I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom, fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Hi, Joanna,

I know your conditions are mainly low light, but if you can manage a bit
more light you may want to try some of the intergenerics. Miltassias are
frequent bloomers, easy to grow, and put up with a good amount of abuse. I
have them in high light and some in lower light, and they do well in both
locations. A bonus is that the flowers last for quite a while. Try these;
they are really rewarding!

Diana

Hi Joanna,

I love it when two threads can be tied together. I posted a couple of
pictures of a plant to abpo that I think fits the bill for flower activity.
I bought the plant as Paph chamberlainianum var. sumatra, but I think Cash
would define it as Paph victoria-regina. What ever you call it, a single
bloom spike will keep blooming for years. In the plant photo the spike with
the bud is the older spike. Each bracket on the spike shows where a flower
has been. The older spike has 22 brackets and an active tip. At two months
per bloom, this spike has been in continual activity for almost four years
now. Get this, a cross made with a flower on the older spike is now coming
out of bottles while the spike still blooms on.

I grow a couple different species from the subgenus Cochlopetalum and must
say that moquettianum, liemianum, and victoria-regina are very similar, but
you can tell them apart. Do the differences justify different species?
Haha, I'm just a farmer. But what really makes this subgenus so hard is all
the different names that are and have been used for registration and on
labels. When in doubt just call it a chamberlainianum and 99.5% of the
people will not give you a hard time. All that being said, of the three
species above, only victoria-regina blooms for over a year on a single spike
for me. I do not have a glaucophyllum, but have heard it too has a very
long bloom time but has smaller flowers. (yes they look similar to the
species above and in fact some people consider mosquettianum a variety
glaucophyllum while others consider glaucophyllum a subspecies of
victoria-regina).

Pat


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom, fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Hi Joanna,

I love it when two threads can be tied together. I posted a couple of
pictures of a plant to abpo that I think fits the bill for flower activity.
I bought the plant as Paph chamberlainianum var. sumatra, but I think Cash
would define it as Paph victoria-regina. What ever you call it, a single
bloom spike will keep blooming for years. In the plant photo the spike with
the bud is the older spike. Each bracket on the spike shows where a flower
has been. The older spike has 22 brackets and an active tip. At two months
per bloom, this spike has been in continual activity for almost four years
now. Get this, a cross made with a flower on the older spike is now coming
out of bottles while the spike still blooms on.

I grow a couple different species from the subgenus Cochlopetalum and must
say that moquettianum, liemianum, and victoria-regina are very similar, but
you can tell them apart. Do the differences justify different species?
Haha, I'm just a farmer. But what really makes this subgenus so hard is all
the different names that are and have been used for registration and on
labels. When in doubt just call it a chamberlainianum and 99.5% of the
people will not give you a hard time. All that being said, of the three
species above, only victoria-regina blooms for over a year on a single spike
for me. I do not have a glaucophyllum, but have heard it too has a very
long bloom time but has smaller flowers. (yes they look similar to the
species above and in fact some people consider mosquettianum a variety
glaucophyllum while others consider glaucophyllum a subspecies of
victoria-regina).

Pat


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom, fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Hi Joanna,

I love it when two threads can be tied together. I posted a couple of
pictures of a plant to abpo that I think fits the bill for flower activity.
I bought the plant as Paph chamberlainianum var. sumatra, but I think Cash
would define it as Paph victoria-regina. What ever you call it, a single
bloom spike will keep blooming for years. In the plant photo the spike with
the bud is the older spike. Each bracket on the spike shows where a flower
has been. The older spike has 22 brackets and an active tip. At two months
per bloom, this spike has been in continual activity for almost four years
now. Get this, a cross made with a flower on the older spike is now coming
out of bottles while the spike still blooms on.

I grow a couple different species from the subgenus Cochlopetalum and must
say that moquettianum, liemianum, and victoria-regina are very similar, but
you can tell them apart. Do the differences justify different species?
Haha, I'm just a farmer. But what really makes this subgenus so hard is all
the different names that are and have been used for registration and on
labels. When in doubt just call it a chamberlainianum and 99.5% of the
people will not give you a hard time. All that being said, of the three
species above, only victoria-regina blooms for over a year on a single spike
for me. I do not have a glaucophyllum, but have heard it too has a very
long bloom time but has smaller flowers. (yes they look similar to the
species above and in fact some people consider mosquettianum a variety
glaucophyllum while others consider glaucophyllum a subspecies of
victoria-regina).

