Karma Forester
Welcome to the Orchidkarma blog. My name is Karma and I live in Gothenburg, Sweden. A certified orchidophile with a definite penchant for orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance, but we don’t have an exclusive relationship - at least not yet.

Archives

Enter your email address:

Gothenburg International Orchid Show

Gothenburg International Orchid Show September 24-26 2010
The largest orchid show in Sweden - September 24-26.

Networking

Add to Technorati Favorites
Blogg listad på Bloggtoppen.se

orchidkarma.com - an orchid blog

If you would like to add link back to this site, feel free to use this button. Grab the code on the "about" page.

Masdevallia guttulata

This is a small epiphyte from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador where it grows along streams at altitudes between 400 and 1100 meters. Since it grows on pretty low altitudes it is also more tolerant to warmer temperatures and do well in intermediate culture. The small flowers are perhaps not as showy as some [...]

It must be Masdevallia season…

 …because almost all of my Masdevallias are blooming now. I have an aquarius hybrid that has been blooming non-stop since May 2008! Another, a small Masdevallia guttulata – truly a perpetual bloomer – is working on on flower number 9 on the same inflorescence at the moment. Only the two winter blooming tovarensis are not [...]

Masdevallia guttulata – much more graceful than the name implies…

This little gem is blooming now for the first time - for me. I wonder how it got its name, because it sounds as if it should be some hardcore, heavyweight flower, when instead it is quite delicate. The white cone created by the fused sepals is almost sheer and the deep purple spots inside shines through [...]

Oh oh… trouble in paradise!

Okay, looked into the nano cabinet last night and it seems like I have a fungus problem on my hands… Two masdevallia orchids, tuerckheimii (left) and guttulata (right) are affected. Dang!!

As much as this sucks, I think I know what the problem is … when I watering water is dripping from the orchids [...]