MorandiWine

Anyone can guess what this orchid is on my adventure through the OrquiDeValle orchid nursery in Cali, Colombia? Three guesses… And...

Xavier mentioned that the pics of Paph adductum on the orchidspecies site are actually anitum x randsii, and I am inclined to agree...

Ok, this guy came pretty mangled…I’ll update if/when the next bud blooms. Labeled Phragmipedium besseae var. dalessandroi from...

I think you might have them reversed. Phrag besseae tends to have more “stoloniferous” growth IME.

Maybe not a traditional orchid beauty, but it's beautiful in it own right. As it gets strength, it will shine. Kudos to you. I find...

I asked about sourcing some plants a almost a year ago and finally scored plants back in June. Here is the first one to bloom. Not a...

Where did you get that plant?

And this….. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308597084_The_Phragmipedium_besseae_vs_Phragmipedium_dalessandroi_Dilemma

Kew says otherwise. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303734-2

Yes they do offer it for sale. Cant confirm the purity of them though. Chuck Acker has flasks available. Here is one from a flask I got...

Yes second picture is the flash and from roughly 30 cm away.

This is one of my seedlings from Bela Vista’s breeding that bloomed at Orquidário Americana nursery in Brazil. The flamea coloration...

i should have guessed!

Sunset Valley Orchids.

Third bloom for me. Getting better each year. 9cm NS Photo with my iPhone, raw other than some cropping. With and without flash.