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Miltonia Orchid


Miltonia Orchid (Miltonia Orchid)

It looks like a pansy orchid. Photo taken in the Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. on Sept. 29, 2010.



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they are beauties

14 Oct, 2010

 

ooh, beautiful.

14 Oct, 2010

 

Yorkshire, Alexandramou :

Thanks! Yes, they are beautiful!

14 Oct, 2010

 

This is just drop dead gorgeous! I wish we could have varieties like this here in the nurseries ... white and purple, my favourite colours.

17 Oct, 2010

 

Bernieh:

Thanks so much!

You would be very surprised what orchids varieties/species are available here, it's in the tens of thousands. No joking!
The orchid hybridizers have gone hog-wild in the U.S.!

17 Oct, 2010

 

We had one specialized orchid nursery here for many years ... but that was a long time ago and when they retired no-one took on the business. Nowadays we have to rely on the little nurseries or the large Mitre 10 and Bunnings nurseries which really don't carry all that many orchids. It's a real shame as it's the perfect climate here for so many of them.

17 Oct, 2010

 

Bernieh:

That's really a shame! It sounds like you may have to get into the nursery business. lol! :>)

17 Oct, 2010

 

Lol ... that's what my husband says all the time!!!

17 Oct, 2010

 

Bernieh:

That's funny! It would probably be fun.

If the competition wasn't so fierce here...I'd love to have a specialty nursery. I would only sell the rare and unusual tropical plants.

I'd especially love to get a supplier of Carphalea kirondron shrubs. It's not available at all in the U.S. from what I've read. It's native to Madagascar and most plants native there do well here in Southern California.

18 Oct, 2010

 

Pretty one

27 Feb, 2011

 

Thanks! :>)

28 Feb, 2011

 

:o))

28 Feb, 2011



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