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I've been growing orchids for ~5 years now. I got started when one of my colleagues was leaving town for 6 months and since I was growing african violets, he stopped by on the way out of town and dropped off 6 or 7 orchids for me to cultivate. When he got back, several were in bloom (he rarely got them to bloom). As a gift he gave me a BLC Marcelus Koss 'Pink Marvel'. That started the addiction, and now I have more than 100 orchids. The first two years I grew indoors on east facing windows over humidity trays. Two years ago, I built an attached east facing greenhouse/sunroom which has bolstered my blooming rate. My collection includes:

Ansiella africana
Angraecum Longiscott Lea
Beallara Marfitch Howards Dream
Beallara Late Night Red
Brassia Santa Barbara Riverbend
Brassia Fritz Boedoker Witchdoctor
Brassia Rex Sakata AM/AOS
Brassia gireoudiana Maj
Brassia caudatum
Brassia peruviana
Brassia New Start
Brsda Orange Delight Starbek HCC/AOS
Brassavola nodosa
Brassavola nodosa Mas Mejor X Remar
Brassavola Little Stars
Brassavola glauca
Broughtonia sanguinea Star Splash X sib
Cattleytonia Jamaica Red OC
Cattleytonia Why Not Roundabout X self
Cattleytonia Capri Lea
BC Binosa Wabash Valley AM/AOS
BC Cynthia Lilac Gem AM/AOS
BC Hippodamia
BC Makai Mayumi
BC Makai Louise
BC Star Ruby
BL Petite Stars
BL Richard Mueller X self
BLC Golden Mul
BLC Golden Tang
BLC Port Royal Sound Newberry
BLC Ports of Paradise Emerald Isle
BLC Memoria Vida Lee Limelight
C Chocolate Drop Kodama X BLC Normans Bay Lucille
C granulosa John Jensen X sib
C Small Packages
C Brabantiae
C Landate
C schilleriana X schilleriana var sanderiana
C walkeriana Pinkie X Pendentive
C Lulu
C luteola
C bowringiana
C skinneri
Hawkinsara Shino
LC Jungle Flare
LC Maris Love
LC Mini Purple Tamami AM/AOS
LC Mini Purple Coerulea X LC Blue Boy True Blue
LC Rojo
LC Trick or Treat
L anceps Irwins AM/AOS
L pumila
L tenebrosa Rainforest FCC/AOS X Spectabilis AM/AOS
SLC Jewelbox Schehezerade
SLC Jewelbox Dark Waters
SLC Sierra Doll
SLC Jungle Jewel
SLC Love Angel
SC Crystelle Smith JJJ
Sophronitis cernua
Dialaelia Snowflake
Den anosmum
Den aberrans
Den Chiengmai Pink
Den Salaya Ministripe
Den Blue Angel
Den Blue Twinkle
Enc alata
Enc atropurpurea X atropurpurea Bessie Mae
Enc belizensis
Enc cochleata
Enc cordigera X brevifolia
Enc fragrans
Enc mariae
Enc phoenicia
Enc radiata
Enc tampensis
Enc viridiflora
Epi ciliare
Epi oerstedii
Epi Memoria Young C. Lott Newberry
Epi Hokelea
EpLC Don Herman Gold Rush
EpLC Tinker Toy
EpLC Mae Bly
EpC Joseph Riley
Ludisia discolor
Masd. Rose Mary
Masd. Minuta
Masd. Parlatoreana
Maxillaria tenufolia
Miltonia Honolulu Warnes Best
Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono Maui Dream X Maui Fall
Miltoniopsis Alyson Ono Lindsay X santanaei Snowflake AM/AOS
Mtdm Bartley Schwarz Highlander
Miltassia Olmec Kunno X Milt.[Anne Warne X (Anne Warne X spectabilis) vini]
Miltassia Shelob Tolkien AM/AOS
Miltonia Sandys Cove X Belle Glade
McInra Pagan Love Chocolate Thunder
Neofinetia falcata
Neostylis Lou Sneary Lea
Darwinara Charm Blue Star HCC/AOS
Darwinara Charm Blue Star HCC/AD/AOS X Vandafinetia Virgil (4N)
Oncidium ornithorhynchum
Oncidium Sharry Baby
Oncidium Sharry Baby var. aureum
Oncidium Sharry Baby Sweet Fragrance
Oncidium Sharry Baby Two-color
Oncidium Gower Ramsey Volcano Splendor
Oncidium Gower Ramsey
Oncidium ochmatochilum
Oncidium cebolleta
Oncidium sp. (Peru?)
Odontobrassia Billabong Shimmering Waters
Odontocidium Bittersweet Toffee
Oncidium altissimum X Oncidium onustum
Onc. Beverly Wheelock X Onc. Maui Gold
Psychopsis Butterfly
Psychopsis Mariposa Green Valley
Colmanara Wildcat
Colmanara Wildcat
Colmanara Wildcat Merlot Lips
Notylia trisepala
Tolumnia Popoki Mitzi HCC/AOS
Tolumnia Stunner X Orchid World
Paph. Alma Gavaert Terrys Choice X Paph. Docteur Knock Krull Smith
Paph. superbiens #33 X Paph. Emerald Burnt Ruby
Paph callosum X fowliei
Paph Ozette Lake
Paph Utgard X Dark Spell
Paph Makuli Green Mist X gowerianum alba
Paph Delliana Evergreen X chamberlainianum
Paph. (ang-thong v. alba Pitsanaluke X concolor v. alba Yen AM/RNT)
Phrag. bessae
Phrag. Ecua-Bess
Phrag Living Fire
Phrag Dennis Kleinbach X caudatum
Phrag Calurum Select X Dennis Kleinbach
Phrag Sargeant Eric
Phrag Sorcerers Apprentice
Phrag Cardinale Birchwood AM/AOS
Pescatorea dayana
Lycaste aromatica
Doritis buyssoniana
Doritis pulcherima coerulea
Doritis pulcherima alba
Dtps. Black Butterfly Orchis #1
Dtps. Everspring Prince Pretty Cat
Dtps. Malibu Queen
Dtps. Sogo Beach (Leopard Prince X Minho Princess)
Phal. ambionensis
Phal. aphrodite var formosana
Phal. cornu-cervi Knob Creek
Phal. equestris B#100
Phal equestris alba Orchidview
Phal fasciata
Phal. lueddemaniana
Phal. pulchra
Phal. phillipinensis
Phal. schilleriana
Phal. violacea Borneo
Phal. Golden Peoker Nan-Cho AM/AOS
Phal. Hilo Lip
Phal. South Pacific Stripes
Phal Strawberry Wine
Phal Sonoma Spots 018
Phal Hawaiian Hula X venosa
Tetratonia Dark Prince
Asctm ampullaceum
Mokara Salaya Gold
Ascocendra Thai Joy
Vanda Kasems Delight Nova X Ascocendra Chaisiri
Vanda Sansai Blue Blue Moon AM/AOS
Vanda Fuchs Sky
Vanda Roberts Delight
Wilsonara Lisa Devoe
Wilsonara Kolibri
Zygopetalum Blue Lake

I have bloomed approximately half of these plants the other half are mostly too young, with a few recovering from insult or injury.

Vince

I live in: United States

My zone is: z8 AL

My favorite forum 1 is Orchids.

My favorite forum 2 is Growing under Lights.

First registered on December 11,2002.