This is a cool growing epiphyte from northern Peru where it grows at 2000-2400 meters. The plant is medium sized but with very impressive large flowers measuring an impressive 16 cm tall, blooming on a single flowered, erect inflorescence. I must admit I love the whole Caudatae subsection within Masdevallia, but I specially adore the shape of these flowers, so elegant and beautiful and extremely […]
This lovely little cool growing Lepanthes hails from the mountains of Panama and Costa Rica where it grows at elevations of 1800 to 3000 meters. Lepanthes wendlandii boasts rather large size flowers for the genus, mine measuring about 10 mm tall but I hear it can grow even larger. Each inflorescence produces many flowers in succession, as is customary with most species in this genus. […]
There is a lot blooming right now, and many of them are very pleasantly fragrant too, adding another dimension to the experience. First out in the fragrance series this summer is this wonderful Brassavola nodosa. It has a faint citrus scent that increases notably in strength at night. To be honest however, even though it is nice I do not grow this species for […]
What impeccable timing this lovely Cattleya has this year. She pulled out all the stops and produced a fantastic bloom just in time for vacations here in Sweden. She was in bud when we moved out to the summer place earlier in June, and how she is in full bloom. The flowers measure about 10 cm both tall and wide. […]
This is a fantastic little intermediate to warm growing species hails from northeastern Thailand where it grows at elevations from 250 up to 1000 meters. It is often found near streams in sandy humus-rich loam mixed with leaf in light to moderate shade. I grow it in my intermediate growing room in a mix of bark and lava rocks, medium bright and evenly […]
Lepanthes cloesii is a miniature orchid, but a medium sized species within the Lepanthes genus. It is a cool growing epiphyte from Peru where it grows at elevations around 2800m. The plant measures about 8-10cm and the flowers is quite large for the genus at 2 cm tall. The successively several flowered, slender inflorescence reaches far beyond the broad and elliptical leaves which are distinctly purple […]
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 […]
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, […]
