tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120859582011-12-14T19:08:47.993-08:00Your source for orchid news and information from around the world - and from our own collections! -- Brought to you by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/97402595@N00/4958751398/"> Jenn, Naomi</a> &amp; Sasha @ West Coast Orchid EnthusiastsNaomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-17773285484361325312011-11-11T19:16:00.000-08:002011-11-11T19:16:15.370-08:00

Once again I am long overdue for a blog post! I am excited to be writing today about a trip to El Yunque National Forest I did at the end of October while on vacation in Puerto Rico. We did an afternoon hike through the rainforest and I kept my eyes peeled for signs of orchids growing in the wild. I saw many bromeliads and what I believe were a couple of Pleurothalids that didn't appear to be in

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I'm definitely overdue for a blog post before we hit August! It's been a pretty hot summer here in Toronto. I finally took some time to do a much-needed tidying up of my orchid nook last weekend. I had gotten rid of some dead plants I was leaving lying around for who-knows what reason. It's not like they were going to come back to life! Anyways, I've been meaning to blog about this for ages, so

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I've mentioned on Twitter that my Dendrobium kingianum is currently in bloom. It has a lovely tulip-like scent during the day, which is quite strong, despite the small size of the flowers on this plant. I have two flower spikes, one with five flowers and the other with two. Dendrobium kingianum is native to eastern Australia and is commonly known as Pink Rock Lily or Pink Rock Orchid. In my

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My Jumellea arachnantha is in bloom for the second time since I purchased it at the Southern Ontario Orchid Society show in February 2008. It didn't bloom for me until last year and then again this year, so I am pretty happy with this plant. It has beautiful white flowers that are especially fragrant at night. To me they smell similar to an Easter Lily. I also love the green foliage on this

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Seems like a good day to post an update to the orchid blog :) Hard to believe I haven't posted here since September, wow, 6 months ago! It's pretty easy to keep up with Twitter updates though, so at least I haven't fallen behind on those. I've wanted to post some pictures for the last few weeks but alas I dropped and broke another one of our cameras so I only had my crappy laptop camera, not

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Darn, I had drafted a blog posting last weekend and then it didn't save! I recently went on a small orchid shopping trip while home visiting on the West Coast. I've done a few domestic flights with orchids, as well a cross-country drive, so I wasn't worried about transporting my orchids back on the plane. This most recent trip was a piece of cake. I only had three relatively small-sized

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It's been a hot and humid summer here in Toronto. Last month, during a particularly intense run of hot and humid weather, one of my cool growing orchids suffered some possibly irreparable damage. Pleurothallids are normally cool-growing. This one was in my upstairs studio / orchid room. Temps on the upper floor of our house probably hit over 35C / 100F during a four or five day period. We

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I finally made it up to the Bruce Peninsula over the summer solstice weekend in June. As I suspected, it was a little too late to see the yellow ladyslippers in full bloom. They usually peak at the end of May during the Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival. However, I was lucky enough to find one still in partial bloom. I was up on the Bruce for the orchid festival back in 2008, and it was like orchid

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I was home on the island last month and had a couple of occasions to do a little bit of orchid hunting. I was very happy to discover a few patches of calypso orchids, especially since I have missed them in bloom the last couple of years. I hadn't actually seen any in bloom since May 2007 before I moved away! So it was a real treat to discover some. The first one I found was a solitary bloom which

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Well it's a rainy weekend here in Toronto but this past week we were treated to our first fine spring weather. The end of winter is in sight! The ground is no longer frozen and it didn't take long for the tulips to poke the first signs of new green growth up through to the light. And three cheers for more daylight!On the orchid front, things are going really well! It's definitely been my best

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Here's a shot of an atlas moth visiting a helleborine. This picture was taken at the Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, July 2009.

