Plant Find: Nun’s orchid
Christie and I visited one of our favorite local nurseries recently and were surprised to find an orchid mixed in among the usual flower garden plants. Although this nursery has very good quality...
View ArticleOctopus orchid in bloom
I purchased an octopus orchid (labeled Encyclia cochleata, but actually Anacheilium cochleata) on eBay back in January. At the time, the plant had a bloom spike. However, the travel was too taxing on...
View ArticleOeceoclades in bloom
I’m going to interrupt my spree of Florida trip posts (yes, there are more coming) with a quickie of one of my orchids in bloom. Oeceoclades maculata in bloom This is Oeceoclades maculata, which was...
View ArticleDendrobium pachyphyllum in bloom
I have had this little mounted miniature Dendrobium for 10 months, so this is the first time that it has bloomed for me. There are about 20 flowers that are smaller than a penny. Dendrobium...
View ArticleEncyclia plicata in bloom
This time last year I purchased my Encyclia plicata from Ruben in Orchids on my Florida trip. At that time, it had just a couple of flowers left on its bloom spike. Encyclia plicata flowers True to...
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