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Photo right Dendrobium hercoglossum 
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Ready
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Culture.
Ceretobe Dendrobiums...
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New
in Flask.
Zygopetalum mackayii
nigrescens From Brazil. Green sepals and petals, blotched
chocolate, lip veined violet purple. Best grown in a large pot in a Cymbid
type media. Lots of water and fertiliser with the new growth, a drier rest
in winter to encourage flowering. Will grow happily in most conditions
from cool to warm.
Cattleya quadricolor
Flowers to 17cm, blush white to pink somewhat bell like flowers, aka
Cattleya chocoense. It is similar to Cattleya
trianae and requires the same conditions.
Trichoglottis
ionosma Branched spike, yellow spotted brown, lip white,
heart shaped. Article Another
Trichoglottis
Oncidium eurycline
Like Oncidium croesus and barbatum. Sepals and petals dark brown, lip vidid
yellow. Slab culture. An intermediate grower, with lots of sunlight short
of leaf burn to encourage flowering.
Highlighted
species linked to photographs and cultural notes.
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New
in Plants.
Seedlings 5 and 7.5 cm pots
Aerides
jarkianum I.W. Philippines Spikes of waxy burgundy flowers, fragrant.
Dendrobium punamense
I New Guinea A minature Latourea with green and white flowers.
Paph
spicerianum giganteum C.I.W. India Clear green, white, lip green
brown, veined. Flowers to 10cm
Dendrobium
spectabile I. New Guinea Latourea. Large weird twisted
flowers, yellow/green red stripes/spots
Cattleyopsis ortgiesiana
Rare. Smaller grower, large brilliant rose-magenta to pale rose flowers
to 5cm.Rare.
Community pot of 6 plants
Paphiopedilum praestans x primulinum
I. Yellow striped red praestans
crossed all yellow primulinum.
A yellow Paph jogjae?
Highlighted
species linked to photographs and cultural notes.
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Ready
to Replate.
Some Aussies.
Cymbidium
suave Clear green flowers, lip with a dark disc.
Fragrant.
Dendrobium
wassellii Stout erect terete leaf. Showy plumes
of white flowers, slabs/basket
Dendrobium
discolor "giant" Flowers larger than normal, rich
yellow brown, margins much crisped. Belongs to the Ceretobe Dendrobes,
see article below.
Dendrobium species SP4/B001025  Photo
below. New Guinea. New species, large chocolate brown antelope, blue labellum.
See article below
Phaius bernaysii yellow
Australia. Lutino. Like Phaius
tankervilleae but yellow with yellow and white lip.(Linked for culture
notes) Sib cross 2 good clone sthat did not self pollinate.
From the Philippines
Gramm
marteae Tall spikes of large filled in fls to 8 cm, rich
dark glossy brown. Very showy Article Grammatophyllums;
In the wild and in the orchid house,
And from Brazil
Cattleya nobilior amaliae x self.
Stout bulb, flowers to 13cm, flat, glistening blue flush petals, semi alba.
Large flat textured flowers. Showy, much like
Cattleya walkeriana and linked for culture notes.
Dendrobium hercoglossum
( Photo top of page) Thailand. Small growing softcane species, clusters
of pink purple flowers enmass. Fragrant. Does well in a small pot or on
a slab of trefern with extra water.
Species highlighted are links to photos.
More photos at www.speciesorchids.com/photos.html
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Culture.
Ceretobe Dendrobiums.
Dendrobium
nindii A native of North Queensland where it grows epiphytically
on the edges of mangroves and in swamps, thus requiring warm and high humidity
conditions. It also extends into New Guinea, that form usually referred
to as Dend ionoglossum.
Dendrobium
taurinum is a very warm growing species from the tropical parts
of the Philippines. A very showy white and rich magenta antelope orchid,
often called the Bull Orchid for its large robust horn like petals.
Dendrobium
green antelope This appears to be a cooler growing species that originated
from New Guinea. It is perhaps best described as a green Dend cochlioides,
being somewhat similar, but with larger flowers and tall twisted antlers.
Perhaps best grown on a piece of treefern, as it tends to climb up out
of a pot.
Dendrobium
lasianthera "Sepik Blue" is a warm growing Ceretobe
Dendrobium from a wet and hot part of the world, the Sepik River
of North West New Guinea. See "Captain Blood's Sepik Blue Dendrobe"
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The Ceretobe are usually rampant growers, requiring
a well drained shallow pot or basket, with a rich media that will
also drain well but still retain moisture, to stay just damp but not wet.
Maximum sunlight, even to slight leaf burn, will ensure flowering, and
ofcourse a warm place if you do not live in the wet tropics.
When the
plant is in active growth, a lot of fertiliser will be of benefit. While
the plants can grow to a fair size, a small pot with a bit of excess sunlight
tends to keep the canes managable.
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Humour.
Signs of the times...
In a resturant in Zambia - "Open seven days a week and weekends."
On the grounds of a private school in South Africa - "No trespassing
without permission"
On a window of a Nigerian shop: "Why go elsewhere to be cheated
when you can come here?
On a poster in Ghana: "Are you an adult who cannot read? if
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In a hotel in Mozambique: "Visitors are expected to complain
at the office between the hours of 9.00am and 11.00am daily."
On a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Take note:
when this sign is submerged, the river is impassable."
In a Zimbabwean resturant: "Customers who find our waitresses
rude ought to see the manager."
A sign seen on a hand dryer in a Lesotho public toilet: "Risk
of electric shock-do not activate with wet hands."
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