Looking for rare, uncommon, strange, unusual orchids
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Rick
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NYEric
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If you want rare, I think Jason O's Bulbo grandiflorum album is very rare, like 1/5!
The Orchid Boy
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How common is huntleya? I recently 'rediscovered' this genus. I love the little waxy flowers. How much would they cost?
NYEric
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it was an "aureum" and he recently posted it again.
Huntleyas aren't uncommon. You can get them <$35. Chysis are similar and there are some interesting blue and albums around.
If you want I can email you Peruflora's import list but you have to hurry to get an order for the California show in time.
Thanks Eric!
Huntleyas aren't terribly uncommon, but they definitely don't think they're often grown. They seem to be underappreciated. If you like them, you may want to look into Cochleanthes and Kefersteinia. Chysis are cool too! Tenman hasa bluish Chysis species that I really like.
Huntleyas aren't terribly uncommon, but they definitely don't think they're often grown. They seem to be underappreciated. If you like them, you may want to look into Cochleanthes and Kefersteinia. Chysis are cool too! Tenman hasa bluish Chysis species that I really like.
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Dido
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a friend of me has now Spathoglottis ixioides
they look grate
they look grate
Leo Schordje
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There are a lot of really nice orchids, that are still 'common' in their home ranges that are not grown often in the US. As mentioned by Eric NY the Huntleya Alliance is one, another is the 'lesser' members of the Coelogyne alliance. I have 2 clones with different colored flowers of Chelonistele sulfurea, which is a nice compact species, still common all through it native range, but almost never offered commercially by US growers. Half way between Coelogyne and Dendrochilum, prices would be in the range of a paph seedling. PM me if you want one.
the white-ish flowered one from Ron-NY
and the shell pink flowered one from Carolina Orchids.
the white-ish flowered one from Ron-NY
and the shell pink flowered one from Carolina Orchids.
wjs2nd
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Wow, I like the pink. How do you grow them Leo?
The Orchid Boy
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Thanks for letting me know Leo. I'll think about it. I've got a flask coming from Tom Kalina so that'll keep me happy and busy for a while.
Leo Schordje
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The Chelonistele species seem to be easy. I grow them with my Paphs, pot them so they don't get dry between waterings. And they seem to grow year round, no rest or anything required. They seem to bloom only once per year.
The Orchid Boy
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I came across two other orchids that are interesting/different (at leat to me). They are Schomburgkia christinae and Oeceoclades gracillima.
Leo Schordje
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Both sound neat. Some of the Oeceoclades have fascinating foliage, wild markings much like a jewel orchid, but hard leathery leaves, not at all the tender things that jewel orchids can be. (I lost a nice Macodes to slugs a while back).
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I just looked up Oeceoclades gracillima. Now I need one of these.
those are nice
The Orchid Boy
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I've recently become interested in "resurrection orchids" as I like to call them. I like orchids that form small, fat pseudobulbs and are tropical deciduous plants. I like when the leaves die back and there are just bulbs and it looks dead, then the leaves and flowers come up and it comes back to life. I like pleione but I think I heard they need to go into the fridge. What are some species and genera that do that and are intermediate to warm growing? I'd like if they could be left under lights in my growing area but if they need moved to where there is less light or a little cooler temperatures, that's fine.
Ron-NY
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What genus are these "resurrection orchids"?
The Orchid Boy
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You tell me!
Orchids like Catasetum, Pleione, Habenaria, Stenoglottis longifolia, ect. Are there more? Orchids like these.