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My Coelogyne cristata blooms (see previous post) are starting to wilt, unfortunately, but it was great to finally see this plant bloom! It looked fantastic, if I do say so myself :)I am very fond of my Coelogyne flaccida which is currently in bloom. This plant is doing very well too, and was one that I purchased as part of a joint orchid import from Brazil. The flowers definitely have an unusual

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I arrived home in time to enjoy my Coel. cristata's first ever bloom, and it's so beautiful! Nice scent too, smells kind of cinnamony to me. I'm so happy that after receiving this plant as a clipping almost 5 years ago it has finally bloomed!Also in bloom right now for the first time since leaving Victoria is my Zygopetalum X, with it's heady lily-like perfume. Between these two plants they are

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A very exciting development from my little orchid corner of the world ... a Coelogyne cristata clipping that I got in June 2005 is finally in bloom! The flowers haven't opened yet but I am hoping, fingers crossed, that the bloom is successful.I was a little worried last week upon returning home from being away in Quebec City for a few days over the holidays that maybe the spike was dying. I had

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It has definitely been the best fall in awhile for me in terms of orchids blooming. As I wrote on Twitter and below, two orchids I bought in Spring 2007 at the Vancouver Island Orchid Society show bloomed for me for the first time this fall. Maxillaria meleagris just finished blooming, and it looks like I should be getting some flowers on my Dendrobium kingianum as well! Also in bloom right now a

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I am very excited that my Maxillaria meleagris has bloomed for me for the first time. Below is a picture of the flower and it definitely has a scent which I am still attempting to place. According to the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia, it is supposed to smell like coconut, but try as I might, it doesn't seem coconutty at all to me. To me it smells grape-like but not fruity grape,

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The September 2009 National Geographic issue features an article on orchids, specifically orchid mimicry, written by Michael Pollan with photographs by Christian Ziegler.Check out the amazing photo gallery that accompanies this article and has some fantastic shots!

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How exciting is this! A new nature series, Wild Orchid Man, follows"Stig Dalström, noted orchid curator, botanist, artist and author, and filmmaker Darryl Saffer, as they explore exotic terrain from South America to Bhutan searching for wild orchids in the pursuit of important knowledge about their continued survival in an increasingly hostile world."The pilot episode is set in the "Ghost Orchid

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Prem Subrahmanyam has created a blog about Florida's native orchids. He's got some pictures and updates on the ghost orchid that has recently bloomed on a bald cypress tree in the Corkscrew Swamp, just outside Naples. The blog includes information about Ghost Orchid special hotel rates. This post is a bit late, but Prem reports that as of July 20, there were nine blooms on the ghost in the

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We're on Twitter with orchid musings to complement this blog. Come check us out!

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My Gongora galeata is in bloom right now. Can't remember if this is the first time it has bloomed since our move to Toronto ... either way it's nice to see (and smell). It's the only orchid I have in bloom right now. Better enjoy it while it lasts!

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P7040989Originally uploaded by meadow moonA better shot of the tall northern green orchid we came across at Singing Sands on the Bruce Peninsula. Not sure why the flowers were so spotted (see close up below). They definitely don't have spots in the guidebook.

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P7061095Originally uploaded by meadow moonA couple helleborines (Epipactis helleborine) growing between two rocks. None of the helleborines we saw were in bloom yet.

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I missed the official Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival this year, but made it up to the area a couple weekends ago and although missed the Yellow and Ramshead ladyslippers in bloom, found at least seven different types of orchids, including our prized find of a showy ladyslipper (Cyprepidium reginae), pictured immediately below. The pink on the one we spotted isn't too bright:We found a huge area

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An article last month in the Philadelphia Inquirer details the adventures of Mark Larocque, who has a travelled across the states to photograph wild orchids. According to the article, "[o]ver the last 20 years, Larocque has photographed - in bloom - 235 of the 255 known orchids growing in the United States and Canada." What a quest!

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According to an article in the Sun Sentinel yesterday, the American Orchid Society is considering a proposal that could see the gardens, greenhouses and gift shop remaining opening. They reported back in February that the public gardens would shut due to tough economic conditions.

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Exciting news from the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve last month when a rare orchid, Cyclopogon elatus, was discovered. This species has apparently not been seen in the US since 1980, and not just one but approximately 90 plants were discovered! Watch a news clip from NBC2 and see a close-up photo and comments on Flickr.

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The New York Botanical Gardens is hosting The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern from February 28, 2009 to April 12, 2009. Check out the show blog as well.

