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Oerstedella schweinfurthiana (syn Epidendendrum schweinfurthianum). Deflasked October 2023 and well-rooted in 3.25" pots. 2-3 years from blooming size These easy-to-grow Epidendrum relatives have amazing 1" flowers with sepals and petals that are bluish-purple on the back and orange-red to bronze and a bluish-purple lip. Flowers develop in bunches of 4-10 flowers in the fall-winter. Mature plants produce wispy, flexible stems that can EASILY REACH 10 FEET LONG. Looking to buy quantity!  Check out this plant in the Wholesale and Volume Pricing Collection!  Care: cool-warm temps, indirect-bright indirect light, regular watering and fertilizer spring-fall, and let dry between light waterings in the winter.

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Ornithophora (Sigmatostalix) radicans. Well-established, plant in a 3.25" pot.This miniature plant blooms profusely from spring through fall and produces tiny, fragrant oncidium-like flowers. Plant become little bushes when mature and are best mounted or planted in a hanging basket. Easy to grow and grows really fast when happy!  Care: Bright indirect light, intermediat to warm temps, regular watering and light feeding spring through fall with a slightly drier winter rest.

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Very limited quantities! Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot. Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot. These started as 2 pseudobulb divisions last year and now have at least 1 new pseudobulb since being divided.  In our humble opinion, one of the prettiest and showiest of the "Encyclia group" (it's been called Encyclia, Prosthecea, and Panarica in the last decade so take your pick of names!). The flowers, which are 4"+, are without a doubt some of the largest flowers of the group. Each 18-24" flower spike will have 8-14 flowers that open simultaneously. Plus they have a nice, light fragrance in the evening!  Easy to grow and very forgiving.  Care: cool-warm temps, bright indirect light, regular watering, and fertilizer spring-fall with a drier winter.

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Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.This is an Orchids For The People in-house hybrid that has turned out fantastic! The plant has a compact, upright growth habit that makes it very manageable (it won't grow out of its pot quickly or get knocked over easily). Each flower spike produces 5-10 flowers. The flowers are 2-3" across and 3-4" top to bottom. The narrow petals and sepals are a warm gold color, and the huge white, spade-shaped lip is decorated with purple dots that are concentrated near the tip. The flowers produce an amazing honeysuckle-like fragrance that is strongest at night! Care: These are tough plants! They prefer bright indirect light, intermediate-warm temps, regular watering and light feeding spring-fall with a drier rest period in the winter.

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Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot.  A beautiful, medium-sized orchid that produces long chains of small, lantern-shaped creamy white fragrant flowers. The foliage is also interesting. If you grow it shady the plant stays dark green. If you grow it with a little sun, the leaves turn orange from the tip. Care: Cool-warm, bright indirect light, regular watering, and light feeding throughout the year with slight drying between waterings.

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Well-established blooming size plant in a 3.25" pot. These plants are ready for a 3"-4" pot or hanging basket. Also known as the Rattlesnake orchid (the unopened flower spikes resemble a rattlesnake rattle), this plant produces long chains of flowers similar to a Dendrochilum. Each spike will produce 25-100 pearl-size fragrant flowers that open in a spiral pattern. The plant has attractive, stiff, very dark green leaves. Care: Indirect light-shade, cool-warm temps, regular watering and light feeding spring-fall with a slightly drier rest period in the winter.

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Well-established blooming size (1.5-2" across) plant. This plant will be shipped bare root. Be prepared to pot this plant into a 3"+ pot. Especially good for gnats! This is a hybrid between 2 tropical butterworts, P. emarginata x P. laueana. Produces beautiful .5" shiny purple flowers with darker purple veins. The leaves turn dark green (kinda blue-green)  in bright sun and have a darker upturned margin! Flowers randomly year-round and produces lots of baby plants around the base of mature plants spring-fall. Care: must be kept moist to wet year-round. Rainwater or filtered water is mandatory for the long-term health of the plant. Cool-hot temps and bright light-direct sun. The brighter its environment, the pinker the leaves become!

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Large, Well-established 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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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Well-established blooming size plant in a 2.25" pot.A prolific flowerer spring-fall. 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-warm temps, regular year-round watering, and shade-indirect sunlight.

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