[JoesBro]

I'm a species snob. I grow mainly weird/cool stuff from the indo-pacific region and collect C. walkeriana, nobilior and violacea. See if you can convince me.

[krasniyluch]

HMMMM .... well, where does one begin, as weird/cool is in the eye of the beholder. The first one that comes to mind is Phrag lindenii, a pouchless slipper, definitely weird. Any long petal Paph or Phrag is pretty cool in my book, take your pick from sanderianum, philippinense, caudatum or wallisii!

[Elisabetxxx]

I'm a species snob, too. If you don't already really want a Paph, then leave them alone. The rest of us have a hard enough time getting them without competing with people who don't really care about them

- Matthew Gore

If you want convincing, try this: http://www.goreorchids.com/CatalogAn...lleryhome.html

[JoesBro]

Matthew, your 3D gallery is AWESOME.

Any epiphytic species?

[fuesquemill]

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[Elisabetxxx]

Here's Paph. tigrinum growing on a tree in Western China.



Paph. parishii is also sometimes an epiphyte.

- Matt Gore

[dXI9XFOA]

Actually, if you like weird, you should be collecting in the Bulbophyllum family.

[Zavdpacq]

If you like weird, there are quite a few paph, frankenorchids the members here have posted. We'd be happy to sell you them for an good price.

[JoesBro]

lol, thanks Candace.

That is very cool Matt... I think when I get my tank setup in March I may have to leave a shelf in it for a paph/phrag or two...

SF, I have about 30 different bulbo species, which is a lot of my small collection, they are my favorite genus.

[Immarsecice]

If you are going to experiment, I hope you'll practice on hybrids instead of species.

[JoesBro]

...or I could make sure I understand the culture and have the proper conditions to grow a species before obtaining it, like I have with every other orchid species I've acquired so far.

[Dynasty]

Either you love em, or hate em. Better just keep focused on that Cattleya collection.

[JoesBro]

Sweet. So we've either got intense elitism or fantastic reverse psychology.

[KukkoDrukko]

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[hojutok]

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[Immarsecice]

Lance, (the other one)

Hybrid orchids are expendable; they can be reproduced at any time and in any quantity. Wish it were true of species.

LB

[thehhhyips]

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[fuesquemill]

For what it's worth, I've killed two hybrids and zero species.

[JoesBro]

Thanks for the positive posts guys. I'm thinking about which.

Ideally, compact size, likes warm to intermediate "cloud forest" conditions...

[Sanremogirl]

"No besseae for you!" Soupman