WINDOWSILL ORCHIDS

Contributors:

Chris Welch; <950110152921_4585562@aol.com>
Stephen Weissmann; <01HLPW4CYJDU8Y5BPJ@psc.plymouth.edu>
Sally Pecor; sgp93@acs.org (Sally Pecor)
Roak Citroen; <950122064546_75504.3066_GHJ36-1@CompuServe.COM>

The following list of plants grow well indoors for these growers. Some are summered outside.

Ascontrum ampullaceum

Ascocentrum miniatum

Ascocentrum miniatum

in spike with four spikes

Barkeria chinensis

inside all year, nice bloomer, but sort of frightening life cycle-has done well for a few years-now completely dormant (beginning of the end?)

Baptistonia echinata

Brassavola nodosa

inside, or summered out, better blooms when summered out (I've also got a Brassavola nodosa x cordata -summer out, which is extremely vigorous, and blooms better than my nodosa)

Brassvola nodosa

great frangrance. Tolerates poor temperature control.

Brassia hybrids

summer out-I've got one which has never flowered, although huge. Another regularly flowers, despite relatively small size-nice fragrance, though flowers sort of short lived.

Cattleya bowringiana and misc. hybrids

require summer out for blooming. I do better with the ones which bloom in Fall and Winter-Sometimes the spring bloomers blast buds in my dry home winter conditions-not always though. In general, these Cattleya types have always grown well, but only started to bloom when I began summering out.

Cattleya hybrids:

-Lc Tiny Trick
-Lc Tangerine Imp
-Slc Hazel Boyd 'Mikabbi'
-Slc Hazel Boyd 'Elizabeth'
-Slc(?) Fire Dance 'Patricia'
-Lc. and Slc. mini-cats, which I'm just starting out with but have had some success with. Tolerates poor temperature control.
-Minicat hybrid - excellent growth, won't bloom

Coelogyne cristata

Coelogyne lawrenceana

both are new but seem to do well, they were rejects from other growers.

Cymbidium Peepers 'Santa Barbara'

Dendrobium - formosum type

Dendrobium Livinstone 'Mishima' (antelope type)

Dendrobium oligophyllum

Dendrobium Vashon pride

Encyclia cochlea

which is in constant bloom in my kitchen, Tolerates poor temperature control.

Eria fragrans (Eria javanicum?)

summer out, very vigorous grower (unkillable) prolific bloomer, nice fragrance, but relatively short-lived flowers.

Laelia anceps

summer out, Bud blast can be a problem, but not if given very good summer growth.

Laelia lundii

summer out, nice mini

Leptotes bicolor

inside all year, Thrives, grown for years. (Last summer I took two identical clones of Leptotes bicolor and place one outside, left the other on the windowsill. I was surprised to find that the windowsill plant put on better growth, and has earlier and more robust spikes than the outside plant!)

Masdavallia floribunda

inside all year/vigorous/faithful bloomer

Masdavallia infracta

inside all year vigorous

Masdavallia strobelii

nice, fragrant, seems to be EZ, but haven't had it very long.

Miltonia Connie Warne

Neohelmannia porpax

summer out-vigorous growth, OK bloomer so far

Notylia xiphorous

(I know it's been renamed, but can't remeber what)

Ornithophora radicans

inside all year, good grower, vigorous bloomer.

Oncidium (Equitant) hybrids

summers out faithful bloomers

Oncidiums Equitant

(the little guys, with the terete leaves). Tolerates poor indoor temperature control.

Oncidium ornithorhyncum

summer out, blooms like crazy, up to 4 spikes per new growth, fragrant.

Oncidium papillio 'Butterfly'

Oncidium ornithorhynchum

Oncidium varicosum

Oncidium reflexum

Oncidium William Thornston

Paphiopedilum sukakullii and callosum (also Maudiae)

inside all year faithful bloomers but mine grow slowly. (Do you think summering out is a good idea? I've been a little worried about bugs and water catching in the fans).

Paphiopedilum in the Brachy" and Parvis sections

grow and bloom in a window under lights

Paphiopedilum malipoense

seems reluctant to stay alive in a window under lights.

Pescoranthes Painted Lady

summer out, A Klehm hybrid reputed to be rapid grower and prolific bloomer-it is, gets about 4-5 nice long lasting flowers for each new growth.

Phalenopsis hybrids

inside all year EZ bloomers

Phalenopsis aphrodite

inside all year EZ bloomer

Phalenopsis equestris

Phalenopsis hybrids:

Babette 'Hawaii', Dawn Hunter 'Vanessa'

Phalenopsis hybrids

whites and pinks especially, do well [just an aside: unless a Phal is infected with a bacteria it's basically in the "plant- that-wouldn't-die" catagory] Tolerates poor inside temperature control.

Phragmipedium court jester

division, growing great in window under lights.

Phragmipedium sedinii

seedling, growing well

Pleurothallis grobyii

inside all year, vigorous grower and good bloomer, interesting mini.

Pleurothallis gheisbregtiana

, inside all year, fragrant-short lived flowers.

Vanda rothschildiana

Roak described his regime as follows:

All plants are misted each and every day, regardless, at 7.45 am. All plants are watered every wednesday and sunday in the am, before noon. Fertilizer at 1/4 strength every second watering. Each plant is taken to the sink, watered and inspected twice a week. Light tubes in the stand are one growlux and one cool white, these are changed every six months to maintain the strongest levels of light. I also regularly mist with seaweed solutions to prevent spider mites, this seems to work very well for me, some growers think I'm nuts, but when it works who cares.

Charles and Margaret Baker, Portland, Oregon USA (cmbaker@teleport.com)
"Orchid Species Culture" Timber Press ISBN 0-88192-208-0
Vol-1 Pescatorea, Phaius, Phalaenopsis, Pholidota, Phragmipedium, Pleione.
Vol-2 Dendrobium (In press)