki'

A clone of Rlc Rhyncholaeliocattleya Blanche Aisaka 'Yuki' FCC/AOS.
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 11-05-2024, 06:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,310
Posted By piping plover
Great job! It is beautiful. I, along with some...

Great job! It is beautiful. I, along with some others, also hope to join the elite club someday in getting mine to bloom 😁
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 10-19-2024, 04:20 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,339
Posted By piping plover
Yes, you are correct! The tag was either...

Yes, you are correct!

The tag was either hard to read or I typed it wrong.

Thanks.
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 10-18-2024, 09:46 PM
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Views: 2,339
Posted By piping plover
Perreiraara Tony Tan Keng Yam.

Petteiraara Tony Tan Keng Yam. *This is a seedling, vanda-like orchid, I bought from Home Depot. *One of the Better Gro baggy babies. First time blooming.
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - others 10-18-2024, 05:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,413
Posted By piping plover
Ooops, sorry for the duplicate post. I meant to...

Ooops, sorry for the duplicate post. I meant to quote your preceding post.

Hi Roberta,

The cymbidiums in Ecuador must have been a spectacular sight to see. Do you have the room to grow the...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - others 10-11-2024, 10:40 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,413
Posted By piping plover
Ahh, so you have experienced their tour....

Ahh, so you have experienced their tour. Fantastic. Well, hearing this from you, Roberta, is a real affirmation to the quality of the tour. You always have such interesting and useful information to...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - others 10-11-2024, 10:49 AM
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Views: 3,413
Posted By piping plover
How fascinating (and informing!) to see orchids...

How fascinating (and informing!) to see orchids growing in their native habitat. That must have been a very memorable trip. I see that ecuagenera offers orchid tours in the surrounding areas in...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - others 10-11-2024, 10:12 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,413
Posted By piping plover
Hi Ray, Thanks for the information. Knowing...

Hi Ray,

Thanks for the information. Knowing that you grow them along-side the phals is a good reference point for me.

I watched an ecuagenera video on the besseae, and If I remember correctly,...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - others 10-10-2024, 07:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,413
Posted By piping plover
Thank you Roberta! I greatly appreciate the...

Thank you Roberta!
I greatly appreciate the extra research and information that you have provided. This will save my phrag from enduring too many beginner’s mistakes; and save me from having a...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - others 10-10-2024, 03:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,413
Posted By piping plover
Cultural conditions for Phragmipedium humboldtii

Hello All,

This is my first Phragmipedium.
I have been trying to find information on where and how this species humboldtii grows naturally. All I have found is Central America. Cultivar is...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 10-06-2024, 09:39 PM
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Posted By piping plover
Alcra. Pacific Nova ‘Okika’

Alcra. Pacific Nova ‘Okika’
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 09-26-2024, 09:22 PM
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Views: 1,366
Posted By piping plover
Thank you William! You always have such...

Thank you William! You always have such interesting information to share. I bought this from a CA vendor (Gold Country Orchids); the owner/grower Alan Koch spoke at our Cape Cod, Nantucket & islands...
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