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Melk, Your plant looks like a Phalaenopsis from the photos. I think that you have it potted in too large a container and you have it too deep into the potting
Hello My name's Melquiades and I got as gift an orchid sometime ago. I didn't know how to atke care of it, and the big leaves and the stick where the flowers
The world-famous Corkscrew Swamp ghost orchid is in bloom again. This is the only ghost orchid whose location is not kept a well-guarded secret, but is rather
Incedibly beautiful and so tiny!! I have passed the link on to some friends. Thank you. Simon. ... From: Prem Subrahmanyam To: orchidspecies@yahoogroups.com
I have updated my blog with photos of the exceedingly rare and elusive orchid, Triphora craigheadii. It is so small that it has gone undetected for many years