The Poor Mans Orchid, Epidendrum ibaguense

This was another Master Gardeners Sale Score. This pot of Epidendrum ibaguense , Reed-stem Epidedrum or Poor Mans Orchids was $10. At the Heathcote sale they were asking $28 for a pot this same size. There are so many orchids busting out I have not be able to count how many are in there.

The Garden Orchid , Spathoglottis unguiculata "grapette"

Spathoglottis unguiculata "grapette" - Ground Orchid. It is also known as The Garden Orchid. With another stop by the nursery we found a 3 gal pot of these ground orchids. The fragrance is a very strong and smells like grape koolaid. The foliage is palm like and produces successive flowering over time. I have heard that the can bloom year round. We now have 3 different colors of these ground orchids in bloom. Here are the pictures of the latest ground orchid addition.

Spathoglottis Orchids

Over the weekend we stopped by a local nursery that will sometimes get in some rare finds. The stuff you never see at the local box stores. Well the nursery had just received a new shipment in. They had received a few Spathoglottis ground orchids. So we were quick to grab them and it is a good thing we did because some people that came in after us were trying to get them also. We bought 3 pots of orchids each one being different. The first is a 3 gallon pot of Spathoglottis plicata which has light lavender color. The next is another 3 gallon pot of Spathoglottis gracilis plicata "Penang Beauty" this flower has a yellow with purple blush. The last is a 1 gallon pot of Spathoglottis ungiculata "grapette" which does not have any blooms, but the nursery owner kept 2 3 gallon pots of these grapettes full of blooms and they had a very strong grape fragrance. They said they just randomly will show up, but due to a few cold fronts this past winter they have not had very many so far this year.