Build The Ultimate Orchid Collection

[AaronM]

Hello Orchid Experts,
Here is a chance to help compile a list of some of the most glorious orchids around. This will provide anyone who would like to participate a chance to share some of their favorites. While providing other orchidphiles with some plants to add to their collections.

Please present your top choice of orchids from any or all of the thirteen alliances on Orchid Board.

Use these criteria to narrow down your choices to one per alliance:
1) Reasonable care needs (no high maintainance or specialist's chids. please).
2) Flowers readily.
3) Attractive in and out of bloom.
4) Easy flowering.
5) Wow factor (extraordinary scent, huge/attractive/peculiar blooms, frequent flowering, etc.)

Any pictures or cultural information for any of your submissions would be greatly appreciated by those who read this post.

Thanks for participating.

AaronM