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Nov 6, 2010 6:20 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
Orchids Plumerias Cactus and Succulents Region: New Jersey Region: Pennsylvania Native Plants and Wildflowers
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Hello Diana! Nice to meet you!
Your Dendrobiums are very pretty and they look so nice and healthy! Good growing!
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Nov 6, 2010 6:40 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
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Welcome! Very beautiful dendrobiums and great pics!! Thanks for posting. Don't know the names though.
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Nov 6, 2010 7:36 AM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Diana, welcome. It is not uncommon to find blooming dendrobiums for sale with no names. Many of them are imported from Southeast Asia by distributors and then sent to the big box stores for sale and the names are lost along the way. There are thousands of them so it would be very difficult to ID one. Just enjoy the colorful flowers and have fun.

Jim
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Nov 6, 2010 9:09 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
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Just took some pics. Phrag Hanne Popow has opened although she starts petite. Phrag flowers usually get larger over time.
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Group shot: Carol Kanzer, Hanne P, and Memoria Estelle Getty. I'm in phrag heaven. I have one more in bud, Noirmont is done I think, and 2 other phrags are just growing leaves. Has anyone's kovachiis budded? I'm thinking about splurging sometime in the next year since I am definitiely winning the war with phrags. Or maybe a Mexipedium xerophyticum......
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My birthday Ascda. has arrived in a pot and has been carefully placed in a small wood basket. Now to get some roots going!! Water water water. But I'm stalling on changing my RO filters and fertilizing. Maybe I'll fertilize tomorrow!
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Here's V. Pachara Delight. And a pic to show size for Janice. The plant with roots is over 3' and the window is 4' high. Also a pic with Ascda. Susan Ong 'Ah Mooi' and Vandofinetia White Crane. The vanda's flowers are the largest.
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Vandofinetia White Crane is so lovely. Proud to own this one!
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Perreiraara Motes Leprechaun 'Haiku Mint'.
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More Ascda. Susan Ong 'Ah Mooi'. She is a movie star at chez moi, always asking for more pics of herself.
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Nov 6, 2010 9:20 AM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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Thanks for the photos and info on that beautiful Vanda, Kathy! Susan Ong is a stunner, too.
Love the Phrag group shot!
. Hurray!
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.
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Nov 6, 2010 12:22 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Ascda. Susan Ong 'Ah Mooi' is just gorgeous.

Jim
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Nov 6, 2010 12:26 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
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Thanks, Jim! I tip my hat to you.
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Nov 6, 2010 12:44 PM CST
Name: Diana
Willamette Valley
Oregon Zone 8a
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Oh Kathy, I love that Green and Burgundy flower (Perreiraara Motes Leprechaun 'Haiku Mint') and the name is so fun, reminds me of my Irish heritage too.

What can you tell me about that plant? What orchid group does it belong in? Is it easy or hard to grow? I'm trying to start out with some of the easier ones. I have some very small Phalenopsis plants that I bought on E-bay. Some of them were so small they withered away, but some are now making some progress, so I'm determined that I can do this. So many folks who are casual indoor gardeners have told me they have tried orchids and given up. I'm hanging in there, I can do this, I have hundreds of outdoor plants and work at a nursery part time that sells perennials. I'm not new to plants, just to orchids.

I see you make use of those wooden boxes. So far I am using the slotted plastic pots and just got a few Clay pots with extra side slots. I've used the mixed orchid bark for everything so far ( a little bit of charcoal and chunky white pumace mixed in). One thing that will be a challenge is the lack of humidity here. We have pretty dry summers and winters are all rain, but indoors where it is heated its dry (probably in the 45 to 50% range). I bet many of you folks that are in the more advanced stages of Orchid Addiction, have humidity chambers? Or live in the real humid areas?

Is it OK to ask questions on this thread too? Or should I be somewhere else doing that?

Thank you all for your friendly greetings and encouragement,
Diana
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Nov 6, 2010 1:47 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
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I hope everyone will come over to the Orchid Questions forum since I set it up exactly for folks like you Diana! http://cubits.org/orchids/thre...
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Nov 6, 2010 8:26 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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And the show goes on!! Thumbs up The Vanda Pachara really develops beautifully! Lovey dubby

And as Jim mentioned:
"Sansai Blue is a great vanda in any and all of its forms."
My Vanda Sansai Blue 'Acker's Pride' FCC/AOS is also opening a spike right now. The blooms on the 'Acker's Pride' are a lot smaller and paler than the one from Natt's I had posted. Going for a nice dark blue and larger blooms one wouldn't jump for the Acker's Pride, but on its own I like it too.
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Nov 6, 2010 8:33 PM CST
Moderator
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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I posted a single bloom on the Ceratostylis rubra the other day, here is the whole plant.
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And the Bulbo echinolabium has been almost non-stop stinking / blooming since this Summer. The plant still has 3 spikes alternating, its blooming habit is in a way very similar to a Psychopsis. Amazing!! I am glad other Orchids drown it out with their prettier scents.
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Nov 6, 2010 9:35 PM CST
Name: bree
North coast NSW Australia
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Latest open (all but one bud) this Zygo...Thumb of 2010-11-07/bree/7ea0e7
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Nov 6, 2010 9:47 PM CST
Name: Diana
Willamette Valley
Oregon Zone 8a
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Bree, That Lime green and purple is stunning!

What is a Zygo? Easy or Hard to Grow?

Just Beautiful, the flowers look quite large

Diana
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Nov 6, 2010 9:49 PM CST
Name: Fred Rump
Naples, Fl
enjoying what nature has to offer
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Bromeliad Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Region: United States of America Tropicals
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was away up north for two weeks and come back to a mountain of bloomsThumb of 2010-11-07/Fred/6f0237
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Nov 6, 2010 9:50 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
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Is that an Adelaide? I have one like it eking along.
Ursula, all 3 pics took my breath away!!
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Nov 6, 2010 9:52 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Fred truly an amazing show to come home to!
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Nov 7, 2010 6:27 AM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Ursula, very nice color on the 'Acker's Pride' . I thought I could smell that bulbo from here but then I remembered I hadn't showered yet this morning. Sticking tongue out

Jim
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Nov 7, 2010 6:57 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
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Nov 7, 2010 7:05 AM CST
Moderator
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
Orchids Plumerias Cactus and Succulents Region: New Jersey Region: Pennsylvania Native Plants and Wildflowers
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Thanks! Smiling
Jim, no human being could ever smell THAT bad! Blech.

Fred what a Show! Your table looks awesome!! Lovey dubby Thumbs up

Bree, pretty Zygo! And that wonderful scent I can imagine sitting here! Smiling

as Ursula rolls over the floor laughing too....
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Nov 7, 2010 8:14 AM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Bookworm Charter ATP Member Region: California Hummingbirder Orchids Plant Identifier
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
Wow! great pics yesterday!

Kathy and Fred, wonderful group shots! Lovey dubby

Ursula, all three are gorgeous. I especially like the Ceratostylus rubra. Lovey dubby

Bree, love the light colored Zygo! It really stands out! Lovey dubby

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