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Orchids in bloom in Puerto Rico this week

Cindy Adair

By Cindy Adair
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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These are almost all orchids that after inspection I have boxed up and moved from my Virginia collection to my farm in PR.

So much easier to care for them here since once tied onto trees I have done nothing.

Well occasionally the tree dies and I need to retie the orchid. Or the orchid tie comes loose before the roots have firmly attached and I retie the plant.

No watering. No repotting. No treating for bugs. No fertilizing.

I lose some labels but that can happen with potted plants too. And I have a better idea of which trees are best and which microclimates for which genus.

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Cindy Adair Grand Master

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That's all for now.

Tomorrow I will start attaching the plants I got at the Redlands Orchid show this past weekend.

What orchids are blooming for you this week?

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Off to plant a box of orchids from the Redlands Orchid fest! Yes, I was in line at least 30 minutes before it opened last Friday. Such fun!

As of daybreak 34 orchids ( most from Virginia collected over years) to attach to their new home in PR.

Besides orchids, the box holds my phone, lots of recycled plastic IV line tubing, metal labels and orange flagging tape plus pruners to cut the inevitable vines and pack of peanut butter crackers that I've learned to carry to sustain me as I hike around. A quick stroll can easily turn into hours around here as I want to look at "just one more thing".post-4111-0-16635400-1432233308_thumb.jp

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Love it!!

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Colorful precious gems for the garden, how exciting! Isn't it fun to arrive and find them in bloom? Finding each bloom feels like opening a present! I look forward to a similar experience soon.

Right now the indoor Phalaenopsis that were birthday gifts from about 20 months ago are coming into bloom. Since early April they have bloomed successively, the last one about to pop open the final flower on the spray.

Kim Cyr

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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I agree with your sentiments Kim.

Saw ( and purchased) one I'd never seen before at the local farmer's market.

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It's tied to a tree near my porch now...

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I agree with your sentiments Kim.

Saw ( and purchased) one I'd never seen before at the local farmer's market.

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It's tied to a tree near my porch now...

Apparently it's Thecostele alata which is a monotypic genus as identified by a past president of the Amercan orchid society who now lives in PR.

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