Beautiful Sunday - Orchid Factory Part 4

in beautifulsunday •  5 years ago  (edited)

Here's a few lady slipper orchids for this #beautifulsunday
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These lady slipper orchids have a pitcher shape on the bottom. They belong to the paphiopedilum family and come in all shapes and sizes. There are around 80 different varieties in this family.
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This one has some nice bold spots on its ear buds, that's what I call them anyway, I'm sure there is a more technical term for the different pedals.
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This one also has bold spots but really long drooping rabbit style ears. The purple at the tips is a nice touch.
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Here's a tall skinny one with really long side pedals. The orange is a nice bold color as well.
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This is an almost solid yellow one with the top pedal showing some white edging. The bloom on this one was really large as well.
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Here's a similar looking yellow one with a spotted top pedal. The orchid farmers like to try and mix various flowers of the same species together to breed for a dominant feature. I suspect this is descended from quite a few spotted top pedal predecesors.
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This one is in the same family as the first one in this post. The pedals can vary quite a bit in shape and size. The orchid farm likes to try and polinate the largest pedals.
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This pair has some bold purple chins. They all kind of resemble different cartoon character faces.
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Here's another purple chinned one. The white really helps accent the purple.
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Here's a deep reddish purple one.
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And another one from the same family. This one is a bit darker with more stripes on the top pedal.
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Yet another one from the same family. The orchid farmer said this one is worth around 300 dollars since the goal of the orchid breeders is to try and get a black orchid. The grower has been trying for 30 years and has come this close to black.
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I liked the almost black orchid so much I bought a budding one. Who knos if it will be a bright purple or a rare black one once it finally opens up... If it is a deep purple I can probably sell it back to the grower for a profit lol

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Wow those are stunning!

I finally got one of these fancy ones, hopefully it will bloom this week sometime. The bud is slowly opening.

Oh please show when it does!
I got one as a seedling few years ago, but it is growing so slow.. I dunno when I will see it blooming.

Each one has its own tricky temperment for blooming. Hopefully my fancy one will bloom each year.

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Interesting. Did they cross it with pitcher plant?

Maybe nature did thousands of years ago. They just look like a pitcher plant.


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So beautiful

Thanks so many varieties out there.

Superbly beautiful orchids! One with crazy long legs!

There's an even weirder looking one I haven't posted yet. It looks prehistoric.

Oh! You should show us the strangest one!

Look like bird or butterfly

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