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I grow orchids, but I kill them (I murder other plants too) 📍Southern California 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦

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Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 3h

I could not resist the color of this orchid.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Royal Tapestry

#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

Very purple corsage orchid flowers

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

As suspected, this isn’t white as the seller suggested. I am not even sure if the ID is correct. 🫤

Paphiopedilum Memoria Albert Eickhoff (P. stonei × P. kolopakingii)

#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

Slipper orchid flower and buds. Flower has a brown slipper and thin greenish lateral petals and white dorsal sepal with dark brown vertical stripes.

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous 🌱📷

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

It makes me cringe so hard when I see ice cubes 😬🌱

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

No ice cubes please. They can cause root burn. 🌱

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

No ice cubes please. Just water and dairy completely.

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

Ice cubes are not recommended. They can cause root burn. Water generously and let drain completely before returning it to the decorative pot. 🌱

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

Keep it away from heater and cold drafts. Put it away from direct sun but in a bright area. Water once a week generously and let water drain completely before returning it into the decorative pot. Don’t use ice cubes which will burn roots.

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Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a good match

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 1d

The golden yellow on this was tempting.

Oncidium alliance hybrid (NoID)

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Orange yellow orchid flowers with large tongue like labellum

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 3d

The color on this orchid is so rich.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Ruby Delight-Memoria Alida Laboy

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Blood red mini Cattleya flower and bud

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 4d

In a week, flowers on this orchid have filled out nicely.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Dream Circle ‘Beverly’

#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

Red corsage orchid with a patch of yellow in the throat of the labellum

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t remember buying this.

Cattleya Victorian Lace x C. violacea

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Pair of white corsage orchid flowers

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 6d

I got this orchid several months ago and it survived through the summer heat. But I wish the flower was red.

Dendrobium cuthbertsonii var. agathodaemonis

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miniature pink Dendrobium orchid flower with a tiny bud in the foreground

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 6d

That’s a beauty 🌱📷

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 7d

I think this particular cultivar must be grown en mass for the retail trade. It looks very similar to a previous post.

Zygopetalum hybrid (NoID)

#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

Zygopetalum orchid flowers with brown petals edged in light green and a purple labellum

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 7d

It was $20 at Trader Joe’s grocery store. Used to be $16, but we now have a fascist government.

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 8d

These pansy orchids are quite temping to buy.

Miltoniopsis hybrid (NoID)

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Maroon pansy orchid flowers

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 9d

I got this thinking it’s going to have white flowers, but it doesn’t look like it.

Paphiopedilum Memoria Albert Eickhoff (P. stonei × P. kolopakingii)

#orchid #flowers #gardening #nature #bloomscrolling #photography #macrophotopraphy #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky

Slipper orchid flower buds

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 10d

Finally I have a blue Vanda flowering for me. I grow this outdoors all year round.

Vanda Chulee Classic ‘Blue No. 5’

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Vanda orchid flowers with blue tessellated pattern over a white background

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 11d

Phalaenopsis definitely require cooler nights to set flowers. Normally that happens in the fall and winter but it must have been cool for them when I put them out in the spring.

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 11d

Wow congratulations.
That looks fantastic. 🌱📷

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 11d

I also grew this outdoors this summer and it has 2 new spikes & 1 from an old spike. Its ID might be Fuller’s Black Leopard.

Phalaenopsis hybrid (NoID) ‘Anne’s Resilience’

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Spotted moth orchid flower on an inflorescence with additional buds to open.

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 11d

I took out all my orchids this summer. They seemed very happy with the air and brighter light.

Orchids @orchids.bsky.social · 11d

If it gets lower than 60F, Phals should be brought indoors, but I’ve pushed them down to 55F. It’s probably not too good if kept out for too many nights.