Yesterdays trip: Schwerte + a privat collection

[Marc]

Yesterday a fellow enthousiast and I took time for a trip to Schwerter Orchideenzucht. It's a nice nursery with a couple of greenhouse with a very broad collection. It's located in the center of the German Ruhrpot and was about a 1.5 hour drive for us.

First I would like to show you some pictures that I took in the nursery.

Half a tablet full with flowering Masdie's

Bulbophyllum ......

Paph. helenae

Paph. Wossner Vietnam Love

I picked up some nice plants for my own collection.

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  1x Paph, dianthum, 2 growth flowering size plant
  1x Paph appletonianum var. hainanense, 3 growths of which one flowered and 2 new ones
  1x Paph venustum, 1 growth near flowering size
  1x Paph venustum alba, 1 growth near flowering size

 

[Marc]

After the visit to the nursery in Germany I took time to take some pictures with my compact from flowering plants in the private collection of the person I went on a trip with. Enjoy the shots.

Barbosella cogniauxiana

Maxialaria lepidota

Mediocalcar unmboiense

Macrocliniumspecies

Leptotes pauloensis

Epigeneium nakahare

 

[Marc]

And the fun isn't over yet.

Laelia alaorri

Cattleya harrisoniana

Unfortunaly due to how digital compacts work some colour shifting took place in some photo's.

 

[Wendelin]

Whow, the harrisonia is quite a nice plant! :drool:

 

[Marc]

Whow, the harrisonia is quite a nice plant! :drool:

It sure is, 3 stems and it's fragrant as well.

 

[Shiva]

Nice photos but my heart goes for the helenae.:drool:

 

[Marc]

I was surprised by the helenae as well. First time I saw a flowering one in person and I was so surprised by it's "size" I knew it was small but I didn't know it was that small.

 

[ronan]

bulbo may be wightii, and i don't think it's from indonesia

 

[Marc]

bulbo may be wightii, and i don't think it's from indonesia

Could be right, took a picture of the label and that was what the label said.

Found this one on the site of schwerte:

http://www.shop.schwerter-orchideen...ngtungense-orchideen-2892.html?sort=2a&page=2

Think that this name should be the right one, but I'm no bulbo expert.

 

[Drorchid]

Nice pictures Mark! Question for you, are there many people in the Netherlands that collect "species" orchids, or do most people who have orchids, just buy your average "pink or white unlabeled Phalaenopsis"?

Bedankt,
Robert

 

[Marc]

Nice pictures Mark! Question for you, are there many people in the Netherlands that collect "species" orchids, or do most people who have orchids, just buy your average "pink or white unlabeled Phalaenopsis"?

Bedankt,
Robert

There are lot's of people here that have a couple of Phalaenopsis on their windowsills but more serious collectors are harder to find. Allthough there are lot's of regional societies that each have about 5 - 10 serious collectors that have their own greenhouses most of the other members are windowsill growers.

 

[Evergreen]

Great photos Marc, Thanks for sharing ! I recently got some plants from Schwerte, it is nice to see the nursery

 

[ronan]

Could be right, took a picture of the label and that was what the label said.

Found this one on the site of schwerte:

http://www.shop.schwerter-orchideen...ngtungense-orchideen-2892.html?sort=2a&page=2

Think that this name should be the right one, but I'm no bulbo expert.

wightii is the accepted name...

 

[W. Beetus]

Beautiful plants! I especially like the helenae.

 

[SlipperFan]

I'd love to know what Macroclinium species that is. There needs to be one in my greenhouse!

 

[JeanLux]

Very cool pics Marc ,thanks!!!! I like the 'private' plants, esp. Leptotes!!!! Didn't you meet Hakone at Schwerter's ? Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Beautiful plants!!!!

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing, I'm especially interested in the Wossner Vietnam Love!

 

[Marc]

Very cool pics Marc ,thanks!!!! I like the 'private' plants, esp. Leptotes!!!! Didn't you meet Hakone at Schwerter's ? Jean

Nope, don't know when Hakone was there but if he was there monday it would be 2nd time I could have seen him but I didn't.