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I bought my first orchid in Kingston, Ontario while doing my undergrad about nine years ago. When I moved to St. Johns, Newfoundland to do my masters, I left a few plants behind and took some with me (by then I was an addict). I have since left the east coast and moved to Calgary. Once again I had to leave some plants behind. I did manage to bring with me three plants which Ive had for about 8 years that am particularly attached to. I discovered the local orchid nursery (Paramount Orchids) and its been downhill since. No I have access to many unusual species which I can never resist.

I currently have more than 90 different species and a few hybrids and am fighting the urge to get more. I am much more interested in species that hybrids and I prefer species that grow large, but can only accomodate small ones at the moment. Those plants that readily produce keikis or vegetatively reproduce rapidly, I love. That way you can have more plants and trade or give them away as gifts. I grow them by south and west facing windows in winter with added artificial light and outside in the sumer, on a south and west facing balcony.

• Acineta beyrodtiana potted in bark
• Aerangis citrata (mounted on cork, BS)
• Aerangis fastuosa (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Aerangis modesta (mounted on cork, BS)
• Aerangis punctata (mounted on cork, BS)
• Aeranthes grandiflora (potted)
• Anacheilium radiatum (potted in leca)
• Angaecum didieri (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Angraecum florulentum (potted in basket with bark, NBS)
• Angraecum scottianum (mounted on fern bark, NBS)
• Ansellia africana (potted in fir bark, almost dead)
• Barkeria halbingeri (mounted on cork, BS)
• Barkeria lindleyana Mounted
• Bulbophyllum affine (mounted on cedar bark, NBS)
• Bulbophyllum blumei Mounted
• Bulbophyllum mysorense (mounted on fern slab, NBS) (starting to think it was mislabelled, might be B. ambrosia)
• Bulbophyllum guttulatum
• Bulbophyllum sp.
• Bulbophyllum sp.
• Bulbophyllum sp. (mounted on tree fern)
• Calanthe triplicata (potted in bark/CHC/soil/sphag mix, BS)
• Catasetum maculatum (potted in CHC, BS)
• Cattleya schilleriana Mounted
• Cattleya skinneri (potted in CHC, NBS)
• Cirrhopetalum pulchellum (mounted on cedar bark, BS)
• Coelogyne cristata (potted in sphagnum/bark mix, NBS)
• Coelogyne nitida Mounted
• Coelogyne ovalis (mounted on elm bark, BS)
• Comparettia speciosa (mounted on fern bark, BS)
• Cycnoches peruvianum (potted in CHC, NBS)
• Dendrobium aphyllum (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Dendrobium dichaeoides Little Giant (mounted on cork, BS)
• Dendrobium kingianum (potted in fir bark, BS)
• Dendrobium laevifolium (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Dendrobium lituiflorum (mounted on fern slab, S)
• Dendrobium loddigesii (mounted on cork, S)
• Dendrobium lawesii (potted on tree fern, NBS)
• Dendrobium tetragonum var tetragonum (mounted on cork bark, BS)
• Dendrobium tortile (mounted on cork bark, BS)
• Dendrochilum cobbianum (potted in CHC, BS)
• Dendrochilum magnum (potted in CHC, S)
• Dendrochilum wenzelii (potted in fir bark, BS)
• Dockrillia striolata mounted on cherry wood, NBS)
• Encyclia alata (potted in bark, S)
• Encyclia polybulbon Gold Country (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Epibator serpentinus, previously known as Zootrophion serpentinum (mounted on wood slat, NBS)
• Epidendrum calanthum (potted in CHC, BS)
• Epidendrum ibaguense (mounted on cork, S)
• Epidendrum radicans (potted in standard orchid mix, NBS)
• Eria acervata Potted
• Gastrocheilus calceolaris (mounted on cork, BS)
• Gongora cassidea (potted in clay pellets, BS)
• Habenaria macrantha? potted
• Haraella retrocalla (mounted on cork, BS)
• Kingidium deliciosum (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Laelia lundii (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Laelia dayana (mounted on cork, BS)
• Lepanthes elegantula mounted on tree fern slab
• Lockhartia lunifera (mounted on driftwood, BS
• Liparis condylobulbon (potted in CHC, BS)
• Ludisia discolor (potting soil and fir bark, BS)
• Lycaste cruenta (potted in sphagnum, S)
• Masdevallia veitchiana (potted in sphagnum, S)
• Maxillaria pseudoreichenheimiana (mounted on tree fern)
• Maxillaria tenuifolia (potted in leca and sphagnum)
• Maxillaria variabilis (potted in bark)
• Maxillaria venusta (mounted on corck, BS)
• Mediocalcar decotarum (mounted on driftwood, BS)
• Miltonia spectabilis var moreliana (potted in fine bark, S)
• Mormolyca ringens (mounted on driftwood, BS)
• Neolehmannia porpax (mounted on tree fern, NBS)
• Neolucheae pulchella (mounted on tree fern, NBS)
• Oerstedella centradenia (mounted on cork, NBS)
• Ornithophora radicans (mounted on elm bark, BS)
• Paphiopedilum appletonianum, (potted in bark)
• Paphiopedilum spicerianum (potted in bark, NBS)
• Paphiopedilum sukhakulii (potted in bark and soil, S)
• Phalaenopsis parishii (mounted on cork, BS)
• Phalaenopsis celebensis Mounted
• Phalaenopsis violacea Mounted
• Pleurothallis restrepioides Dragonstone CBR/AOS (1 potted in fir bark, BS)
• Pleurothallis secunda (potted in bark-sphagnum mix, BS)
• Promenaea rollinsonii (potted in bark and sphagnum mix, BS)
• Restrepia guttulata (mounted on tree fern, S)
• Restrepia maculata (mounted on cork, BS)
• Restrepia roseola (mounted on tree fern, BS)
• Saccolabium quisimbingii (mounted on driftwood, NBS)
• Sarcochilus harmannii (potted in scoria with some leaf litter and fir bark, S)
• Schoenorchis fragrans (mounted on stick, NBS)
• Smitinandia micrantha (mounted on treefern, BS)
• Sobralia dorbigyana (potted in soil and bark mix, S)
• Sophronitis cernua (mounted on cork, BS)
• Stanhopea wardii (mounted on cork, S)
• Stelis glomerosa Magic Lantern (mounted on a stick, BS)
• Symphoglossum sanguineum potted on CCH and sphagnum
• Tolumnia velutina (mounted on cork bark, NBS)
• Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes (mounted on tree fern, BS)
• Vanilla planifolia (potted in bark/soil mix, S)