Greenhouse/Plant pics DUW!

Wow! Just beautiful!! What is the flower in picture #5? It is beautiful!! We're building a greenhouse onto the front of our castle in Eastern Oregon. It will be down (in elevation) from the southerly front of the house and will also act as a heat sink for the radiant flooring, etc. We hope to put fruit trees and beautiful flowers and herbs in it....snakes too, maybe...
Just a lovely patio you have; thank you for sharing. :)

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Originally Posted by starmom

Wow! Just beautiful!! What is the flower in picture #5? It is beautiful!! We're building a greenhouse onto the front of our castle in Eastern Oregon. It will be down (in elevation) from the southerly front of the house and will also act as a heat sink for the radiant flooring, etc. We hope to put fruit trees and beautiful flowers and herbs in it....snakes too, maybe...
Just a lovely patio you have; thank you for sharing. :)

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That is a phalenopsis or moth orchid. The white ones are the most common, that one is a spotted variety. They come in 100's of variations and colors.
Here is a purple one
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...alycloseup.jpg
They are fairly easy to grow and are considered a low light orchid. A sunny window with some shading can work. The best thing is the blooms last a long time, sometimes months.

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Thanks Heather, you and your boyfriend need to come over sometime:)

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Hey, we can have a PattyCakes and Heather and Raul meet up to talk about Orchids!! :D I'm down

April here are some of my vandas hanging in the greenhouse
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...gingvandas.jpg

And here is a bloom of one of my favs "Princess Mikasa" it is a cross of a vanda and an ascocentrum called ascocenda. They dont get as big as vandas and bloom at younger size/age.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w.../BlueVanda.jpg

Here are some examples of Cymbidiums, they need to be outside to cool(30's-40's) in the winter or they wont bloom.

Here is a red one arranged with some white phalenopis.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...rrangement.jpg

and another one just starting to bloom now.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...cymbidiums.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...umsonpatio.jpg

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Thanks Pat, I know the girlfriend is a plant lover, you guys gotta come by and say hi some time.

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Oh man, the girlfriend would prolly pass out!!! Sounds like a plan!!:taz::banana:

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Hey, we can have a PattyCakes and Heather and Raul meet up to talk about Orchids!! :D I'm down

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BING BING BING BING BING!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

And here is a bloom of one of my favs "Princess Mikasa" it is a cross of a vanda and an ascocentrum called ascocenda. They dont get as big as vandas and bloom at younger size/age.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w.../BlueVanda.jpg

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Yep.. that's what I've got. I can't wait for it to bloom.

One of my phaelenopsis is about to pop as well.