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The American Orchid Society headquarters near Delray Beach in Florida will close its public gardens and greenhouses in May, the Sun Sentinel reported late last week. The society cites "declining membership and endowments hit by the financial crisis" as the reason for the closure. The article also reports that "[t]he society's greenhouses and gardens contain about 15,000 varieties of orchids" and

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I know I've posted pictures of this rescue cymbidium before, but it's so great when it blooms. I love the colour of the flowers and they have a bit of a mild scent to them as well. I bought this plant for $5 probably about four years ago. I think this is the second time it has bloomed. It is definitely the showpiece in our living room right now.

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Orchids through Darwin’s Eyes will be located on the First Floor of the Smithsonian national Museum of Natural History starting January 24, 2009 through April 26, 2009. "Come explore the alluring world of orchids through the eyes of Darwin and the naturalists, horticulturists, and scientists he influenced. Discover new insights and curious surprises about these captivating plants, including the

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It's a little premature to be thinking about native orchids here in Toronto, but I just discovered a great list of native Canadian orchids compiled by the Orchid Society of Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. Each species links to an information page with photographs and there is also a chart that indicates provincial representation.

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Here is a picture of a hybrid Paph that we purchased last February at the Southern Ontario Orchid Society show at the Toronto Botanical Gardens. It was in bloom when we purchased it and it has bloomed for us again. Many of my species suffered during the past year in less than ideal conditions, specifically lack of air circulation. The hybrids seem to have fared better. This hybrid is a cross of

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The International Herald Tribune reported today that the orchid industry is losing $1 million dollars a day as a result of Thai orchid exports that have been halted this past week. The article reports that "thousands of Thai families who raise orchids — flown to flower shops around the world — face losing their livelihoods as exporters throw away thousands of the exotic blossoms that symbolize

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The Honolulu Star Bulletin is reporting that an orchid lei shortage might very well hit the Hawaiian islands this week. The reason is a crisis in Thailand that has shut down the Bangkok airport:"Hawaii may run out of orchid leis next week as a result of the political crisis in Thailand, which has shut down the international airport in Bangkok and crippled the import of flowers to the state."The

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One of the few blooms I had this past summer was my Gongora. I am still not positive if it is a Gongora armeniaca or a galeata. It didn't have as many spikes as it has in past years - only one this year - but I did divide the main plant up so I am happy that it bloomed!

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I have nothing in bloom in my collection right now, and no recent sightings of orchids in the wild, so I had to search elsewhere for pictorial content for the blog! Thanks to Flickr and Creative Commons licensing, I found this nice shot of Rhyncholaelia digbyana alba ’Mrs Chase’AM/AOS taken by Flickr photographer Scott Wilson. I have a fairly young Rhyncholaelia digbyana (Brassavola digbyana) in

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The New York Times reported earlier this week that a Grammatophyllum speciosum the size of a Volkswagen Beetle is in bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York. The plant, purchased 10 years ago for $75, weighs approximately 200 pounds and is about 12 feet wide.We saw the same species of Grammatophyllum when we were at a nursery in Hawaii in 2006. They are definitely large plants!

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We just got back from traveling around three Hawaiian islands (Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu) and I am happy to report that we saw a patches of wild orchids on two islands. Neither species is endemic to Hawaii, but it was still exciting to spot them. Hawaii only has three endemic species (see post from March 2006).On Kauai we saw patches of tall pink orchids inland in the valley near the Hanama'ulu and

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I went back to the lakeshore tonight to look for the orchids that I found this past fall when they had gone to seed. Sure enough, there are a few patches of wild orchids just coming into bloom now. We were there close to sunset tonight and the ants were feeding and getting trapped inside the flowers. I am not sure yet what species of orchid this is, but it is likely Epipactis helliborine. If you

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While hiking out to the cliffs of Georgian Bay at the end of May, we passed this little wildflower growing in lowland boggy areas along the trail. I wondered if it might be an orchid and it turns out that it is! Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) is a native orchid also known as snakemouth.However, I have just done a little bit more research and now I wonder if this is not an orchid but a

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At long last, here are some pictures from our trip up to the Bruce Peninsula last month for the orchid festival. I am very pleased to report that we saw 4 different species of orchids, 3 of which were in bloom and 2 of which were ladyslippers! We saw patches and patches of yellow ladyslipper at roadside and trailside, as well as a patch of ramshead orchids and some striped coralroot. We may have

