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Orchids on the trees in my Puerto Rico jungle January 2015

Cindy Adair

By Cindy Adair
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Fabulous! :)

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Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Silas_Sancona Grand Master

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Cindy, as always.. Fantastic pictures. Can't wait for updates during the wet season..

-Nathan

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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This one is near the house and was in bud when I arrived. It is great to be here long enough to see it open.

Nicely fragrant too.

The good rain yesterday will likely trigger some buds on other orchids but I will miss the chance to see them open.

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Just a few more open today but lots more will set buds after the rain last night.

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So nice to just tie them to trees and do nothing. In Virginia I must check diligently for pets, repot, water, fertilize, divide, etc. Here, tie them to trees and take photos when they bloom. Oh, occasionally retie if needed or move if the host tree dies but that's about all. Labels do get lost though.

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This last one will likely open much more tomorrow.

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We're having a nice orchid winter in Florida. This Cattylea hybrid has been on a laurel oak trunk for only a year, and has flowered twice. There's no excuse not to plop them, and Oncidiums, in trees. They're cheap, grow fast, and can become luxuriant, amounting to airborne shrubbery.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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Gorgeous Cattleya! None like that on the trees here since I'm back in frigid Virginia! Good thing I have a greenhouse at least!

Cindy Adair

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Nice little dainty flowers. This was growing on a Sabal domingensis but got too shaded and it stopped flowering. Its wired to the trunk of a Copernicia hospita now where it seems to be getting enough sun. Unfortunately only blooms once a year.

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose Grand Master

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I guess it really likes its new spot. Will be the first time its flowered twice - look its shooting out new buds. :wub2:

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Daryl Grand Master

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Lovely photos Cindy! I have a few orchids in my garden now. Here is one I photographed today...

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And one from a few weeks ago...

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Greenhouse only unfortunately in Arizona... These are flowering now though.I have about 200 potted and there's always at least 1 or 2 blooming at any given day of the year.

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Mesa,Arizona

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Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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Beautiful photos folks and your orchids look very healthy too!

Thanks so much for sharing them. Amazing what nature can do along with some help from hybridizers with a vision!

Cindy Adair

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This one has been growing on the trunk of this Hyophorbe verschaffeltii for eight years and has never flowered - until this week :drool:

It was a gift to me from a local orchid collector. Don't know what it is, the tag disappeared about 5 years ago.

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Puerto Rico here I come!

Do they have high-speed internet there?

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