Pat


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom, fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Pat,
Thank you! I will definitely look into Paph victoria-regina now that I know
how active it is.
Joanna

"Pat Brennan" wrote in message
...
Hi Joanna,

I love it when two threads can be tied together. I posted a couple of
pictures of a plant to abpo that I think fits the bill for flower
activity.
I bought the plant as Paph chamberlainianum var. sumatra, but I think Cash
would define it as Paph victoria-regina. What ever you call it, a single
bloom spike will keep blooming for years. In the plant photo the spike
with
the bud is the older spike. Each bracket on the spike shows where a
flower
has been. The older spike has 22 brackets and an active tip. At two
months
per bloom, this spike has been in continual activity for almost four years
now. Get this, a cross made with a flower on the older spike is now
coming
out of bottles while the spike still blooms on.

I grow a couple different species from the subgenus Cochlopetalum and must
say that moquettianum, liemianum, and victoria-regina are very similar,
but
you can tell them apart. Do the differences justify different species?
Haha, I'm just a farmer. But what really makes this subgenus so hard is
all
the different names that are and have been used for registration and on
labels. When in doubt just call it a chamberlainianum and 99.5% of the
people will not give you a hard time. All that being said, of the three
species above, only victoria-regina blooms for over a year on a single
spike
for me. I do not have a glaucophyllum, but have heard it too has a very
long bloom time but has smaller flowers. (yes they look similar to the
species above and in fact some people consider mosquettianum a variety
glaucophyllum while others consider glaucophyllum a subspecies of
victoria-regina).

Pat


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom,
fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I
define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity
level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by
without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Pat,
Thank you! I will definitely look into Paph victoria-regina now that I know
how active it is.
Joanna

"Pat Brennan" wrote in message
...
Hi Joanna,

I love it when two threads can be tied together. I posted a couple of
pictures of a plant to abpo that I think fits the bill for flower
activity.
I bought the plant as Paph chamberlainianum var. sumatra, but I think Cash
would define it as Paph victoria-regina. What ever you call it, a single
bloom spike will keep blooming for years. In the plant photo the spike
with
the bud is the older spike. Each bracket on the spike shows where a
flower
has been. The older spike has 22 brackets and an active tip. At two
months
per bloom, this spike has been in continual activity for almost four years
now. Get this, a cross made with a flower on the older spike is now
coming
out of bottles while the spike still blooms on.

I grow a couple different species from the subgenus Cochlopetalum and must
say that moquettianum, liemianum, and victoria-regina are very similar,
but
you can tell them apart. Do the differences justify different species?
Haha, I'm just a farmer. But what really makes this subgenus so hard is
all
the different names that are and have been used for registration and on
labels. When in doubt just call it a chamberlainianum and 99.5% of the
people will not give you a hard time. All that being said, of the three
species above, only victoria-regina blooms for over a year on a single
spike
for me. I do not have a glaucophyllum, but have heard it too has a very
long bloom time but has smaller flowers. (yes they look similar to the
species above and in fact some people consider mosquettianum a variety
glaucophyllum while others consider glaucophyllum a subspecies of
victoria-regina).

Pat


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom,
fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I
define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity
level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by
without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Paph. Pinnochio also tends to make lots of sequential flowers -- we have one
now that's on it's 8th on the same spike, with another bud showing.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom, fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Paph. Pinnochio also tends to make lots of sequential flowers -- we have one
now that's on it's 8th on the same spike, with another bud showing.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
news:bLUDd.1044$C.659@trnddc05...
I have been thinking that the orchids that I enjoy the most are the ones
with the most frequent activities.

What I count as activities include spiking, new branch, new bloom, fading
bloom, new growth, new leaf, kiekie, new aerial roots, etc. -- so I define
activities fairly loosely, if it changes frequently, that's good in my
book.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me additional species or
hybrids that I should look at that also exhibit a frequent activity level.
The main caveat is that my light is low to medium at best, and I can
handle
only warm growers that do well in windowsill culture.

Among my favorites that have frequent activities that I have thus far:

Dtps Talitha's Gem (sequential)
Paph Amelia Hart Alexander (sequential)
phal equestris (really neat and very active species, sequential, blooms
more
than once a year, hopefully will kiekie, etc.)
paph malipoense (though it is in spike forever, not a week goes by without
it changing significantly, it's intriguing)

Any additional suggestions will be appreciated, and may go on my wish
list.
:-)

Thanks,
Joanna

Entering this thread late...

