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Almost the smallest orchid in the world

Karma — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:31:05 +0000

Platystele microtatantha is one of the smallest orchids in the world. The flower is not much bigger than the tip of a pen at about 2-3 mm or so, I admit it is a bitch to measure… The whole plant, even though it is quite a healthy specimen, does not measure more than a [...]

Platystele stenostachya

Karma — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:49:07 +0000

I got this cute little miniature in a trade with a friend back in December. It is native to South America where it grows at altitudes of 1700 meters. The flowers are adorable but super tiny, only about 3 mm. It is times like these I really wished I had a real macro lens… [...]

My Leptotes unicolor orchid is blooming now

Karma — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:07:19 +0000

One of the mini orchids from O&M is bloming now in the nano. It came in bud so I cannot claim the honor, but it is quite lovely!!

Ta-da!! The new orchids are in!

Karma — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:28:54 +0000

Finally the mini orchids from O&M are in! Well some are perhaps not very mini… they may have to move out as soon as I get a larger growing cabinet. It was a big job but I am very happy wit the reslult! I am also thrilled to find that moss has started to [...]

Finally… a shipping date for the mini orchids!

Karma — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:25:09 +0000

The mini-orchid order from Orchids & More has turned into somewhat of a farce… I wanted to get one quick last order in this season before it started getting to cold, and here we are 6 weeks later… Oh well. O&M are being nice about it so I am feeling good despite the wait. [...]

Mini-orchid order disaster!

Karma — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:19:16 +0000

Now I finally know what happened to my order from Orchids & More… I received an email from them today saying that they just got back the package they had sent out on the 27th. Wrong address, said DHL … they sent a pdf with the shipping ticket and wondered if I knew what [...]

Still no mini-orchids

Karma — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:18:04 +0000

I emailed Orchid & More on Friday to ask for a tracking number for the package as it still has not gotten here. Now it is tuesday, and I have not heard back from them – nor gotten any package. I did however notice that my credit card was charged just this Sunday, maybe [...]

Coming today…. the mini babies!

Karma — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:52:51 +0000

….false alarm. No package with orchids from DHL today, and this is Friday! If they shipped on Monday like they said they would, how long will it take to get here?? It’s ok with me, but I just hope the package is not sitting in some super cold warehouse someplace this weekend with temperatures [...]

An EPI(c) new plan

Karma — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:30:45 +0000

So I am a little disappointed over the functionality of the clay pipe actually… In my estimation it did not leech out a whole lot of water for the orchids, and what little did was promptly dried up by the fan. I turned the 80mm computer fan up to 12V since I saw that [...]

Waiting for the new plants…

Karma — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:45:11 +0000

Ok… it’s been a while and still no plants. Still no word even. I am so not good at waiting, this is killing me!! Had my german only been better I would have noticed that O&M has been closed for a week. Well, that explains things, but it does not make it any easier waiting….