Hello from Taipei, Taiwan

[hardy]

Hi,

I'm a college student at National Taiwan University.
I'm reading agricultural chemistry and plant pathology.

I come from Indonesia and my family owns a small orchid nursery.
I started growing orchids when I was a kid.
Began with dendrobiums, but later tried many other types as well.

My favorite paphs are Paph charlesworthii, the albino maudiae type and the mutiflora in general.

Here in Taipei, the climate is subtropical, with hot humid and rainy summers, with very cloudy and wet winters.
I'm growing the paphs both indoors and outdoors.

Besides orchids, I grow and collect other plants as well (gesneriads, carnivorous, mosses etc.)

This forum seems really fun! Hope to have a good time here.

 

[biothanasis]

Welcome to the forum!!! I guess you have a lot of experience that you could share and I think you have a lot of pictures to post...:drool::drool:

 

[nikv]

Welcome!

 

[Heather]

Welcome!

 

[cnycharles]

it's nice to read of someone from a very warm place since it is very cold and snowy here. would love to see pictures!

 

[SlipperFan]

Welcome, hardy! What kinds of orchids do your folks grow?

 

[fbrem]

Hi from Memphis, TN

 

[hardy]

Thanks!!

My parents grow lots of different kinds.
They move to different types as our tastes change.
They began by buying LOTS of dendrobium flasks, mostly the antelope type.
But these soon grew tall canes, and we never really liked it.
So these were sold away at cheap prices.
Then my dad bought many flasks of vanda crossings and mericlones.
But these don't flourish in the cool dry weather.
Many died.

So recently we are focusing on phals, paphs and oncidiums which grow quite well in our climate.

My dad's favorites are phals, vandas and paphs.
My mum's are oncidium and the local species.
Mine are cattleyas and paphs.

Some pics from home:

Phal. cornu-cervi, tetraploid form

Den. Hiroshi Tokunaga

Den. laevifolium

One of the many dens that were "discarded" from the collection

 

[biothanasis]

Gorgeous plants!!!! Phal cornu-cervi and Den laevifolium are awsome!!!

 

[hardy]

Cattleyas, beautiful, and I really really love them, but difficult to maintain in good condition there.

Lc. Orglade's Grand 'Yu-chang Beauty'

Lc. Persepolis 'Splendor'

Otaara Bangpakok Ruby, one of the few cattleyas that can really flourish

Blc. Orange Nugget

Epidendrum Rung Aroon

C. Candy Tuft

Epc. Siam Jade

Ctna. Why Not

C. Hawaiian Wedding Song

Slc. Jungle Beau 'Lakeview'

Enc. cordigera

 

[paphioboy]

Hi and welcome to ST... You have good taste.. And thanks for IDing a plant of mine ('Catt Bangkok Ruby')..

 

[hardy]

Next are the Oncidiums, which can adapt very well

Onc. Gower Ramsey, peloric form

Onc. Twinkle 'Fragrance Fantasy'

Onc. Sharry Baby

Tolumnia Barbie

Tolumnia Popoki 'Mitzi'

We have very few vandas left, they don't like the dry cool season we have

V. Mimi Palmer

Asctm. miniatum

 

[SlipperFan]

Thanks for sharing the photos. Being able to grow orchids outside year-around is just a dream here!

 

[hardy]

Last, a variety of different species, mostly native Indonesian orchids, my mum's darlings

Bulb. echinolabium

Bulb. mastersianum

Bulb. lemniscatoides

Bulb. blumei

Bulb. habrotinum

Den. leonis

Cymbidium Golden Elf

We raise african violets and rabbits too!

 

[SlipperFan]

Fuzzy little bunny orchids!

I've never seen Bulb. lemniscatoides before -- I bet Ron doesn't have this one! It's really cool!!!

 

[hardy]

We have a place to grow aquatic plants, too

 

[hardy]

Phew...

That's quite some pics to upload.

So that's about my family's little nursery in my cute, pretty little hometown.
Hope you like the pics! =)

 

[rdlsreno]

Nin Hao Hardy! Welcome to Slippertalk! Nice place!


Ramon

 

[JeanLux]

Welcome from Luxembourg!!! Thanks for showing this mass of interesting pictures with a multitude of lovely flowers! I am very envious of your catt and alliance blooms!! What struck me most however is Bulb. lemniscatoides! never seen this before! Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Impressive set of photos!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!