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FS
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FS-1
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Flowering
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Description |
aurita
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£7.00
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n/a
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Late Spring
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Large pink
flowers with a pursed lip, marked yellow or orange, with white hairs.
Makes large pseudobulbs. Prefers compost of mostly moss, either New
Zealand sphagnum, native wood moss or a mixture of both, moistened and
chopped into 1 inch lengths.
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barbarae
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£5.00
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£3.00
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Late Spring
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Natural hybrid between
P. grandiflora and P. bulbocodioides. Pink flower with eye-catching
lip markings.
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bulbocodioides
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£4.00
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£3.00
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Late Spring
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Mauve pink with dark
lip markings. Very attractive when massed in a bowl.
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formosana
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£3.00
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£2.00
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April/May
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Pale rose &
cream,
but very variable, from near white through all delicate shades of pink.
Good grower.
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Picture to come
formosana
alba
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£5.00
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£2.00
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April/May
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White, very delicate,
with pale yellow lip markings.
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formosana
'Blush of Dawn'
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£5.00
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£3.00
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April/May
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Pink flushed
cream flower and highly frilled lip with very pale internal markings.
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Picture to come
formosana
'Clare'
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£6.00
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£3.00
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April/May
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Large white, vigorous
grower, with lemon yellow lip markings, at times scented like violets.
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more formosana varieties to come
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grandiflora
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£10.00
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n/a
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March/April
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Large white flowers
with a frilled and fringed lip, white to lemon yellow. This is overlaid
with yellow, orange or brown markings. Very showy, an eye catcher.
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hookeriana
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£18.00
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n/a
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Late May
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Variable flower colour,
petals and sepals ranging from white to rose-pink, the lip sometimes
blotched with yellow, orange or reddish brown. Flower size a little smaller
than the rest. Upright habit and long lasting flower, but temperamental in
culture. Likes lots of moss and needs to be kept cool for longer during
winter, start into growth not before April.
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humilis
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£15.00
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n/a
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End Jan / Feb
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White with distinctive
red spots & streaks on lip. The earliest species to flower. Likes to grow mainly in moss.
Keep cold
during winter (0-2°C).
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Picture to come
limprichtii
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£5.00
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£3.00
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April/May
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Pale rose/purple
flowers, the lip heavily spotted with deep red. Keep cold in winter (0-2°C).
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maculata
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£25.00
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n/a
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Sept/Oct
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Autumn flowering. White with purple
spotted lip and yellow markings, very distinctive, rare and difficult. Needs minimum
of 15ºC/60ºF.
Found mainly growing in deep moss on trees. Enjoys cultivation
in pots with side drainage, net pots or pond pots with perforated sides.
Give good light but avoid scorching.
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Picture
to come
praecox
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£12.00
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n/a
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October / January
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Autumn flowering.
Flowers pink with lighter coloured, tubular lip, fairly large on erect
stems, sometimes two flowers per stem or bulb. The flowers are long
lasting in cool temperatures and have a delicious scent. Grows
on trees and therefore likes more moss in the compost.
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yunnanensis
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£15.00
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n/a
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April/May
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Pale lavender flowers
with magenta or purple lip marking. Unusually rounded petals and sepals. Upright
on a long, slender stem. Long lasting.
Likes extra bark in
its compost. Cover the pots with bark so that the surface of the compost
dries out quickly.
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