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[Sockhom]

What an incredible display of beauties! To think I just discovered this fantastic thread!

François.

[amphirion]

Thank you very much Francois! About half of my collection has not bloomed for me yet since obtaining them, so this thread will probably be alive for a few years.

[cpa]

Amazing.  I really like dainty flowers and miniature plants in general.

[James 87]

Hi great orchids love the drydellas!!
Cheers Jim

[japetus]

Thought I should share in this thread a photo of the strange flower of a Bulbophyllum wendlandianum which has just flowered to me.

[gaeldu64]

splendid, it looks great

[amphirion]

winter marks a new season of flowers for me...so let's revisit some old favorites. my photography skills have more or less improved--i've learned how to focus. hahahaha.

lepanthes calidictyon


cadetia chionatha


lepanthes martineae


pleurothallis mystax


stigmatostalix ibis


masdevallia exquisita


masdevallia picturata


dendrobium cuthbertsonii


masdevallia nidifica


thanks for taking a look! the next batch of photos should be released soon.

[mobile]

Beautiful plants and photography. The masdevallia nidifica flower looks like a snail :)

[bzyki1991]

mum plis! Awesome

[meizwang]

Thanks for the wonderful photos Jonathan!  Mini orchids remind me of looking at insects under a dissecting scope-up close and personal, they look like aliens!

[Daniel O.]

Again some very nice flowers.
My favorite is Dendrobium cuthbertsonii, it´s really a beauty.

Best regards,
Dani

[Andreas Eils]

I think it is now proven there are aliens on this world! Not in the fauna but in the flora! LOL

Partly very bizarre but nice flowers!


Andreas

[TheInactiveMoth]

I'm so glad that this thread is back! Your orchids make me happy -  so congratulations, and thanks for sharing once again!

[tropicbreeze]

Some really stunning plants/photos there. You can see where Promenaea stapelioides gets its name from. For growing with highland Nepenthes, a lot of Bulbophyllums should be good. It's the largest genus of orchids and many come from highland rainforest.

[amphirion]

thanks for compliments everyone. i do try to bring my best to the table!

in light of the season, i've come bearing some new photos. :)

dryadella albicans


dracula exasperata


restrepia iris


haraella odorata


pleurothallis herphestus


porroglossum sergioi


as always, thanks for taking a look and merry christmahanukwanzaa everyone!

[mobile]

Beautiful plants and photography. I only wish I had the conditions to grow such fantastic plants.

[amphirion]

a somewhat restricted color palette to start off the new year, but beautiful regardless....

scaphosepalum swertifolum


masdevallia decumana


another dryadella albicans shot, no more flowers in a while after this...


trisetella hoejerii


maxillaria schunkeana

Edited by amphirion, 18 January 2013 - 06:29 AM.

[Andreas Eils]

Hi Amphirion,

haha...that Maxillaria schunkeana looks like a miniature tortoise! With a very small head but huge front legs!

Scaphosepalum swertifolum still looks intriguing. And the Masdevallia is just lovely! Really, I love your miniature orchids! I wish I could grow more of them!


Cheers

Andreas

Edited by Andreas Eils, 18 January 2013 - 12:26 PM.

[amphirion]

thanks very much Andreas, out of all the orchids in my collection, Maxillaria schunkeana is the only one the has black flowers, so it holds a special place in the collection. and you should grow more of them--the nicer specimens are much easier to find where you are in comparison to the States.