https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1d81205_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6f53288_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

the smell from these three at night is intoxicating

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...377bcd2_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr


profile shot!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cec15fb_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

in person, this yellow star is so deep it is almost orange

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f679488_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

peekaboo


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...df46c2a_4k.jpgOutdoor phal Tiger by J Solo, on Flickr


and this Phal is exploding

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...18f8b53_4k.jpgAh gave! by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e51186d_4k.jpgAh gave! by J Solo, on Flickr


and it is so fun to live in this climate...i was in downtown Miami last week and there is this giant Agave in full bloom in city decoration pot

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d0f3527_4k.jpgAh gave! by J Solo, on Flickr

and bees busily pollenating
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7242de1_4k.jpgAh gave! by J Solo, on Flickr


brass

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e798510_4k.jpgAh gave! by J Solo, on Flickr


and this silly zygote flower is upside down???


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c031258_4k.jpgOutdoor phal Tiger by J Solo, on Flickr

I love that white phal with the orange/yellow/crimson lip contrast.

DC - So as mentioned (I think it was this thread) before I was kind of liking a carnivorous plant that my wife had gotten. So I finally took the plunge and made a mini potted bog garden. Mostly butterworts and droseras but also got a venus flytrap and an american pitcher plant.

Also, some updated photos of blooming chids.

YEEESSSS!!! i love this post!!!

carnivores are amazing and you will want more and bigger bogs very soon, that is quite lovely-
what is the base pot with that awesome little water level indicator thing?

Also, in the group shot, what are the little sail/clover purple plants? i have a pot of them i got years ago and i love them but i have zero idea what they are

the drosera flowers are the most fun and that calamari orchid is STILL making me hungry!

I love carnivorous plants! Have never been able to successfully grow them. Very sad. Yes, what is that pot in the middle? And is the "calamari orchid" the squid with the purple head? Its real name again please?

It is a self watering pot that I had gotten off amazon several years ago but never got around to using it. Link below for either the same one (different color) or something very similar.

https://www.amazon.com/Self-Watering...902675&sr=8-20

The common name for that purple clover plant is the purple shamrock plant but the scientific name Oxalis triangularis. One of my wife's that I take care of. Funny story, and this is how I learned what it is, a little over a year ago it looked dead. My wife got mad at me and was asking why it was dying. I said I had no idea since I don't even know what type of plant it is. She told me purple shamrock plant so I started my research and found out if it gets over watered it will send the plant into dormancy. Sure enough, I was way over watering it. Cut back on the water and boom, back to life.

"Calamari orchid" is Prosthechea (Encyclia) cochleata

oooops!! thanks, i am also WAY over watering it then


Adenium sunrise
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ac7a721_4k.jpgSome plants by J Solo, on Flickr

and the latest on the medusa.....i am not sure if the flowers are coming in stuck or if they will open more...this has been an odd winter and she has been moved so i am prepared for an underwhelming presentation and hope to be surprised

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aecbd0b_4k.jpgSome plants by J Solo, on Flickr

I really need to get a Bulbophyllum medusae. I tried to grow a Habenaria medusa but screwed it up royally.

Well worth trying Hab. medusa again, fantastic flowers. Just needs to dry out somewhat in the winter when it goes dormant.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...15c0c04_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7201854_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9df71ae_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e154c2e_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

she just wont stop flowering!!!!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e64d99f_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...12df8fb_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

"I only want to see you laughing in the PURPLE RAIN!"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...979af95_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr


dappled light is so lovely -OR- "I'm dappled and drowsy and ready for sleep let the morning time drop all its petals on me, life i love you, all is grooooovy" (if you get it, you get it)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bea4f69_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...41f962e_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c3f715c_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

Catts looking good! Loving the medusae (and fine Roberta, you don't have to twist my arm, I will try the Hab. medusa again...if it dies though, that blood is on your hands). Jewel orchid without the leaves in the picture, what kind of madness is that? Reminds me though, mine started opening a few days ago. Looks like somebody spilled wine on your phal as well.

:rofl:
Just to make you drool... everybody needs one of these. (Teensy green shoots just starting to appear. It'll be a good year.) Actually, I'd say the same for Bulb. medusae, but then I love wild-looking/fuzzy and fluffy orchids.

OrchidBro- It is a normal Ludisa discolor but the inflorescence is quite long and the flowers are all slightly tilted...it is a little mutant


wow Roberta!! that is a show stopper! and me too! Frilly and looking like a sea creature??? sign me up!

I think Hab. medusa is easier than the Catasetinae, similar dormancy/growth pattern and temperature, much lower light. (Don't need, or probably want, to stay completely dry during dormancy but on the dry side, once new growth appears no need to hold back on the water) I grow them in a terrestrial mix with a little potting soil and a lot of perlite and/or pumice, a bit of sand if I have some handy.

Roberta - Yes, that is a stunning, and drool worthy, Hab. medusa.

DC - Yes, I could tell that was a Ludisia discolor, I was just expecting some photos of the beautiful leaves as well. Now that I look at yours and mine, yours does look a little funky.

I don’t have the right attitude/culture for growing anything Medusa. I enjoy from afar. The Purple Rain... now that’s been on my wish list for quite awhile!

I am very pleased but I want the blooms to hang around for longer. Maybe they didn’t like being moved into the porch for my wife to enjoy lol

Yup, that’s always a problemo ...
Movement. They need to suck it up and deal, in my opinion.

