Orchids growing in Kenya

[ASP]

It does cool at night down to 8 or 9 c especially around August which is when the short rains begin.

[ron-in-norcal]

Pretty ideal then. I've always loved the many finches and bulbs from down there. Never even thought about all the orchids!

[nenella]

Originally Posted by ASP

thanks for looking - Thanks Rosie, Ive changed it to "canes" that was the word I was looking for - Ill blame the fuzzy brain on a slow recovery from New Year!

I'm fairly sure all the spotty yellow ones are Ansellia africana... I could be wrong - hence why Ive posted on here.
The bottom one my Mother has since told me was originally part of an old Cymbidium she gave my Aunt over 20 years ago which she in turn got from her mother who got it from someone else.

I Agree the "spotty" is definitely Anselllia africana and my mum agrees (I too am in Kenya @ the moment) and I just showed her your photos. Sorry cannot help with the rest apart from the pink flowered one which looks from the dendrobium family.

[ron-in-norcal]

I'm pretty sure that pink one is an Epidendrum. Looks like a lot of the ones that grow wild in Colombia (including pink ones, which are pretty common there). Not sure what it's doing in Africa unless someone brought it over at some point.

[Silje]

Hey!

Lots of the pictures are of different Ansellia africanas. Which is totally fine since it is one of my favorites! It's always very interesting to see all the different color variations and patterns in Ansellias.

For the other orchids...

My guesses are:

Picture 8 might be some kind of Eulophia.

Picture 11 looks like some kind of Aerangis.

Picture 18 & 19 must be a dendrobium of some sort.

Pictures 27 & 28 look like some kind of Aerangis again to me.

I so wish that I could have orchids growing wild in the garden like that, but the humidity here in Namibia is just not high enough for most of the year. I just love epiphytes that are actually growing on threes as they are supposed to.

Thanks for the sharing.


Picture 7 looks like some kind of Aerangis to me.

[GardenTheater]

Love seeing orchids grown so easily and story about Mavis. Number 7 has leaves like my aerangis, but no idea about the others. Aerangis often like Phal light levels so hopefully it will do better in its new location.