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 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.
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.
Well-established, blooming-size in 2.25" pots.
Platystele dasyglossa (commonly known as the Shaggy-Tongued Platystele) is a rare, mini-miniature epiphytic orchid native to the wet tropical forests of the Chocó department in Colombia. Ideal for terrariums and vivariums! This plant has microscopic flowers measuring 0.06 inches (1.5 mm)!
Care: Thrives in hot to intermediate temperatures, ideal humidity 70% to 80% or higher, water frequently or daily to keep the roots consistently damp but not waterlogged, medium to low light (bright shade).
Well-established, blooming-size in 2.25" pots.
This mini-miniature, epiphytic orchid species is native to the high-elevation cloud forests of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Platystele misera is highly prized by micro-orchid enthusiasts for its continuous blooming habits and delicate, translucent flowers. It is an "ever-blooming" species. Mature plants produce new flower spikes before the previous ones finish, keeping the orchid almost constantly in bud or bloom.
Care: Prefers cool to intermediate conditions. Ideal daytime temperatures are around 20°C (68°F), dropping to 12°C (54°F) at night. It should be protected from temperatures exceeding 25°C (77°F), high humidity levels between 70% and 80%, and constant, gentle airflow is crucial to prevent stagnant moisture from causing rot or fungal diseases. Keep the growing medium consistently damp but never soggy. Partial shade or low-intensity light (around 50–100 PPFD). Keep it entirely out of direct sunlight to avoid scorching and drying out the tiny leaves.
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.
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.
