Orchids

smoker49

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Sep 26, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #1

One of my other hobbies is growing orchids. I currently have a pretty cool one in bloom, and I thought you guys might like to see it. This one is Cycnoches Swan Cascade, because from the side the flower looks like a swan. It's a hybrid, bred from several different Cycnoches species. The flowers actually bloom upside down, and as many as 30 flowers can bloom on a single spike. Each flower is the size of a baseball.

 

dervis

Lifer

Jan 30, 2012

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Hazel Green AL

• Oct 17, 2012

• #2

I like it.

 

gwtwdbss

Lifer

Jun 13, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #3

That is a cool orchid.

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

Dec 14, 2009

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Birmingham, AL

• Oct 17, 2012

• #4

Beautifu!

Very cool Smoker49.

But, Nero Wolfe smoked cigars...

He drank Grolsch... So he can't be all bad. :D
::

 

vinvin

Starting to Get Obsessed

Oct 1, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #5

I love orchids! My dad loves to grow em and I think they are just beautiful!

 

smoker49

Might Stick Around

Sep 26, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #6

That's funny Lawrence. I still have not read any Nero Wolfe books. I guess I should someday.

 

smoker49

Might Stick Around

Sep 26, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #7

Vinvin, do you know the species that he grows?
Here is another that just finished blooming for me...

Paphiopedilum spicerianum - a slipper orchid from Bhutan and Myanmar.

 

lankfordjl

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 29, 2011

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Texas

• Oct 17, 2012

• #8

I was into orchids for a little while. All epiphytes interest me...I had about 4 species of staghorn ferns for a while...now only one. Do you have a "ghost orchid", Dendrophylax lindenii? It was the last orchid that I tried to obtain before I stopped with the hobby.

 

photoman13

Lifer

Mar 30, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #9

Very cool! Those first ones are my favorite!

 

smoker49

Might Stick Around

Sep 26, 2012

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• Oct 17, 2012

• #10

I've killed three ghost orchids. They just don't like my growing conditions.

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

Dec 14, 2009

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Birmingham, AL

• Oct 17, 2012

• #11

I grow Ghost Chilies... Does that count? :D

 

lankfordjl

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 29, 2011

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Texas

• Oct 17, 2012

• #12

I never got to purchase one. The price was never right. Knowing the conditions that they like, I think I could at least keep one alive. I love making terrariums that can self sustain...or need little care.

 

lankfordjl

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 29, 2011

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Texas

• Oct 17, 2012

• #13

@Lawrence
I need to do that next. I've read your posts and love HOT peppers.

 

buzkirk

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• Oct 18, 2012

• #14

Awesome !!!!
Beautiful flowers, wish i had a green thumb !
Tom

 

philip

Lifer

Oct 13, 2011

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Puget Sound

• Oct 18, 2012

• #15

I envy your ability to grow them, Smoker49. I can't grow anything but seaweed.
But I do know we have some wild Orchids around here. They're tiny and you have to know where to look.
We have

Fairyslippers (Calypso bulbosa)

and Mountain Ladyslippers (Cypripedium montanun).