Hello from West Mi

[Branden_Pearson]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Welcome to the exciting new world with no end! hahaha

Well, easy is a very relative term, but there are many orchids that stay small and easy to grow and bloom.

I highly recommend neofinetia, which is a Japanese Wind orchid. They are very short staying under 6-8 inch. cute white flowers with strong sweet fragrance to boot! These are cheap and easy to find (and there are crazy expensive ones too!). Visit Hausermann orchid. I think they have these at a low cost.
The website also lists a few other easy to grow orchids.

Any orchids can be called "easy" as long as you can provide the right conditions they need to thrive.
So what grow conditions do you have? then you can start searching for plants that fit your growing conditions.

Some more minis that I find easy to grow and bloom are:

Dendrobium Ollygophylum,dendrobium lamyaiae, amsiela monticola, eurychone rothchildiana (these last two have big flowers on small plant, and also they are scented)...these are a few species that I have tried, but there are many small ones that are easy to deal with.

Also, if you have cool room for winter, the options go up like crazy!

Paphiopedilum micranthum, armeniacum are all tiny plants but they need some cool winter periods to do well.

Tolumnias are also small orchids with brightly colored flowers.

well I live in zone 5b which means cold winters are what we do best. hits 100 in the summer and iv seen as cold as almost -20F° so a cold place is easy to find.

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[RosieC]

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