We grow lots of intermediate growing orchids! It's a perfect fit for our coastal Northern California weather. Nighttime temps for these plants range from 55°F-62°F and daytime temps from 75°F-85°F.
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.
Large, well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
15-30 small, fragrant vibrant yellow flowers seem to erupt out of the base of the leaf! When in full flower the plant seems to be covered in little yellow pompoms!Care: Cool-warm temps, shade-indirect light and regular year-round watering and light feeding. This species should never be allowed to dry out completely.
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.
Well-established blooming-size plant in 2.25" pot.
Porroglossum dalstroemii is a rare, miniature epiphytic orchid native to the wet, mossy cloud forests of southern Ecuador. The flowers are non-resupinate and have a "Trap-Door" lip (trapping pollinators to do their thing). It is a nearly continuous bloomer.
Care: Moderate indirect light, keep the roots evenly moist at all times, intermediate temperature (thrives best between 58°F and 72°F (14°C to 22°C)), and benefits from a gentle nighttime temperature drop, requires high, stable humidity levels between 70% and 85%.
Hard to find Prostechea (formerly Encyclia) sima. These are large plants currently in 3.25" pots but would love a bigger (5"-6") pot or basket. This species produces 3-6 elegant, long-lasting, white flowers per spike. The flowers measure 1"-1.5" and have a light, rich honey-like fragrance. This species flowers from winter to late spring.Care: similar to Oncidiums or Cattleyas. Cool-hot temps. Lots of water when it's warm or the plant is actively growing and keep fairly dry when it's cool in the winter. Very bright indirect light to partial sun.
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.
Well-established blooming size plant in 2" pot.
This tiny flowered species is easy to grow with intermediate to warm temps, bright indirect light, and enough water and humidity to prevent it from drying out for long periods of time.
It's a favorite at the nursery for its forking growth pattern that creates an open yet bushy plant.
Stanhopea embreei ('Lumberjack' x self), recently repotted blooming-size plants in 6" octagonal baskets. Stanhopeas thrive and flower better when overgrown in their basket so these plants are potentially in their "forever home"! The plant picture represents the size of the plant you will receive.
The unusual flowers have very heavy substance (they feel like they're made out of plastic) and great conformation. Each spike holds 4 flowers. Each flower is about 4" wide and 5-6" tall. Strong and unusual fragrance that I find pleasant.
Care: Shade-indirect light, cool-warm temps, regular watering, and light feeding year-round.
Blooming size 3 plant bare-root divisions. Please note: the plants will not be blooming upon arrival, the photo shows what to expect as far as plant/division size.
Looking to fill that tiny space in your greenhouse? Are you a mini junkie (like me!)? Here is a great one!
Each plant is the size of a quarter with tightly overlapping leaves that grow in a single plane to produce what looks like a tiny palm frond. The plants are connected with a 1” long rhizome to form a branching string of plants.
And it has flowers that are as large as the plant itself! Beautiful light pink, crystalline flowers with markings that differ from plant to plant. Flowers for us randomly throughout the year with long-lasting flowers. 2-4 flowers per spike.
These plants need little to no potting media. We throw them in empty baskets, string them through our “wire walls” where we hang our mounted plants, etc. Great for mounting, the parent species both grow on twigs in the wild. Usually, one plant has what looks like a precarious hold on a tiny branch and the rest of the plants are dangling in free space!
Care: These plants like bright-very bright light and intermediate to hot temps. Water often spring-fall and let them dry out between waterings in the winter.
Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.
This plant has flowers that never truly open. Instead a tiny slit forms in the side of the flower allowing the tiny gnats that pollinate it in. The flowers are dark purple on the outside and gold with purple dots on the inside. The flowers measure just under an inch long and last 6 weeks. Flowers in the late fall.
These plants grow well in cool to warm temps with medium/low light and should not be allowed to dry out completely. We grow ours in bright indirect light which makes the leaves turn purple. When these plants are grown in less light the leaves will remain green and the plant will still flower prodigously.
If you're into Pleurothallids, rare plants or the weird orchids, this is a good one!
