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The Swedish Orchid Society magazine

Karma — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:25:35 +0000

I have not had a whole lot of time to write lately, and I have had soooo much to write about too! There is so much blooming over here right now that I have not had the time to photograph them all. But I have a pretty good reason for it. I am very pleased [...]

Vandas on summer vacation 2011

Karma — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:02:36 +0000

It is that time again… and you really know it is summer when the orchids get to go on holiday. Well, at least some of the orchids… Same place as last year, although the little red cottage by the coast has been painted black this year the scenario is the same. This year the Vanda vacationers [...]

Spring cleaning and another rain system upgrade

Karma — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:01:27 +0000

Yes you heard me right, yet another rain system upgrade… I have actually been wanting to simplify the watering setup I have for quite some time now. I basically wanted to take out the drip system and expand the rain system instead. Yes, admittedly I am a perfectionist and a little bit of a [...]

Masdevallia musings…

Karma — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:30:39 +0000

A lovely Masdevallia impostor – photo of the day. Enjoy!

I was just playing around with my new camera and the flash this weekend, which resulted in this rather artistic photo. I still need some more practice, but it is so much fun to photograph the orchids now. I looooove my new gear! Camera: Nikon [...]

Pleurothallis eumecocaulon

Karma — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:45:50 +0000

A small but very beautiful little Pleurothallis from the section Ancipitia. It hails from the wet forests of Costa Rica and Panama where it grows at altitudes from 800 to 1700 meters. It is a prolific bloomer, mine has been blooming for a few months already. The flowers are small and don’t quite open up all [...]

Orchid hunting in Costa Rica

Karma — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:05:21 +0000

Orchids on Chirripo mountain, Costa Rica (orchid-hunter.blogspot.com)

A friend of mine is travelling in Costa Rica right now. He is spending a whole month there climbing around in the mountain rainforests looking for orchids. He is telling the story as he goes and posting some beautiful photos as well. I am really enjoying following his [...]

Gothenburg International Orchid Show – the complete haul

Karma — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:21:56 +0000

Alright… here is just a quick rundown of the complete haul from GIOS 2010. Tomorrow I have to pot and mount them all… oh happy times!

(Ecuagenera) Porroglossum muscosum, Porroglossum olivaceum, Masdevallia impostor, Masdevallia falcago, Scaphosepalum swertiifolium f. pink, Masdevallia panguiensis, Masdevallia superbiens, Masdevallia macrura, Dracula chestertonii, Dracula andreettae, Dracula gigas, Lepanthes melpomene, Masdevallia coccinea, Masdevallia [...]

Gothenburg International Orchid Show – day one

Karma — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:14:59 +0000

We have spent most of the year, and very intensely the past few weeks, preparing for the largest orchid show in Sweden, GIOS. Myself and a very small but hard working group on the organizing committee are finally getting to enjoy all the fruits of our labor and we have a fantastic show this year. Really!! Today, everything was finally in place. The [...]

Cool vivarium drain cleaning

Karma — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:21:24 +0000

Oh, this is really exciting stuff to write about right? Well, he he, these are the day to day maintenance stuff that goes on behind the scenes of running this big vivarium. I noticed the past week that what I first thought was a flair up of the fungus gnats that usually come with [...]

Time to reconfigure the cool vivarium for winter

Karma — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:34:22 +0000

So the weather prognosis is predicting a lot cooler temperatures from now on, down below 10 C at night and below 20 C during the day. So I thought is was time to pack up the air conditioning unit for this season and reconfigure the cool vivarium for winter. A fairly easy job actually, [...]