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Originally Posted by Roberta
Thanks for sharing this garden with us! The Paphs are hybrids (several "bulldog' types and maybe a Maudiae type) . Probably don't have IDs.... impossible to identify if they don't. But they look healthy and happy, and are atttractivey displayed.
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They really put on a good show at the NOG. Some of the plants are permanent, and some are rotated out so they always put on a good show. They get most of their adult plants from Toh Gardens which is also an awesome place to visit, acres of orchids. Just don't ask for advice on how to grow them in a different climate as their default answer is "just stick it in charcoal and it will grow". Their conditions are so appropriate that if they forget a plant on a bench or something in a few months it turns into a monster, and the gardeners don't seem to grasp the idea that there are other climates. :-)
I once saw a table of huge plants of the same type I had growing at home from a test-tube clone and I asked them how long they had been there, and the answer was 3 months. My plants was about 3 years at that point and was only a little bigger than my hand. Boy did I feel inferior! To make dendrobiums they take older canes, cut them into single mode segments and then elastic band them into some charcoal and then leave them pretty much, and about 3/6 months later they have a saleable plant. For this northern hemisphere orchid lover the speed they grow here is nothing short of mindblowing.
I'll visit Toh Gardens soon and post some photos. Flowers for as far as the eye can see.
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