3 large, mature bare-root bulbs of Pleione formosana. Lab raised from seed, bred from our finest examples.Ready to be potted and will flower in 6-8 weeks! I will ship these with a detailed care sheet. The plants die back to the ground in late fall and need a dry, cold rest for a couple of months. When the leaves start looking ragged in the fall we dig them all up, sort them for size, store them in boxes in a cool, dry dark place, and don't bother them until late January, early February. They seem to prefer shallow "bulb pans" with a mix of 1/2 soil 1/2 fine bark with the bulbs sitting on top of the mix. Bulbs flower 4-6 weeks after breaking dormancy (and before the leaves emerge)Care: Medium-light and Medium temps while active. Hardy to 20 degrees, many people grow them outdoors in mild climates.
I think these are some of the most magnificent orchids grown in cultivation today. Very large lavender petals and an elongated white frilly lip with brown spots. The flowers are even more spectacular because they bloom when there is still very little foliage so all you see are the flowers!
We have a very limited quantity of these plants each year. When they are gone, we won't have any more available until the fall!
Well-established blooming size plant in a 2.25" pot.A great clumping mini and prolific flowerer, winter-spring. The solitary, nodding blooms are tiny at approximately 0.4 inches (1 cm) in size. The most distinctive feature is a small lip with a striking coal-black middle lobe. Care: Cool-warm temps, regular year-round watering and light feeding, and shade-indirect sunlight.
Blooming-size plant in a 3.25" pot.
This is a beautiful, fast-growing, medium-large Pleurothallis. These particular plants have beautiful gold flowers. Flowers are about an .5" wide and 1" tall. The huge (for a Pleurothallis!) 5-6" long flower spike will produce 8-20 flowers that open at the same time.
Care: Cool-intermediate temps, shady conditions, and should not be allowed to dry out for extended periods of time or at all when it is warm.
Pleurothallis eumecocaulon. Well-established blooming size plant in a 2.25" pot.
Flowers year-round. The white flowers with a purple spot arch over the mid-line of the leaf.
Care: Cool to warm temps and a shady spot are ideal for this plant. Like all pleurothallids, it likes moist, humid conditions.
Blooming size divisions in a 2.25" pot.
Branches and flowers emerge from the junction of the petiole and leaf. Truly pretty plants!
Care: Cool-intermediate temps, shade- indirect light, regular watering and light feeding year-round.
Well-established blooming-size plant mounted on a piece of Madrone wood. These have been mounted for over a year and are well rooted to the wood.This pleurothallid is interesting because of its tiny terete leaves and beautiful flushes of yellow flowers held on fairly long stems. It is beautiful mounted as it tends to grow into a dense mat.Care: Cool-Warm temps, bright indirect light-shade, regular year-round watering, and light feeding.
Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
Fast-growing plant that flowers repeatedly late fall-spring.
Care: Cool-Warm temps, indirect light-shade, and regular year-round watering and light feeding.
Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
Beautiful heart-shaped leaves that are on the large size for a Pleurothallis. The large flowers, for a Pleurothallis, sit on top of the leaf. Quite a conversation piece! Flowers multiple times a year.
Care: Intermediate to cool temps, partial shade, and likes to stay moist.
Well-established blooming size plant in a 2.25" pot.
Pleurothallis picta is a tiny orchid that lacks pseudobulbs. Instead, it grows on slender stems called ramicauls, each topped with a single, leathery, spoon-shaped leaf. The flowers are correspondingly tiny—usually less than 1 cm—but are produced in abundance on thin, wiry racemes that rise above the foliage. The translucent yellow or cream flowers are delicately "painted" with reddish-purple or maroon stripes and spots.
Care: Cool-Warm temps, indirect light-shade, and regular year-round watering and light feeding.
Well-established blooming size plant in a 2.25" pot.1-4 cute little dark reddish-purple flowers that develop sequentially and sit low in the foliage. Care: Cool-warm temps, regular year-round watering, light feeding and a shady spot are ideal for this plant. Like all pleurothallids, don't let it dry out.
Pleurothallis restrepioides 'Dragonstone' CBR/AOS. 3 well-rooted keikis that are ready to be potted in 3-4" pots with whatever growing mix you prefer. OR well-rooted plant in 2.25" pot.This species has a bushy habit. Not only does it produce new branches from the base of the plant, but it also keikis freely from the base of each leaf creating “rooted branches”. You can leave the keikis on to get a big, bushy plant or you can easily remove them to prune or propagate.Blooms profusely in late winter. 5-10 dime-sized nodding flowers on arching spikes. The flowers are crystalline opaque white with brick-red spots covering the inside and outside of the flower.Care: This species prefers cool-warm temps, shade-indirect light, regular watering, and light feeding year-round. They aren't fond of drying out completely though they are a lot tougher than smaller pleurothallids.
5 plugs for $35
Near-blooming-size divisions
This species has a bushy habit. Not only does it produce new branches from the base of the plant, but it also keikis freely from the base of each leaf creating “rooted branches”. You can leave the keikis on to get a big, bushy plant or you can easily remove them to prune or propagate.Blooms profusely in late winter. 5-10 dime-sized nodding flowers on arching spikes. The flowers are crystalline opaque white with brick-red spots covering the inside and outside of the flower.Care: This species prefers cool-warm temps, shade-indirect light, regular watering, and light feeding year-round. They aren't fond of drying out completely though they are a lot tougher than smaller pleurothallids.
