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Hello and Greetings,

 

Like you, I have a lot of time to focus on my orchids.  If you have a question about orchids, feel free to ask by sending questions via e-mail to 

 

 

 

 

May - Annual Orchid Auction -  wait and see mode, stay tuned

 

 

Meanwhile....

 

The rest of the month I will be working on small groups of my orchids.  The nice thing is that over 30 are dormant and just waking from a short winter's rest and started new growth but it is way too soon to start watering them.

 

I will be doing some in-depth research via the internet on them, cleaning any scruff from the old growth and making some notes on appropriate care for the up-coming growth cycle.

 

Look a your own collection of orchids, perhaps do the same, clean, fluff, and give them some extra attention in this era of unexpected free time.

 

 

 

 

Orchids awarded a ribbon at the 2019 Show this past October can be found here.

 

Interested in the orchids in a specific group?  Search orchid alliances (Cymbidiums, Cattleya, etc) starting here

 

 

Latest Catasetinae additions and Grow Blogs 

 

Clowesetum Black Jade

(Clowesia russelliana 'David N.' x Catasetum expansum 'Myra' HCC/AOS)

 

Catasetum Unnamed Hybrid

(Catasetum dentigrianum 'SVO Upgrade' x Catasetum tigrinum 'SVO')

 

Catasetum Melana Davison

(Catasetum Penang 'Sweetheart' x Catasetum denticulatum 'Orange Lip')

 

Catasetum Unnamed Hybrid

(Catasetum Extravaganza 'Super Nice' x Catasetum dentigrianum 'Best')

 

Mormodia Unnamed Hybrid

(Clowesia Grace Dunn 'Live Oak' HCC/AOS x Mormodes Jumbo Bacia 'SVO' AM/AOS)

 

Mormodia Unnamed Hybrid

(Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink' x Mormodes Mimi 'Wide Segements')

 

I acquired the above orchids during Sunset Valley Orchid's "save me the work re-potting" sale at the end of this past March.  I managed to acquire one of each offering from Fred Clarke except for 3 or 4 for a total of about 25 new Catasetinaes to my collection. I will keep an eye out for those I missed and any duplicates will be eventually added to a "trade" list.  Looking over his flask offerings, 2021 should be another very good year for Catasetinae hybrids.

 

In June, when Sunset Valley shares their updated hybrid list it will be a new year or class of group of orchids - "Class of 2021".

 

A source for previously offered, limited in quantity, hybrids from Sunset alley Orchids is the folks at The Tiny Jungle.