ARISTOCRATIC
   ORCHIDS©


After growing bromeliads successfully,  I decided it was time for a new challenge. My target was orchids. Orchids require a temperature range consistent with their place of origin: some demand high temperatures and flourish in a hothouse, others are quite content with the temperature of the typical home (temperate house), still others are unhappy if the temperature rises above 60 degrees (cool house).

  

Cattleya mossiae
 

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SLC Hazel Boyd 'Sunset' AO/AOS

Ascocentrum curvifolium
Native to Burma, Thailand and Laos



Cattleya maxima
native to the coastal dry forests of Ecuador and northern Peru


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Cattleya lueddemanniana
Venezuela


Dendrobium chrysotoxum
 India, Burma, Thailand, China and Laos
high light during winter and a short dry rest period - intermediate - half shade - fragrant

 Cattleya gaskelliana
intermediate - half shade - fragrant

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Dendrobium aggregatum



Stenorrhynchos speciosus
An epiphyte found growing on oaks in mixed woods, cultivation: keep moist, grow in humus or moss

Dendrochilum pangasinanense
intermediate - half shade - fragrant

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Schomburgkia superbiens syn.
Laelia superbiens
Mexico and Nicaragua

 

Angraecum sesquipedale
The comet orchid from Madagascar

SLC Jewel Box 'Scheherazade' AM/AOS

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BLC Toshie Aoki 'Pokai' AM/AOS

 Miltonia'Cumba'


Oncidium spacelatum
Mexico, Costa Rica and Venezuela
intermediate - half shade

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Rhyncholaelia digbyana
A beauty from Honduras

Phalaenopsis aphrodite
Philippines and Taiwan - hot house - half shade - grows well on a windowsill




Lockhartia serra
Native to Ecuador,  flowers several times a year - intermediate - half shade



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Paphiopedilum affine
China, Philippines, India 
A rare plant - intermediate - shade

Vanda 'Bangkok blue'
hot house - half shade - a prolific bloomer

Dendrobium pierardii syn.  Dendrobium aphyllum
an epiphyte native to India, Burma, Thailand and Malaya, fragrant

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Paphiopedilum armeniacum
native to China, the plant has been the center of conservation efforts

Bifrenaria harrisonia
Southern Brazil  
hot house - half shade - fragrant

Anguloa clowesii
the tulip orchid, found in the central and eastern range of the Andes in Columbia and part of Venezuela


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 BLC Bryce.Canyon'Splendiferous'x
Fred.Stewart'C.O

Cattleya maxima
Native to the coastal dry forests of Ecuador and northern Peru,  intermediate - half shade - fragrant

Dendrobium aggregatum
Southern China, India, Indochinese peninsula - intermediate - half shade


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Laelia sincorana
Brazil - intermediate - half shade

Brassia 'Rex' 
intermediate - half shade - fragrant


Phragmipedium caudatum
Known from Columbia to Bolivia

 

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 Ludisia discolor
India, Indonesia, Indochinese peninsula
velvet burgundy foliage - keep it moist - intermediate - half shade to shade

Dendrobium discolor var. broomfieldii
 grow along the coastal strip of Queensland (Australia), mainly in bushes quite close to the ocean. Mostly over 2 m tall and produce many keikis. Very high light, stand high temperatures and dry to wet conditions

Cattleya labiata autumnalis 'Fowleyania'

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Anguloa clowesii
the tulip orchid, found in the central and eastern range of the Andes in Columbia and part of Venezuela


BLC Toshie Aoki 'Pokai' AM/AOS
BLC Bryce.Canyon'Splendiferous'x Fred.Stewart'C.O

 

Miltonia 'Cumba'

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Cattleya labiata
native to Brazil, they form a stable population in the wild, fragrant

Lycaste aromatica
An epiphyte, native to  Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, found in oak woodlands and on limestone cliffs; intermediate - half shade - fragrant


SLC Jewel Box 'Scheherazade' AM/AOS

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Cattleya mossiae
the species is native to the Columbian Andes, the flowers are variable in color

Bulbophyllum medusae
native to Thailand, Borneo and the Philippines
grown under warm conditions - an eye-catching species

 

Cattleya lawrenceana
found in inland mountains of the Guyana region of northeastern South America


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Phal. 'Chuck Hagen' x Phal. 'Hilo Lip'

 
     
     
     

"Orchids in Michigan" - USA Zone 5

 

The environmental requirement for each species depends upon the orchids native habitat. 
Before you buy plants, try to research the cultural conditions and how to provide them.
 Select plants that will grow in the environment you can supply.
For more cultural information, growing tips and  and solving problems, 
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