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Call_Me_Bob
 Post subject: Maxillaria tenuifolia
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:47 am 
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I got this in summer of 2010 for an Orchidboard project. this is the first ive bloomed it, its a huge healthy plant. it smells amazing! just like coconut, and its SO strong!!


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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 1:54 pm 
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Congrats on blooming this, not Bob. I didn't know they smelled like coconut - a big plus. Love your group shot. :)
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 Post subject: Maxillaria tenuifolia
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:34 pm 
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Thanks!!! Yeah it smells amazing!!!

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One of my favorite non-phal orchids! Yours looks great. I have, I think, 6 different clones. I'm going to try them in s/h since yours is looking so good.

Very nice job !Bob. :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Maxillaria tenuifolia
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:15 pm 
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Well done! How do you grow yours? Light and such?
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Moist von Lipwig wrote:
One of my favorite non-phal orchids! Yours looks great. I have, I think, 6 different clones. I'm going to try them in s/h since yours is looking so good.

Very nice job !Bob. :mrgreen:


thanks moist! did you get my PM:? 6 different clones?!?! i had no idea there where more then this and the yellow form!! PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!! mine loves S/H!

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Well done! How do you grow yours? Light and such?


thanks Ryan! in the summer i grow mine somewhere around the low end of catt lighting. but ive been told it can take alot of light, so once it acclimates outside, it will eventually get full sun. ill see how it likes that! for winter though, its 6" below 4 t12's. it doesnt get any special temp drops, i just keep it with my other plants and forget about it. lol. i try to keep the S/H reservoir full all the time though.

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Good info, thanks. I have a Leptotes bicolor that I'm told should get cat light and I managed to bloom it again so I think my t8s will do it justice but it will be migrating outside once the night temps stop freaking bottoming out! Tis time last year I had a lot of my sturdy orchids outside enjoying the warmer months but this year the cold fronts keep moving through. Last weekend the snow level was only five hundred feet above us. Dang it! Lol I am not pleased with that. I want it warm during the day and pleasant at night, is that so much to ask?
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yep, anytime :)

yeah i finally put most of my chids outside thursday!:D im just praying that it doesnt get cold again

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Note to self...get Maxillaria tenuifolia on want/need list...ASAP! :drool:

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Very nice photos and plants! Thank's for sharing :)

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get it!!! youll love it!

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!Bob - yes I got your PM. Only a couple of mine are named clones, and I'll have to wait till the flower to make sure, but I suspect that the flower will differ on each of them. Maybe not alot, but I'm pretty sure they are all from different original plants.

I've never seen the yellow form. If you come across one for sale in the US, let me know. I do want it. Years ago I heard about an alba one, but maybe that was the yellow one.

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when it does bloom, post pics :)

http://flic.kr/p/9oitQy its more of an orange color i guess. but its referred to as the yellow form. not sure where to get it in the US. my friend has one, but he is in europe...

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Call_Me_Bob wrote:
when it does bloom, post pics :)

http://flic.kr/p/9oitQy its more of an orange color i guess. but its referred to as the yellow form. not sure where to get it in the US. my friend has one, but he is in europe...

That is lovely. Thanks for the link! :mrgreen:

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Well done, Bob. :clap:

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