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tarev

Mar 8, 2016 1:18 PM CST

Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
Give PEACE a chance!

Maybe Maxillaria tenuifolia would also work for you Jacques..and it is coconut-like scented too:

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JMaurissen

Mar 10, 2016 5:20 AM CST

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Name: Jacques Maurissen
Midland, MI (Zone 6a)

Maxillaria tenuifolia looks great; thanks, Tarev.

I ran into Pleione formosa that has a rather large flower for a small stem. I tried to upload a picture, but I just got letters and numbers. Is there a place where there is an instruction sheet about acceptable picture type and size? hanks.

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Ursula

Mar 10, 2016 7:18 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Pleione formosana
http://www.pleione.info

Try this one, there is a lot of info here.

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JMaurissen

Mar 11, 2016 4:55 AM CST

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Name: Jacques Maurissen
Midland, MI (Zone 6a)

here is what I found:
Pleione formosana
Quite a large flower for a rather short stem.

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Ursula

Mar 11, 2016 7:30 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Pretty!
I remember a fellow showing pictures of his window sill in the Spring with a whole bunch of these. It was really showy!

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sugarcane

Mar 11, 2016 9:17 AM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

I love those...I did not know what I was doing when I had mine and killed it

I planted it outside in MA. thinking it was a hardy terrestrial..( I got it in Japan...ssshhhh...I snuck it in and the instructions were in Japanese!)

lindsey

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tarev

Mar 11, 2016 9:47 AM CST

Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
Give PEACE a chance!

Very pretty Jacques!

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hawkarica

Mar 11, 2016 4:31 PM CST

Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)

Jacques, as for the name of a Psychopsis that I would recommend, try the Psychopsis Mendenhall 'Hildos' . Big flower and attractive foliage.

Jim

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DaisyI

Mar 11, 2016 6:16 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Here's P. Mendenhall, on its 3rd bloom. The blooms take forever to open but once they do, they last forever too.

Who could resist a name like Psychopsis that has spots and a crazy hairdo?

Daisy

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JMaurissen

Mar 12, 2016 12:47 PM CST

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Name: Jacques Maurissen
Midland, MI (Zone 6a)

Thanks for the name, Jim, and for the pictures, Daisy! Looks very attractive, indeed! Also nice to know about the long-lasting blooms.