My Paphiopedilum venestum seems to be happy – it’s thrown up three blossoms. Some pictures:
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Tag Archives: orchid
I’d grow that.
Dang. The sort of thing that populates my Lost World fever dreams. I’m thinking Phragmipedium and if someone would bankroll a trip to Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador I’m sure I could find this beastie in the wild.
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Thanks, KdeM – I know I was supposed to pay attention to the Baudelaire part, but…
NHOS Orchid Show – 2010 edition
Just as I did last year, I’m going to highlight a few plants that I found particularly interesting.
Dendrobium smilliae – the Bottlebrush Orchid hails from northern Australia and PNG. The flower clusters are amazingly glossy – just a stunner.
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Paph. Salvador Dali – a hybrid, and a wild one. Almost enough hair to wax up a moustache tip.
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Masdevallia ignea – a native of New Grenada according to Curtis’s Botanical Magazine Vol. 98 (1872) – second image ganked from Google books.
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