Well, here we go boys!

This is my first blog and I am very excited about it.  A good friend of mine introduced me to this medium and I am hoping it will put me in touch with othe orchidists out there and it's a way for me to display some of my orchid blooms.  I don't know how frequently I will post but I hope I can find the time to do something at least weekly.  All the photos I will post are of plants that I have in my collection and that I have brought to bloom myself.

Anyway, I hope you will enjoy the blog and the photos.  I won't deface them with watermarks but I hope if you see one you'd like to use for some purpose, that you'll e-mail me to get the OK.  I have to trust the integrity of others.  Perhaps you'll see one that you'd like to add to your own collection.  I'd be happy to share whatever I can with you about potential sources and cultural needs.  I've been growing orchids for mre than 25 years but I am always learning more - especially from other orchidists.  Hey, that's what this hobby is all about.  I've lost my share of orchids, and certainly don't profess to be the perfect grower, but I've learned a lot from mistakes and from others who are experts with certain genera.

My first photo is one of a South American species I acquired from Ecuagenera - Lepanthese norae.  This tiny guy is no more than a couple of centimeters across but look at the beauty that the macro lense brings out.  Gold and crystalline petals and sepals sequentially blooming on a long inflorescence.  These are not so easy to grow and like many of those in the Pleurothallid group, require cooler temperatures and high humidity.  You cannot let this tiny gem dry out.

Hope you like it and keep watching for new additions.  Please, send your comments and e-mails, I'd love to chat.  All the Best!

Lepanthes norae