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Orchids forum
Help with ID please
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Paul2032
Nov 25, 2012 11:24 PM CST
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Name: Paul
Utah (Zone 5b)
Grandchildren are my greatest joy.
I saw this at a nursery. ID help please? The foliage behind it is a Dracena....
Orchid (
Phaius
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Orchid (
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Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah
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boojum
Nov 26, 2012 4:42 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA
Looks like Phaius kryptonite.
http://www.google.com/search?q...
Crazy Orchid Lady
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hawkarica
Nov 26, 2012 10:55 AM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Jim
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Paul2032
Nov 26, 2012 10:58 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Paul
Utah (Zone 5b)
Grandchildren are my greatest joy.
Thanks...it would be nice to live in a climate more conducive to growing orchids.
Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah
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Ursula
Nov 26, 2012 11:22 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
You can say that again!!
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sugarcane
Nov 26, 2012 1:42 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
It's pretty, I covet it!
lindsey
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hawkarica
Nov 26, 2012 7:46 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Yes, Paul. All of my Phais orchids are growing happily under the live oak tree out in the yard. No winter protection is necessary for them.
Jim
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Ursula
Nov 26, 2012 9:26 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
Phaius!
But this one in question here is a Phaiocalanthe Kryptonite!! A hybrid!
http://ricardogupi.blogspot.co...
This gentleman grows it in PR.
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ctcarol
Nov 27, 2012 9:32 AM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Thanks for the link, Ursula! Gives me some insight as what to watch for with mine.
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