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Next weekend, May 30 and 31, we are headed north to the Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival. Looks like the weather should be perfect for the event - so far looks like sunny skies and not too hot or too cold - and hopefully we will find see some native species in bloom! The Orchid Festival website has a list of 42 species of native orchids that can be found on the Bruce Peninsula. I'll be sure and

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There has been quite a bit of talk in the UK news this past week (Shoreham, West Sussex) about a patch of 200 or so rare wild bee orchids (Ophrys apifera) that were accidentally mown down by a city worker. In other UK orchid news, a number of Cayman Island ghost orchids were supposed to go on display at the Chelsea Flower Show this weekend in London. The ghost orchids, however, along with some

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Yesterday we finally made our trip out to a greenhouse north of the city - we had been planning on going before Christmas, but it seemed that every weekend this past winter there was a snow storm that would have made travel difficult and dangerous.Yesterday was a warm and sunny day and we headed out of town with my little list of Paphiopedilums. I managed to stick pretty closely to what was on

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This weekend marks the 3-year anniversary of our Orchidelirium orchid blog! I was hoping to have some new pictures to post this weekend, but our trip to a nearby greenhouse hasn't worked out yet. Watch for some greenhouse pictures in the next couple of weeks!Meanwhile, I found an interesting article about ghost orchids on the Cayman Islands. I didn't know that the ghost orchid Dendrophylax

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Sasha snapped this picture of a snowy fairy slipper orchid this past weekend while out hiking in a very late west coast winter snow storm!

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Today I found a little bit of time to do some orchid blog spring cleaning. I have added a new blog to the Orchid blog list - Orchidaceous Blog, which features lots of regular and informative orchid posts. I have also made a few other little changes like banishing the Orchid Wishlists which were pretty stagnant for a long time! I would also like to recommend taking a look at some of Eric Hunt's

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Since my Jumellea finished blooming, I don't really have anything in bloom right now. So I dug through my photo archives to find a picture of one of my Phalaenopsis species that was in bloom last month - Phalaenopsis equestris, var Ilocos. The flowers were very tiny, maybe 1.5 cm across. The plant survived a flight across the country while in spike and surprisingly was unscathed by the change in

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February 23 - April 6, 2008, the New York Botanical Gardens is hosting The Orchid Show. The show features thousands of orchids on display at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Also featured are classes and workshops, displays of rare orchid books, dendrobiums rescued as part of the Plant Rescue Center, and of course orchids available for purchase at the NYBG orchid shop.

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Here are some pictures of my one purchase from the Southern Ontario Orchid Society show a few weekends ago. It's a Jumellea arachnantha that had 4 spikes on it when i purchased it. The spikes survived despite the change in environment and have grown about 3 times in height. Three of the spikes are now in bloom (successive) and the fragrance of this plant is amazing - especially in the evening. My

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This weekend the Toronto Botanical Gardens are hosting the Southern Ontario Orchid Society's 29th Annual Orchid Show. We spent a few hours there yesterday, checking out the exhibits and award-winning plants and of course the sales area. We went to the plant sales first, as did most other people, I think! It was pretty crowded everywhere, and very warm, and you really had to push your way in to

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The 19th World Orchid Conference was held at the end of January in Miami, Florida. This event is only held once every three years. A conference attendee, "mad plumerian" has posted some pictures of the event on Flickr.Singapore will be hosting the next World Orchid Conference in 2011.

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My husband and I were grocery shopping at Sobeys the other night and were both surprised when we came across a showy group of Paphiopedilum orchids in the floral area. I think it's normal nowadays to find Phalaenopsis orchids in grocery stores, and sometimes Dendrobium and Cymbidium hybrids. These were the first Paph hybrids I've seen in a grocery store. The blooms on the plants looked great, and

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Well, unfortunately I don't have any pictures of plants to post to the blog as nothing is in bloom right now. I don't think anything has been in bloom since the Bulb. lasiochilum that started blooming on our road trip across the country at the end of September. Most of my orchid energies of late have gone into regularly misting the orchid room and checking the humidity and temperature readings to

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I was interested to read about an art exhibit at the Penrith Regional Gallery in Sydney, Australia, which is displaying a show of orchids grafted onto sculpted sandstone. The exhibit is open October 20 to December 2 and features artist Tony Lennon, who "grafts orchids onto shaped sandstone forms, paying homage to Gerald Lewers’ sculptures and the influence of the Chinese garden form Penjing on

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From Cayman Net News Online:"Encyclia kingsii was believed to be endemic to Little Cayman [...] However, Carla Reid discovered Encyclia kingsii growing wild in an undisclosed location in Grand Cayman."According to the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, there are 26 orchids native to the Cayman Islands, including the Banana orchid (Myrmecophila thomsoniana), which is the national flower.

