Hey all... we had a blast tonight in chat picking and choosing 'chids we might want for our project plant
Had a great crowd in the chat room:
me, Marie (MDK), Sarah (sjMagoo), Claude (phalguy), Barbara, Lin, Cesar (Tindomul1of9), Todd (toddybear),
Erin (esungirl), Ryan (ryanmor) and Imelda (ewbie)...
even tman was there helping us out! Thanks
We even had Marty stop by and make a very generous offer... an incentive for a possible vendor to give us a discount for the project plant...4 months free advertising here on OrchidBoard!
Marty ----->
I hope I didn't forget anybody
There were lots of beautiful orchids discussed and so far, we like the following:
Phal corningiana
http://www.phals.net/corningiana/00ph0114.jpg
Takes shade and is a warm-hot grower
Coelogyne occulata
Andy's Orchids - Orchids Species - Coelogyne - occultata
Keep out of direct sun, keep fairly wet
Bright; 2500-3500 Footcandles (very bright indirect light)
Intermediate to Cool; 52�F min. to 80�F max.
Amesiella (Angraecum) philippinensis*
Andy's Orchids - Orchids Species - Amesiella (Angraecum) - philippinensis
IOSPE PHOTOS
Orchid Web - Plant of the Week
*This is available at Paramount in Canada (Limited quantities).
Ascocentrum (Dyakia) hendersonianium
Andy's Orchids - Orchids Species - Ascocentrum (Dyakia) - hendersonianium
IOSPE PHOTOS
Brassia verrucosa*
Brassia verrucosa | Orchids Online
IOSPE PHOTOS
*This is available at Paramount in Canada
Phal cochlearis*
http://www.paramountorchids.com/jpg/...ochlearis1.jpg
IOSPE PHOTOS
This is available at Oak Hill Gardens.
Brassada Orange Delight
Orchid Web - Plant of the Week
Sarcochilus hartmannii*
Andy's Orchids - Orchids Species - Sarcochilus - hartmannii
*This is available at Paramount.
*I love this one but it may be a little too cool-growing for some of us
ACACALLIS cyanea
Oak Hill Gardens
IOSPE PHOTOS
Promenaea
Orchid Species Photographs - Promenaea
IOSPE PHOTOS
Paph Wossner Armenijack http://www.paramountorchids.com/jpg/...rmenijack1.jpg
Paph niveum
Paphiopedilum niveum
GALEOTTIA grandiflora
Oak Hill Gardens
IOSPE PHOTOS
ORNITHOCHILUS fuscus
Oak Hill Gardens
Flower Size 1/4" [8 mm]
Found in the Himalayas, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Hong Kong in montane forests and humid, mossy, mixed and coniferous forests on mossy branches of old gnarled trees up to 1600 meters in elevation as a small, warm to cool growing epiphytic monopodial orchid that blooms in the spring and early summer and again in the winter on an axillary, arching, branching, to 1 1/2' [to 45 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence that is as long or longer than the leaves.
Miltonia spectabilis var. Moreliana
This is available at J&L Orchids here in the U.S. and Paramount in Canada*.
The price at J&L is $45.00, which seems high for the project plant.
*At Paramount, this plant is listed as LIMITED. Their site says: Last Update: October 17, 2006
I have more listed in my notes but they don't have stars next to them. If I missed any that I was supposed to add, please put it in a reply here.
Thanks
Okay folks...this fantastic list is what just 9 or 10 of us were able to come up with in our very first discussion!!!
Once more of our participants are able to chime in, this list will continue to grow. After we get through the first rush, we'll start whittling it down more and more until we get close to April. At that point, we'll choose a certain number to put into the final poll.
Then, whichever plant in the poll gets the most votes (
PLEASE VOTE ONLY IF YOU ARE IN THE PROJECT...Thanks ), is the plant we will all purchase and grow in our own conditions. We'll track the group's progress through pictures in posts and in the Chat Project Gallery.
Ready...set...GO!!!!!