September 18, 2011
Miniatures

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Bottom row: 1) Acronia sanchoi  2) Pleurothallis corniculata 3) Bulbophyllum tingabarinum
4) Pleurothallis alata 5) Lepanthopsis astrophora 'Stalky' 6) Dendrobium laevifolium
Middle row: 1) Ondicium edwallii 2) Angraecum distichum 3) Aerangis luteo-alba v. rhodostichta
4) Dendrobium reflexitepalum
Top row:  1) Restrepia brachypus 'Orange' 2) Restrepia xanthophthalma 3) Restrepia striata
4) Scaphosepalum anchoriferun 'Fortuna Rojo' 5) Maxillaria uncata
 

Bulbophyllum tingabarinum  miniature sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte is found in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia with a tetragonal, pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptical leaf that blooms in the fall and winter.

Ondicium edwallii a small, warm to cool growing epiphytic species found in the Serra do Mar of Sao Paulo State Brazil in hot humid lowlands of the coast and interior marshlands has rounded, sharply laterally compressed, psuedobulbs. It blooms in the spring with a few to many flowered inflorescence arising on a newly matured pseudobulb.

Angraecum distichum this miniature to small sized, hot and humid growing, Lockhartia-like epiphyte  is found in many regions in Africa growing on large trees in rain forests. Mature plants form large clumps and blooms on a very short, solitary flowered inflorescence with a long-lived, small, fragrant flower occuring at any time of the year on new leaves and most often more than one.

Aerangis luteo-alba v. rhodostichta This miniature to small sized, epiphytic species is found in the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in  forests on small twigs and branches of bushes and trees, rarely on trunks. They can bloom in the winter or spring and they have fragrant flowers in two flat rows, on an arching or pendulous inflorescence with small floral bracts. In the summer the plant is in full growth and they need high humidity and plenty of water and fertilizer until mid autumn when it should be reduced, but not to the point of being dry.

Dendrobium laevifolium a mini-miniature, warm to hot growing epiphyte that occurs on moss covered trees in the South West Pacific. It  blooms on a very short,  1 to few flowered inflorescence that arise from the nodes at the apex of the leafless stems and occurring in the summer. Slightly reduce water and withhold fertilizer until new growth is initiated in the spring.

Dendrobium reflexitepalum a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found in Java and Sumatra. The stems erect in youth becoming pendulous with age blooms in the fall, winter and early spring on young stems from the tip. and on older plants from along the leafless apical portion with a single flowered, short inflorescence.

Restrepia brachypus and Restrepia striata a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte found in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia in wet montane forests.   They prefer lower light and high humidity.  They flower almost anytime but mostly in winter and spring on threadlike,  single flowered inflorescence. Can be grown mounted or in pots.
Restrepia xanthophthalma a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia to Peru in wet montane forests. Again low light is preferred and high  humidity. Can be grown mounted or in pots. Blooms anytime during the year.

Scaphosepalum anchoriferun  a warm to cool growing epiphyte found in Costa Rica and Panama in premontane and lower montane rainforests.  They bloom in late summer to early fall, preferring low light and high humidity.

Maxillaria uncata  small, temperature tolerant, creeping epiphyte, found in French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador Peru and Brazil in wet montane rainforests. They bloom through the late spring, summer, fall and winter months on a single flowered inflorescence.  They can be grown either mounted  or in a fine mix in semi-shade and constant year round conditions.

I encourage you to checkout our upcoming events page, for the activities at Parkside now through the end of the year. We already have had two classes one on Growing Orchids in the Home and a second on Repotting Orchids. I would especially like to bring your attention to the all day Symposium on November 12. This day will include several talks and of course a very special Parkside style lunch. 

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