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Rhodora is a quarterly publication of the Journal of the New England Botanical Club. The publication began in 1899, and the older issues are available online in full text through a digitization project called Botanicus, which is "a freely accessible, Web-based encyclopedia of digitized 18th and 19th century botanical literature from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library."There is an interesting

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PA040014 Originally uploaded by meadow moon I discovered my first wild Ontario orchid last week, just down the road from where we are staying, next to Lake Ontario. Sasha suggested it is an Epipactis, and I suspect it is Epipactis helleborine, which we also have in Victoria! I did a little bit of research and apparently this is not a native orchid to Ontario, but was introduced from

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Well, my west coast orchid collection has been temporarily disbanded! I've relocated to Toronto for awhile, and have had to split up my collection while we search for a new home. I have left a box of 15 species in Sasha's care - thanks, Sasha! Below is a picture of the plants I left in Sasha's care. I miss them!I also shipped about one dozen hardier hybrid plants via Canada Post regular mail. I

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I was very excited to discover my Cattleya forbesii with a spike a few weeks ago. I received this plant as a gift from Jocelyn Bertrand when we placed a small order with Beaver Valley Orchids a couple of summers ago. The plant is now in full bloom, and the flower is much greener than I expected, especially after seeing a number of images and plants in bloom that had a lot more of a brownish tinge

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Orchids made front-page news today with the discovery by Harvard University Biologists of a 80-million year old sample of orchid pollen (Meliorchis caribea) on a fossilized bee."Their analysis, published this week (Aug. 29) in the journal Nature, indicates orchids arose some 76 to 84 million years ago, much longer ago than many scientists had estimated. The extinct bee they studied, preserved in

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Coelogyne flaccida 3 Originally uploaded by meadow moon

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P1010045 Originally uploaded by meadow moon

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P1010050 Originally uploaded by meadow moon

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The three images above are of one of the orchids that I imported as part of a club order from Floralia in Brazil. I hadn't really been paying too much attention to it and then suddenly I realized it had a flower spike on it! It's been living out front in our entrance way with the cymbidiums and my other Coelogyne cristata clipping which has yet to bloom. The cymbidiums seem to do well out there.

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The UK Life Style Extra reports that a scientist was fined 100,000 pounds for "smuggling more than 100 'priceless' orchids into Britain" including "one species that only grows in small numbers in a remote area of a national park in Sarawak in Malaysia." A further two of the orchids "were only discovered in 1997 in the remote Indonesian island of Sulawesi and are believed to be extinct because of

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Lots of interesting orchid news this month, including new Australian species, sighting of a large cluster of ghost orchids in Florida, the rediscovery of a rare orchid species in Norway, the discovery of a rare Yosemite orchid that smells like sweaty feet, and a large research grant awarded by the National Science Foundation.National Geographic News reported last week that hammer orchids have "a

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It's been a while since I last posted anything... some native orchids are out in bloom right now like my Dad's Dactylorhiza species that had a incredible showing this year. It isn't native to the West Coast, but grows here no problem. My Dad got this plant from Thimble Farms on Saltspring Island which specialize in native orchids that can grow out here on the west coast.A true native species to

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I visited the site and progress of a new orchid conservation project in the Philippines called 'The Orchid and Plant Species Conservation and Livelihood Program'. It is a project aimed at both conserving Philippine species and providing people living in orchid habitats with a source of income. Species will be sourced through donation or rescue programs and people in the community will be given

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I just arrived back from 6 weeks of research with orchid conservation in the Philippines. To us orchid enthusiasts, and hopefully others, an important topic indeed. Orchids are popular ornamentals in the Philippines, and as of today most species are still collected from the forest. Consdering that the Philippines has some 1000 different species of orchids (!), this wouldn't be much of an issue,

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Jenn's cymbidium is also in bloom out front in our entrance way. During the afternoon when the sun is warm, the scent of the blooms fills the entrance way - which isn't very large - but is still very pleasant!Jenn's Paph argus is also in bloom right now. I love the purple gel-like spots and hairs!

