We grow lots of Cold to Cool growing orchids! It's a perfect fit for our coastal Northern California weather. Nighttime temps for these plants range from 40°F-55°F and daytime up to 75°F.
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.
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. Well-rooted plant in a 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.
Blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.A prolific flowerer, summer and winter. Each flower spike will bear 5-10 small (1/2") showy flowers. A plant this size will produce 10-20 flower spikes at a time in less than 3 years if grown well. Care: Cool to warm temps, regular year-round watering, and shade or indirect sunlight.
Blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
This plant produces chains of 10-30 very small, bright orange flowers that sit atop the beautiful, shiny, lance-shaped leaves. The overall effect is quite striking! Flowers multiple times a year.
Care: Intermediate to cool temps, partial shade, and likes to stay moist.
Large, well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
I'm not even going to try to describe these flowers because it won't do them justice! I'll let the pictures do the talking. I will tell you they measure just over 1" in length. Here at the nursery we just refer to them as "the alien cockroaches". Weird and eyecatching and at the same time very pretty! Flowers randomly year-round.Prefers cool-intermediate temps, bright indirect light and regular watering year-round.
Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
Produces 10-15, beautiful quarter-sized, crystalline white flowers per spike that have a red center. These plants are currently large enough to produce multiple flower spikes per season.
Care: Bright indirect light, cool-warm temps with good air movement, regular year-round watering, and light feeding. Protect from exessive summer heat as the plant reacts badly to hot stagnant conditions.
