A new Masdie lover, an introduction - Orchid Board

niller-find · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007, 05:21 PM

Hello everyone

I'm a relatively new orchid grower. I grow many different species, but the masdies (like that word) are my favorites.
I live in Denmark, a small country with cold winters and hot summers. I also need to apologize for my English, which could have been better.
I grow my masdies in a viv. in a basement. Because Denmark is so close to Sweden, from which Epiwep originates from, we have had this product a bit longer than everybody else. A bit unfair right.

I grow all my masdies in this medium, and they seem to like it. A good trick is to mix moss with water in a kitchen machine, and then poor it down on top of the EW. In a few months moss will cover the EW, which looks very nice, and retain some moist too.

The Masdies I grow at the time are:
M. strobelii
M. princeps
M. Aquarius
M. coccinea (normal, and alba)

I don't know how common M. Aquarius are around the world, but here it's quite common. Easy to grow and i has lovely flowers too. I'll see if I can post a pic

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Thats all for now.
Bye

bcub30 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007, 06:54 PM

very stunning Masdie, love it!!!

Scott

Ross · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007, 07:17 PM

Nice flower. I'd like to see more of your plant pictures.

niller-find · #4 (**permalink**) 06-13-2007, 03:31 AM

Thanks

Yes, this is a very nice masdy, heat tolerant too. At the time this is the only flower that it's got, but 2 new spikes are already on their way.

Ross: More pictures hmm...

I have no other pics of flowering masdies, so I will have to show you my Phal sturtiana end Den. formosum.

Did I mention that I love photographing my orchids

bey

Ludisia · #5 (**permalink**) 06-13-2007, 05:42 AM

Hi Niller and welcome to board

I love Masdies too. Your orchids are warm tolerant?

cb977 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-13-2007, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by niller-find

Thanks

Yes, this is a very nice masdy, heat tolerant too. At the time this is the only flower that it's got, but 2 new spikes are already on their way.

Ross: More pictures hmm...

I have no other pics of flowering masdies, so I will have to show you my Phal sturtiana end Den. formosum.

Did I mention that I love photographing my orchids

bey

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niller-find · #7 (**permalink**) 06-14-2007, 06:06 AM

Hi Ludisia
It depends of which of them you are referring to.
As said before, M. Aqurius and also M princeps should be warm tolerant. Note, tolerant, not growing. But I have had much better results growing them in cool conditions.
The other masdies should grow in cool or cold conditions.
All my other 'chids are warm-growers

cb977:
Haha, yes that's right, but the fact that we are in the Pleuro's forum made me a bit nervous about posting none-pleuro pics.

Bolero · #8 (**permalink**) 06-14-2007, 07:10 AM

Beautiful photo......Masdevallias are wonderful plants.

shakkai · #9 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007, 05:46 AM

Hello to Denmark from the UK!

Always good to 'see' a fellow Masdie lover on this 'side of the world'! I'm right there with you on the photography as well... with flowers are photogenic as these, it is understandable.

Aquarius is a nice plant. They were readily available here a couple of years ago... but not now, it seems.

Can't wait to see more of your photos when the others bloom.

niller-find · #10 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007, 09:28 AM

Hello
Yes, I almost got the feeling that I'm all alone in EU on this (american) international forum.
No seriuosly; I'm glad you liked my photos. But I'm afraid that we are going to wait for a while with the other plants. Even though we have chilly weater now, I still think that I will have much more succes and blooming with them when the winter comes.
Thank you for writing; it's always exciting to hear from people around the world, especially when we shae the same passion(s).

Thats All from Denmark for now :-)