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Maxillaria ochroleuca Originally uploaded by meadow moon I'm finally getting around to doing another post for the blog, and since a number of Jenn's plants are in bloom, I thought I would showcase them here.First, we have Jenn's new Maxillaria ochroleuca, a recent arrival from Brazil. I was very surprised to discover a couple of weeks ago that the plant was in bloom. It started with 2

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Calypso bulbosaOriginally uploaded by meadow moon. Sasha and I went for an early morning hike this week to see some local orchids in bloom. We came across many patches of Calypso bulbosa in full bloom and a few patches that were nearing the end of their blooms. Also saw the first signs of two other native orchids, Goodyera and Platanthera.E-Flora BC has a list of 36 wild orchids that can be

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This is one of the plants that I brought back from Toronto during the summer of 2005. I believe it was listed as near blooming size when I purchased it, and it bloomed for the first time last month.The orange colour of the flower deepened and the grapefruit-like citrus scent became more pronounced as the inflorescence aged.

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I finally found an opportunity to read Michelle Wan's orchid mystery novel, Deadly Slipper, set in the Dordogne region of the south of France. It was a great read, and I was delighted to discover, upon completing the book, that there is now a second novel which follows the first one and is entitled Orchid Shroud.The combination of mystery and orchid lore, set against the backdrop of the Dordogne

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Although I no longer have a collection to boast about (sniff sniff) I did attend the Tropical Flower Festival at Kew last month, which of course featured our beloved family, Orchidaceae. There were THOUSANDS of them! Arranged beautifully! Even though the majority were regular ol' hybrids, any Orchidophile would find the display amazing. Following are some photos I took:The shop at Kew was also

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During my YouTube explorations a couple of weekends ago I also discovered the fishouston flower channel. Here you will see many different 1 minute segments of mostly orchids that are currently in bloom in Timothy's greenhouse in Houston.Here are a couple of highlights, in case you don't have time to watch all of them!Bulbophyllum watsoniannumSmelly dendrobium and gongoraRhyncolaelia glaucaPurple

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Naomi and I both bought Sedirea japonica last year as large seedlings and thougth it would take years to get them to bloom. For some reason, my plant got a flower spike about three weeks ago. My plant's sister plant over at Naomi's for some reason doesn't have a bloom but instead is getting a new leaf. Something triggered my plant to bloom... I am trying to figure it out and think it must be

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My Dend. moniliforme bloomed earlier this winter, and is now in bloom again, this time with 5 flowers!

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I have recently discovered a wealth of orchid video podcasts on the web. Here is a sample:Want to look after 1.7 million Phalaenopses?? David Baskin is looking for someone interested in taking over his responsibilities at Silver Vase, Inc. in Florida:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2843803529309990944Dr. Runkle discusses his orchid research at Michigan State University in the area of

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Well, we are fairly well into the new year, but since this is my first post of 2007, here is a picture of my first orchid to come into bloom this year. This is a Wilsonara Lisa Devos, and the last time it bloomed was May 2005!This is a bit of good news among some orchid disappointments I have had lately. Most notably my Phal. schilleriana died. It was a fairly small plant, with just two leaves

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Finally, here is a photo of my $5 rescue cymbidium hybrid that is blooming for the first time. There are two full spikes in bloom, a third spike with only 6 flowers, and a fourth and fifth spike that should open in a couple of weeks. Not bad for $5!

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Susan Taylor, the Editor of BellaOnline's Orchids Site, has just written an article entitled "How many is too many orchids?" This information comes at the perfect time for those of us making New Year's resolutions!(* But if, as Susan says, the magic number is 100, I have some more collecting to do!!)

