With snow on the ground, there’s nothing like the rich perfumed scent of a gorgeous cattelya orchid to remind you of your favorite tropical paradise where I know you’d rather be right now. One of my new favorites has to be Blc. Momilani Rainbow ‘Buttercup’ which releases its heady perfume all day and has [...]
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Here are two maudiae-type slipper orchidsthat I bought at the recent orchid show held in Washington D.C. Most of these hybrids are being bred in Taiwan (slipper orchids are from south-east Asia) and the quality is outstanding. Growers usually have a batch of identical seedlings in bloom, and its fun to go through and pick [...] I purchased this gorgeous cattleya orchid at the NCOS Orchid Show that is on this weekend in Washington D.C. The large spotted waxy flowers held with their heady fragrance proved to be irresistible. There were about ten of these in bud or bloom being sold by Orchid Enterprise and most of them were snapped up [...] Paph. Hsinying Citron X Pat Rowlands purchased at last year Enjoy a dazzling display of orchids in Washington D.C this Columbus Day weekend. This fall tradition brings thousands of orchids in bloom, and visitors, to the U.S National Arboretum. There is a also a sales tent where vendors from around the nation offer many [...]
spider orchid While even the campiest of orchids take a break in the summer, not so the brassias orchids. These spidery giants of the orchid world that hail from central and south America seem to revel in the summer heat. Here are some photos of our brassia orchids on bloom. These photos are from [...] pocket orchid (see the quarter?) I stopped by Whole Foods on the way home and found that they had a whole bunch of ultra-miniature phalaenopsis orchids all vying for attention. Now these things were tiny. They were in 2.5″ pots and you could have five of them easily fit in the footprint of a [...]
orchids for sale! The 2010 National Capital Orchid Show and Sale in Washington D.C. was held on a glorious sunny October weekend. There were hundreds of amazing orchids in bloom and we caught a few on camera. This year, the show was held in the Bonsai Pavilion which has lots of natural light–the [...] Laelia Orchid in bloom at 2009 Orchid show The 63d Annual Orchid Show and Sale will be held October 9-11 at the US National Arboretum in Washington D.C. Admittance to the show and sale is free. This is a wonderful opportunity to see hundreds of orchids in bloom, many rare and exotic, displayed by [...] Compact cattleyas make great house plants.. [...] A gorgeous gold to orange cattleya orchid that stays compact and blooms several times a year! [...] |
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