'Chips and dip -OR- "why dont you stand up straight and look at the camera!?"

[DirtyCoconuts]

Den. microchip, minichip and aussie chip

why oh why wont they just look forward or up??? droopy family if you ask me. the flowers are worth it though.


Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr


Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr



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Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr



Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr




Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr



Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr

[estación seca]

Very nice! They're confident and don't care what we think.

[Mr.Fakename]

Those Latouria Den are really cool!

[SouthPark]

Excellent colours and patterns. The droopiness could possibly be due to one of those tracks being short circuited - or even open circuited. Loving the kiwi fruit effect!

[Diane56Victor]

Beautiful plants. I would love to try to grow them.

I thought all the latouria type orchids had the downward facing blooms due to their natural environment.
I did look at environment description when I was thinking of trying them and it said (from memory)

.....despite plants growing from sea level to heights around 4000m they get all year round rainfall.

I assumed high humidity and that the blooms grew this way to protect the pollen and be able to shed rainfall efficiently.

The above reading is why I have not yet tried to grow them. I think my environment would be too dry for them even with the humidity I am able to provide.
But maybe in time I will give it a try.

[estación seca]

I have read posts from quite a few people here who grow them in their houses. I think keeping the medium moist is more important than high humidity.

[Roberta]

In the case of Den Micro Chip, I grow it in the greenhouse, it gets some humidity but I do it just for the temperature. (Choice of location for me is pretty binary - outside if it can handle winter low temperatures of 40 deg F/4 deg C, GH if not) I don't think that it's particularly fragile with regard to humidity,

[Dollythehun]

I grow them all in the house, under lights, Diane. But, they do need to stay moist. At first I grew them more like a phal. As I lost a few and gained a few, I moved them to bright (oncidium or Catt) light and potted them in a moss mix, watering maybe 3x a week. I recommend Microchip first, it's very forgiving. Good luck. BTW, mine face mostly outwards, except MC.

[WaterWitchin]

All my "chip" orchids are either hang higher than my head (which makes watering difficult) or lay down on the floor or couch to get a good look.

Was talking to a very knowledgeable grower about a year ago (can't remember who) and he said people had been trying to breed out that downward dog pose for years, and no one was really getting anywhere. Wish I could remember more of the conversation...

[DirtyCoconuts]

Terrific contribution old friend.... LOL


If I could gather all the knowledge I have forgotten, oh boy, I’d be a force to listened to

I like them but they are quite frustrating when rhey won’t look at you while you are talking