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As the name implies, Laelia autumnalis blooms in the fall... well it's pretty much winter now but pretty close : ) It is a species native to Mexico requiring a definate rest period after flowering when I give it no water for a couple months till the psuedobulbs start to shrivel. This matches the dry period in it's natural environment which I was lucky enough to visit back in January of this

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My Dendrobium monoliforme came into bloom about three weeks ago. There are two flowers, and the first of the flowers has just started to wilt. The plant experienced a lot of growth over the summer months, even despite its encounter with the mouse! The plant has recovered well and is thriving. I took a few pictures when the first flower was opening and once it had finished opening.

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We have had over two feet of snow on the coast and while I was digging out the driveway, a lone pink flower in my greenhouse was peaking out at me. I got this plant a while back when I made an order a nursery in the states that I forgot the name of. I actually ordered a Laelia rupestris but they made a mistake and gave me Laelia rubscens. I was pretty bumbed out about it till I got to know

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Finally, success! This is a clipping I got from Sasha, and you might remember that last year I had one flower bud but it dropped off early in its development. This year the plant developed two buds, and while one was the victim of an accidental bump, one flower opened! The flower is quite fragrant, moreso during the day. The smell, while a bit tricky to place, is fairly sweet, almost candy-like.

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Still watching the cymbidium buds develop. There is one spike definitely ahead of the others, two at about the same stage, and 2 ones in the early stage of development, and one new one just poking up! Here are some pictures:

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Well my first visit to Kew has come and gone and left quite a good impression on me. I was able to meet quite a few people in the 'orchid world of research' and even had a quick chat with Phil Cribb! The resources for research there are quite outstanding, they have the most obscure and facinating books and journals about all facets of orchid related research. They even have a collection of

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I found some National Geographic photos of four of the new orchid species recently discovered in Papua New Guinea.I think my favourite is the third one, but they are all beautiful!From another article, "Conservationists say the discovery of so many new orchids in the unexplored rainforests of Papua New Guinea is incredibly exciting - especially as around 70 species have recently been wiped out in

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A recent article in the Times Online states that "Thirty new species of orchid have been discovered by conservationists in previously unexplored tropical rainforests in the Papua New Guinea."Hmmm, anyone up for a trip to New Guinea!?

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With leaves turning yellow outside and all outdoor plants getting ready for the long winter sleep, it's a real treat to have some blooming plants in my greenhouse. The first is Cattleya maxima and I am lucky to have a high altitude form which has a much smaller plant then the regular low land type. Along with the small plant size, this form has much darker colored flowers then the regular type

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The Southland Orchid Show Committee is presenting its annual orchid show and sale, All Hallowed Orchids, this weekend at The Huntington in San Marino, California. "Draculas will bare their “fangs.” Spiders will dangle from the trees. And bewitching Dancing Ladies will cast their magic spell."Topics and speakers include "Orchid Glow: Carving Orchid Designs on Pumpkins", and "How To Smell An

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There is not too much to report on... two plants are in bloom right now, both are Jenn's: the Phrag "longifolium" X has a new flower that has opened and another bud developing, and of course old faithful Psycopsis is in bloom. There are two new pseudobulbs on Jenn's Bulb. lasiochilum. I had two new ones as well, but they don't look like they are going to make it. I have a number of buds on the

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A synthesis of growing tips from Christine Winter Juneau published recently in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.And in orchid news overseas, "The British Orchid Council (BOC) is holding the Orchid Congress 2006 at the Winter Gardens on September 30 and October 1" in Weston. "The congress is a two-day orchid show and lecture programme and has attracted exhibitors, speakers and visitors from around

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A picture of a Grammatophyllum speciosum in bloom at Waiahole Orchids on Oahu. Also, some more information about this plant from the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia.

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I was going through some old pictures and found this one of a Gongora Truncata of mine from two years ago.enjoy_dan 

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Here is another picture of Jenn's Phrag that I took before going away last week. When I came home yesterday the second flower was still in bloom and there is a third bud developing.There was no further mouse damage done to any of the orchids while were away. Thanks so much to Sasha for caring for and safeguarding about 16 plants that I dropped off at his house at the end of August, and to Sorcha

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Who knew? Mice eat orchids! Except that up until now, I had sort of accepted living with the mouse in the house, as both Sandro and I were against using the glue traps, and the live traps hadn't been working. But now? Definitely closer to war!It's plant of choice seems to be the Enyclia polybulbon, gnawing off the leaves of the new green shoots. However, it also ate two new green shoots of my

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