- Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:19 pm
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But for now, an update, saturday I went in a kind of long walk of 22km that I always wanted to do, it is going down from my cartago house, then up a mountain, go down again into a valley, cross some rivers and back up through another road, in a complete circle.. The thing is, that I found a really big population of orchids, mostly of this 2 species, many others were there of course, but the ones I got to see in bloom were this 2, enjoy!
This is Epidendrum radicans, is very interesting, you normally would expect orchids on the trees, but then I discovered this plant grows in the vertical walls of dirt on the sides of the road! it is very common around there! The soil is completely clay like, and I think very poor in nutrients.
This one is named Epidendrum F. pupulin, or I think so, it is very similar in shape as the one I saw in a botanical garden recently. In nature it grows in trees, rocks, live fences and many more places!
alikaren wrote:I'm terrible at growing orchids :p. I just stick to the easy ones, like phals and paphs. I guess phals are hard for you to grow because your climate is so much different. For me, in California, it is SO easy. But we normally have very mild weather and I can understand it.Maybe I have learned a bit or this particular clome is very a resistant one, because my last phalaelopsis, which I won in a raffle at an orchid convention, has 2 flower stalks right now, I'll post some photos later.
The first time I got an orchid, I thought it was amazing. Soon, though, the flower stem dried up and I thought it died! I literally didn't water it for 4 months or so. That's when it flowered again and I realised it didn't die!
It's terrible poachers would devastate Cattleya Downiana populations just for extra money. Sadly, most people are selfish about things like this now.
For some reason, I love green-flowered orchids.
Also, just wondering, do you have an aquarium? I'm asking this because I like the tetra in your avatar
But for now, an update, saturday I went in a kind of long walk of 22km that I always wanted to do, it is going down from my cartago house, then up a mountain, go down again into a valley, cross some rivers and back up through another road, in a complete circle.. The thing is, that I found a really big population of orchids, mostly of this 2 species, many others were there of course, but the ones I got to see in bloom were this 2, enjoy!
This is Epidendrum radicans, is very interesting, you normally would expect orchids on the trees, but then I discovered this plant grows in the vertical walls of dirt on the sides of the road! it is very common around there! The soil is completely clay like, and I think very poor in nutrients.
This one is named Epidendrum F. pupulin, or I think so, it is very similar in shape as the one I saw in a botanical garden recently. In nature it grows in trees, rocks, live fences and many more places!
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