Alas, these just don't stay at their best very long. Those delicate segments seem to dry out and give up quickly, no matter what you do or don't do. Bulb. medusae is one that you just have to enjoy "in the moment" ...A good reason to look at your plants every day so you don't miss the show. Now, consider that Hab. medusa when you can find one... those last a couple of weeks or more and may open sequentially so they can stay in bloom for quite awhile. Probably in the late summer (vendors don't rush to sell what looks like an empty pot this time of year)

Also, this tribe grow very fast here and you may have the first division, WW

:bowing

some fun pics....

I have this Chliochista (sp??) starting to spikehttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...146aba1_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

these next few are a testament to 1) the resilience of plants and 2) the power of kelpmax

this wall of my lath house is five or six rescue vandas i found on the floor of a dilapidated shade house and basically just used their old roots to tie them on
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...228866a_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

I have been decent about watering them but it has been dry here so they have been a bit slow (or perhaps in really bad shape) but now....

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d110177_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

a spike!!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0001dd6_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

and this is too cool, look down the one green root and it is growing a new root every 2 inches all the way down!!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...73145ec_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

oh, and the pierardiis are opening
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...af29a5f_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...446ed35_4k.jpgGhost by J Solo, on Flickr

The chiloschista is new to me, so thanks for posting (yes, it looks like you spelled it wrong, google didn't like your spelling). Leafless orchid, count me in. Do the roots take full Florida sun or can they get burnt with direct sun? Vanda roots look good! Mine did the same once I started using Kelpmax.

i have not tried- right now it is at about 35% light (normal screen is about 10% and i have a privacy shade that is about 50-55%) and that is in a patio where is it only getting east and south exposure.

I am thinking about making a small frame to make a sunshade for the area OUTSIDE of my patio to get a growing area with only about 35% shading.

I know these need light and i think that dappled full sun, like under a mango tree, or really bright shade would be the sweet spot but i confess i am still dialing it in

Thanks. Did some quick research and found "the plant must be protected from direct sunlight" so that seems like a pretty firm negative for direct sunlight. Next question(s). Did you get it recently from any shows this year and do you remember the vendor you got it from?

i purchased it within the last year...i will go back to my "notes" and see what i can find.....

I am afraid i might only get to, it was the booth next to Andy's Orchids, I remember that much and i don't think they were at Ft Lauderdale so that means it was Miami.


I'll report back after i can dig around at home

Thanks! Reason I ask is the CFOS show is coming at the end of March.

sorry, OrchidBro, i found nothing....i am sure there will be a few options at the show...i'll get the name of this one for you

here are some microchip blooms
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d8b84a7_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d3d4930_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

king something or other Phal ( i just don't remember the name at work) this plant is HUGE, the spike is over 3" and the biggest leaf is over 12"x"5"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8522e95_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

the whole bud shower
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7469762_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ef3a04c_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f33dff2_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

Den Caesar yellow
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e07ea2f_4k.jpgBlooms by J Solo, on Flickr

more pierardii

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ed0b5a4_4k.jpgPierardii by J Solo, on Flickr

Tahoma glacier in the back ground and a willy spike in the foreground. Zygote in there too

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e60907e_4k.jpgPierardii by J Solo, on Flickr

zygote spike 1
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ac20847_4k.jpgPierardii by J Solo, on Flickr

and #2

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e0d9945_4k.jpgPierardii by J Solo, on Flickr

one very determined lizard

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c16ca3a_4k.jpgPierardii by J Solo, on Flickr

I went through my big Nobiles and took off the bigger keikis to hang them in trees around the yard and neighborhood, i liked this lineup after they got their haircuts lol

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c51b484_4k.jpgWhat dis by J Solo, on Flickr

Looking good but help that poor lizard out, all stuck and nowhere to go.

the lizards around my porch are like Ethan Hunt...they manage to get to IMPOSSIBLE spots....

for example....this is a collection of mounts, four of them, hanging in the middle of the patio, they are above 6 ft off the floor and the hook is more than 4 feet from the closest wall...HOW???

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1edba1c_4k.jpgMedusa by J Solo, on Flickr

Well, if slugs fly (and considering the places that I have found them I have to suspect that they do) Leaping Lizards should have an easy time of it.

That one is easy, up the wall, upside down on the ceiling, and then down the metal hanger attached to the ceiling.

easy for YOU maybe!!! i have a tough time with that whole gravity thing :biggrin:

And I still just want lizards!

Hmmmm so I did a bit of research and it you want to google the eating requirements of brown anoles green anoles and curly tail lizards, I can send you whatever I can catch once it is warmer. They will die for sure in cold weather shipping.

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If you think they will survive in your space, just tell me what kind of population you think you can maintain

DC... I just wanna dream about it. I could set up just about anything and make it work. Would do it in a heartbeat if they could sustain themselves outside. I don't want the other six months out of the year maintenance. I've had anoles, etc, in the house. High maintenance. Just WANT them. But it's so kind of you to offer... and everything I can do to keep saying no.

Now... if ya had Italian wall lizards, we'd talk! :biggrin:

LOL!!!
Let me call my herpetologist buddies and I’ll see if I can accommodate you haha

There are Italian wall lizards here in Topeka, but not in the area I'm in. They originated from a lab many years ago that burned down. I've tried catching them numerous times, but they're quick little buggers.

But they thrive here! Outside! I want to pet them and hug them and call them pretty names!