I have a Platystele oxyglossa that has been in constant bloom since I
bought it last February. It currently has about 14 inflorescences and
is showing no signs of letting up.

I have a picture at
http://www.mxd120.com/mxd120/orchids...glossa-400.jpg

It doesn't show the whole plant, though. I think I may enter in the
Philly Flower Show this year.

I grow mine under lights, and it is often shaded by the bigger plants,
so I think it may do well on a windowsill.

--Matt

J Fortuna wrote:

.........................
..............................
At this point though I have decided to order a Burr Nelly Isler 'Swiss
Beauty' for now, since I have long been eyeing this intergeneric hybrid, and
have finally decided to take the plunge and get it. I love the fact that its
looks have so much Miltonia in it, since Miltonias are among my favorite
orchids, though I have never had one fearing that the temperatures can get
too high in our apartment for a Milt (especially when the air conditioning
is acting up in the middle of summer, as sometimes happens here). However,
this intergeneric hybrid sounds like its more diverse in the kinds of
conditions it will tolerate, so I hope it will do well here. Well, we shall
see.............


Wow, that is a nice looking plant. I just looked it up and found this:
http://www.orchidweb.com/images/BNelly6l.jpg
I think I'll start my own wish list.

Steve

J Fortuna wrote:
I have never had one fearing that the temperatures can get
too high in our apartment for a Milt ...

Joanna, are you afraid your Milt would melt??? grin
--
Reka

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"J Fortuna"
At this point though I have decided to order a Burr Nelly Isler 'Swiss
Beauty' for now

The only thing I notice with mine is the color on the
flowers fades quicker than I'd prefer, even with
careful shading while in bloom.

I have around 30 orchids. No two the same. I forget
who sigs with "there's always room for one more orchid..."
but I seriously don't have room in my current set up for
one more - not even a sickie in a zippy. Basically, they're
on a large, low coffee table in front of a southeast double
picture window. I keep the humidity at 45-50%. The
windows have wooden blinds which can block light as
needed. Because they're packed in so tightly they have
a good little micro climate going on.

A local greenhouse gets orchids from a grower in CA to
sell over the holidays. I told him I'd take any orchids he
wanted to get rid of since he tosses them after they bloom
anyway. :-( He called last week and I picked up 3

Dtps. Taisuco Valentine
Vuyl. Linda Isler 'Red'
Vul. Melissa Brianne 'Shady Ladys' HCC/AOS

As I looked over at the orchid display area, he easily had
20 more assorted orchids with ready to fade blooms. :-o
I hope he sells them!

Ruth CM

RPM1 wrote:
"J Fortuna"

At this point though I have decided to order a Burr Nelly Isler 'Swiss
Beauty' for now


The only thing I notice with mine is the color on the
flowers fades quicker than I'd prefer, even with
careful shading while in bloom.

I have around 30 orchids. No two the same. I forget
who sigs with "there's always room for one more orchid..."
but I seriously don't have room in my current set up for
one more - not even a sickie in a zippy. Basically, they're
on a large, low coffee table in front of a southeast double
picture window. I keep the humidity at 45-50%. The
windows have wooden blinds which can block light as
needed. Because they're packed in so tightly they have
a good little micro climate going on.

A local greenhouse gets orchids from a grower in CA to
sell over the holidays. I told him I'd take any orchids he
wanted to get rid of since he tosses them after they bloom
anyway. :-( He called last week and I picked up 3

Dtps. Taisuco Valentine
Vuyl. Linda Isler 'Red'
Vul. Melissa Brianne 'Shady Ladys' HCC/AOS

As I looked over at the orchid display area, he easily had
20 more assorted orchids with ready to fade blooms. :-o
I hope he sells them!

Ruth CM


Sounds like it is time to buy some lights! I would recommend you start
with a 400 W metal halide. :-)

Steve

"Steve"
Sounds like it is time to buy some lights! I would recommend you start
with a 400 W metal halide. :-)

snort! Hoo-boy, that sounds like a slippery slope. ;-)

How sick is this? We've been kicking around the idea of
putting a fairly substantial addition onto our home. My
first thought? Orchid environment placement, natch. ;-)
Nothing like plunking down 100+K so ones little, green
buddies are happy, huh? LOL

Ruth CM