This is another one of those proud moments you enjoy as a grower when you bloom something for the first time that you have been wanting to grow for years. I really, really love this particular Masdevallia. Yes, yes I know I am partial to the whole genus and I say this all the time, but this is really a neat one… he […]
This is a hot to cool growing epiphyte only found in Costa Rica where it grows at elevations from 200 meter all the way up to 2000 meters. The flower is not very large, about 1 cm wide, but it is very colorful and I love the intensely purple lip. This is a small division I got from a friend and it is only about […]
This is an intermediate to cool growing cloud forest species from Costa Rica where it grows at altitudes between 1700-2500 meters. I grow it mounted on EpiWeb, on my “Lepanthes branch”, in the cool vivarium, wet and humid and low light. The flowers are rather large for the genus, measuring about 23 mm tall. I think it is simply stunning and I just love the hairy […]
I don’t grow many Cattleya, mainly for space reasons, but I am also not very fond of the very “girly” looking ones. This is however one of the nicer species I think and I rather enjoy it! I love the subtle colors and minimalistic (for a Cattleya) shape. Interesting to note that the flower is saving the very best for the pollinators eyes only, […]
