what's your favorite? - Orchid Board

Psyguy10 · #1 08-01-2008, 03:36 PM

I was wondering what is your favorite orchid? well mine right now is my Vanda "sansai blue"

so what is yours???

Royal · #2 08-01-2008, 03:40 PM

Depends on the week.

cb977 · #3 08-01-2008, 03:43 PM

Depends on the hour!

Psyguy10 · #4 08-01-2008, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

Depends on the week.

(sigh) how very true.

dgenovese1 · #5 08-01-2008, 04:21 PM

Ok...this is a hard one to narrow down, even after having just gone out to review my collection...at this very moment I have 4 favorites.
One is my Home Depot recue plant, Den. Burana Charming ‘Blue Lip’. When I purchased it, it was a beat up little single cane dendrob with a broken spike that had one bloom (white with a purple/blue lip). Today it has about 6 tall canes and 5 arching spikes full of blooms, probably about 60! I've had the plant for 2 years now.
Another is my V. Mini Palmer. A small Vanda with olive, brown green tessellated petals and sepals, with a bright blue lip and a scent that is a cross between juicy fruit gum and grape cool-aid...yummy!
I have a Rhy. coelestis that has 3 spikes of beautiful white blooms with blue edges on the petals and sepals and a bright blue lip...this one also has a delightful fragrance.
The 4th is my Ascps. Irene Dobkin ‘York’ HCC/AOS, which is blooming for its second time this year. The spike is about 10 inches tall and contains about 30 perfect blooms that are an orange/peach coloring. I won a gold ribbon for best hybrid at my local Orchid Society meeting with this plant last month.
Here are quick pics I just took of these four favorites:

Psyguy10 · #6 08-01-2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dgenovese1

Ok...this is a hard one to narrow down, even after having just gone out to review my collection...at this very moment I have 4 favorites.
One is my Home Depot recue plant, Den. Burana Charming ‘Blue Lip’. When I purchased it, it was a beat up little single cane dendrob with a broken spike that had one bloom (white with a purple/blue lip). Today it has about 6 tall canes and 5 arching spikes full of blooms, probably about 60! I've had the plant for 2 years now.
Another is my V. Mini Palmer. A small Vanda with olive, brown green tessellated petals and sepals, with a bright blue lip and a scent that is a cross between juicy fruit gum and grape cool-aid...yummy!
I have a Rhy. coelestis that has 3 spikes of beautiful white blooms with blue edges on the petals and sepals and a bright blue lip...this one also has a delightful fragrance.
The 4th is my Ascps. Irene Dobkin ‘York’ HCC/AOS, which is blooming for its second time this year. The spike is about 10 inches tall and contains about 30 perfect blooms that are an orange/peach coloring. I won a gold ribbon for best hybrid at my local Orchid Society meeting with this plant last month.
Here are quick pics I just took of these four favorites:

dgen those are BEAUTIFUL! only a few of my 'chids are blooming size. I'm mesmerized

Lagoon · #7 08-01-2008, 04:34 PM

Stunning blooms

My mother didn't have any favorites - she said it wasn't fair

So, I don't have any either

Psyguy10 · #8 08-01-2008, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lagoon

Stunning blooms

My mother didn't have any favorites - she said it wasn't fair

So, I don't have any either

i do agree lagoon :iagree:

Ross · #9 08-01-2008, 04:41 PM

I agree. No favorites. But there are a couple that peak my interest more often than others: Dendrobium anosmum, Gastrochilus somai, all Angraecoids, Haeralla odorata, and a few intergenerics.

Royal · #10 08-01-2008, 04:54 PM

OK, to narrow it down a little, I guess I really like the Cattleya alliance. Laelias especially. I don't go for the frilly as much as the odd and interesting. Species mostly, but I love the hybrids too.