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Growing Orchids in Costa Rica: Speaker - Alvaro Pacheco | OSGB Open to both members and non-members. This is an extra meeting in our 75th Anniversary calendar . Alvaro Pacheco from Costa Rica will share decades of experience of orchid growing and the artificial ...

Free to view talk hosted by the Orchid Society of GB, as part of their 75th anniversary celebrations.

26th February, 7pm GMT

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Paphiopedilum Rosy Dawn (P. Astarte x P. Gwen Hannen; Aberconway, 1935) in winter sunlight
#Orchidaceae

Wonderful visit yesterday to Kew's Orchid Festival, which in its thirtieth year is featuring China's biodiversity, heritage, and traditions #Orchidaceae

Fabulous

Pale form of the fragrant Calanthe Chiseki (C. Takane x C. Kozu; Chiseki Takeda, 1996) #Orchidaceae

Ophrys speculum meeson.garden

Then there were two...
📸 Ophrys speculum

Most kind. Mine get lavished with care and attention 😊

Very nice.
Thank you. I do grow a diverse range of genera. Primarily cool growing, terrestrials, and Pleuros. However, I have an interest in anything elegant, unusual, or different subconsciously.

First bloom on my Ophrys speculum [Link, 1799], a Mediterranean/Iberian terrestrial orchid. It is pollinated by a male Dasyscolia ciliata wasp. Males are lured by the flower, which mimics the female wasp as part of Pouyannian mimicry #Orchidaceae

An orange theme today with Lantana, Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip tree), lots of Pyrostegia (Flamevine) starting to open and Aloe looking out to sea… #SharingMadeira 🧡🌱

Catasetum Pollinarium Ejection YouTube video by Stuart Meeson

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YouTube video showing the pollinarium ejection mechanism for a Catasetum Elizabeth Wills.

Videos A and E show the pollinarium being catapulted from the flower. In video C the anther cap is removed to reveal the pollinia.

Second flowering this season of Catasetum Elizabeth Wills, despite the often low light levels outdoors. More of these exotic looking blooms this time, again with a fragrance of spearmint + a hint of spice #Orchidaceae

#SevenOnSunday Zygopetalum 🤗 (including a Jumping Jack for a certain someone I can’t find on here… @uk-boothby.bsky.social @wolf71758.bsky.social )

Boas Festas 🎄
Happy Christmas 🎄

Happy Christmas ⭐

There's always one 🤣

Festive looking Pleione Barcena
(P. formosana x P
praecox; I.Butterfield 1982).
A winter flowering hybrid orchid #Orchidaceae

Many thanks 💚

Masdevallia velifera (Rchb.f 1874) a welcome distraction on a stormy day. This 'Veiled Masdevallia' is native to the cloud forests of 🇨🇴 . For me, the malodorous fragrance is only really discernable when the blooms first open #Orchidaceae

Large flowered hybrid Restrepia Houlisse (R. guttulata x R. Havre de Rozel), including a close-up of one of the cirri. Scale is included in the cyanotype image of a pressed bloom (20 min. exposure to UV) #Orchidaceae

As Christmas trees go up 🌲, there's a different sort of excitement with my Catasetum Elizabeth Wills about to flower for the second time this year. Hopeful of a further beautiful display in my first year growing this genus #Orchidaceae

Yes 😊

Habenaria tridactylites Lindl., also known as the Three Fingered Habenaria, a terrestrial orchid native to the Canary Islands #Orchidaceae

Reliable hybrid back in bloom, Aliceara Renaissance White, an intergeneric orchid hybrid between three genera (Brassia × Miltonia × Oncidium) #Orchidaceae

First flowering of my small
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. marmorata (O.Gruss) O.Gruss & W.E.Higgins, an orchid variety native to Laos, with elegant stippled leaves #Orchidaceae

My Tuberolabium quisumbingii (L.O. Williams) Christenson, an orchid native to Luzon in the Philippines, with a wonderful floral-almond fragrance #Orchidaceae

I agree with you. People can interpret scent differently, and I believe it can be a variable species. However it definitely smells of mango to me.

Fragrance of tropical fruits

Thank you, love the lemon highlights too

First flowering of my Phalaenopsis tetraspis f. alba (O.Gruss & Koop.), a fragrant and elegant species native to Sumatra, the Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands #Orchidaceae