Gastrochilus sororius a faithful bloomer

Gastrochilus sororiusThis miniature orchid from the Trichoglottis Alliance was first described by Schlechter in 1913. It hails from the hills and lower montane forests of the Greater Sunda Islands where it grows at elevations up to about 1550 meters. The flowers form small clusters on a very short inflorescence and they are small, about 15 mm, but has great detail. I love the “fringe” […]

By |2017-10-13T11:26:06+02:00January 17th, 2010|Categories: My orchids|Tags: , , , |4 Comments

Spring cleaning in the nano vivarium

Today was spring cleaning in the nano vivarium. I took the whole thing apart, cleaned out the watering system and polished the tube. To do that I had to lift out the whole EpiWeb wall/branch assembly which gave me a good opportunity to go over and inspect each plant since that is really hard to do when it is inside the […]

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