Alcatraz visit…finally!
I spend 12 years in the bay area but never took the time to visit Alcatraz! I highly recommend it.Read more
San Francisco botanical garden
A place I enjoy to visit each time I go to San Francisco… A Crescentia cujete or calabash tree in bloom.Read more
San Francisco Orchid Show
I didn’t come back empty-handed from the San Franciso Orchid show…a few orchids and other plants!Read more
Maxillaria tenuifolia – Yellow
One thing is missing – the odor! This orchid smell like coconut, very strong smell especially in the morning and evening.Read more
The new flowers
Cochleantes discolor Pleurothallis sarracenia Bulbophyllum cercanthum x multilforumRead more
Maxillaria variabilis
Synonym: Maxillaria angustifolia; Maxillaria chiriquensis; Maxillaria lyoni ; Maxillaria panamensis ; Maxillaria revoluta ; Maxillaria variabilis subvar. lutea ; Maxillaria variabilis var. unipunctata ; Maxillariella panamensis ; Maxillariella variabilis ; Maxillariella variabilis var. unipunctata Culture conditions: warm to cold Origine: Mexico Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador on or below trees in open or dense humid forests at elevations of 500 to 2500 meter Substrat change: May 2024Read more
Dendrobium Peng Seng (tobaense x cruentum)
Synonym: Culture conditions: intermediate to warm Origine: Substrat change:Read more
Tuberolabium phillipsii (species philippines)
Synonym: Saccolabium Culture conditions: intermediate to warm Origine: Philippines Substrat change: NA Buy: Andy’s orchidRead more
Dracula soennemarkii
Synonym: none Culture conditions: cold but I growth it in intermediate temperature Origine: Ecuador Substrat change: NA Buy: Ecuagenera, July 2023Read more
Anguloa and Om
What is it about this anguloa that attracts Miss Om?Read more
Stelis bivalvis
Name: Stelis bivalvis Luer 2002Read more
Stelis tarantula
Name: Pleurothallis tarantula Luer & Hirtz 1996Read more
Lepanthes uxoria
Name: Lepanthes uxoria Luer & Hirtz 1996Read more
Lepanthes ovalis
Name: Lepanthes ovalis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910Read more
Lepanthes inaequisepala
Name: Lepanthes inaequisepala Luer & J.J.Portilla 2002Read more
Lepanthes estrellensis
Name: Lepanthes estrellensis Ames 1923Read more
Lepanthes fimbriata
Name: Lepanthes fimbriata Ames 1923Read more
Gatrochilus retrocallus yellow lip
Name: Haraella retrocalla (Hayata) Kudô 1930Read more
Dendrobium subuliferum
Name: Dendrobium subuliferum J.J. Sm. 1911Read more
Stelis megaloglossa
Name: Stelis megaloglossaRead more
Stelis nexipous
Name: Stelis nexipous Garay 1958Read more
Restrepia chocoensis
Name:Restrepia chocoensis Garay 1973Read more
Bulbophyllum fascinator
Name: Bulbophyllum fascinator [Rolfe]Rolfe 1908Read more
Bulbophyllum falcatum
Name: Bulbophyllum falcatum [Lindley]Rchb.f 1861Read more
My new orchidarium
I moved to Louisville, Colorado, at the end of August. New place, new conditions, new set up!Read more
Lepanthes ophioglossa
Name: Lepanthes ophioglossa Luer 1983Read more
Dendrobium bellatulum
Name: Dendrobium bellatulum Rolfe 1903Read more
Maxillaria schunkeana
Name: Maxillaria schunkeana M.A. Campacci & R.A. Kautsky 1993Read more
Epidendrum trialatum
Name: Epidendrum trialatum Hágsater 1984Read more
Holcoglassum wangii
Name: Holcoglossum wangii Christenson 1998Read more
Phylatidium tillandsioides
Name:Phymatidium falcifolium Lindl. 1833Read more
Bulbophyllum comosum
Name:Bulbophyllum comosum Collett & Hemsl. 1890Read more
Habanaria medusae
Name: Habenaria medusa Kraenzl. 1893Read more
Dendrobium Antler Purple
Name: Dendrobium Antler – hybridRead more
Platystele reflexa Joan
Name: Platystele reflexa JoanRead more
Aerangis mystacidii
Name: Aerangis mystacidii (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1917Read more
Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis
Name: Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis (Linden & Rchb. f.) Garay & Dunst. 1976Read more
Dendrobium lichenastrum (2)
Name: Bulbophyllum lichenastrum F. Mueller 1870Read more
Cochleanthes discolor
Name: Warczewiczella discolor [Lindley] Rchb.f 1852Read more
Gastrochilus fuscopunctatus
Name: Gastrochilus fuscopunctatus (Hayata) Hayata 1917Read more
Oberonia leytensis
Name: Oberonia leytensis Ames 1920Read more
Maxillaria arbuscula
Name: Maxillaria arbuscula (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1856Read more
Dendrobium chrysocrepis
Name: Dendrobium chrysocrepis C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. ex Hook.f. 1872 Read more
Dendrobium hercoglossum
Name: Dendrobium hercoglossum Rchb. f. 1886Read more
July blooming
And more to come!Read more
Protheschea vitellina (2)
Some flower variations in the same plant: first is missing 2 sepales second is missing 2 sepales and shows some malformation of the petales and sepale third has all sepales and petales, still some irregularity on the petales and sepales and the lower petale is not centered but seems much normale than other flowersRead more
Bulbophyllum maquilingence
Name: Bulbophyllum maquilingense Ames & Quisumb. 1932 Read more
Bulbophyllum echinolabium
Name: Bulbophyllum echinolabium J.J. Sm. 1934Read more
A new pseudo-antique vivarium
I found this beautiful vivarium at Half Moon Flower (12511 San Mateo Rd Unit 6, Half Moon Bay).Read more
Oncibium velutina
Name: Tolumnia velutina (Lindl. ex Paxton) Braem 1986Read more
Dockrillia wassellii
Name: Dockrillia wassellii [S.T.Blake] Breiger 1981Read more
Plastystele reflexa
Name:Platystele reflexa Luer 1981Read more
Protheschea vitellina
Name: Prosthechea vitellina [Lindl] Higgins 1997Read more
Lepanthes estrellensis
Name: Lepanthes estrellensis Ames 1923Read more
Epidendrum englerianum
Name: Epidendrum englerianum F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1899Read more
The tiny jungle
It was open day today (and tomorrow) at The Tiny Jungle and Let talk’s plant in Daly City.Read more
Thrixspermum merguense
Name: Thrixspermum merguense (Hook. f.) Kuntze 1891Read more
Ornithocephalus gladiatus?
Lost the sticker of this orchid so try to figure out which one is it…. let me know if you have an idea… Read more
Oberonia japonica
Name: Oberonia japonica Makino 1877Read more
Bulbophyllum physometrum
Name: Bulbophyllum physometrum J.J.Verm., Suksathan & Watthana 2017Read more
Bon appetit
Wednesday molded last week and became bigger which now allow me to say that she is not a she!Read more
My orchid journal 