"In spite of their... size, many... minis have big floral displays. Among those... are Paphiopedilum concolor... Its flowers, at two to two-and-a-half inches across, are nearly as big as the three-inch plant itself.
Hybrid Phalaenopsis.... like P. 'Caribbean Sunset', have abundant two-inch flowers on a dwarf plant that has leaves only six inches long. The compact... plant of Oncidium onustum [not an easy species to grow...] bears a profusion of small flowers on a 15-inch stalk, and one of the smallest cattleyas, Cattleya forbesii, has clusters of four-inch flowers... Timber Press has... published... Miniature Orchids by Steven A. Frowine... photographs illustrate about 300 different orchids... in alphabetic order... lists of... species sorted according to their size, ease of culture, light requirements, temperature preferences, season of bloom, and presence of pleasant fragrance... Cal Orchid, located in Goleta... a block away, the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate... Gallup and Stribling in Carpinteria... Orchids Royale, also in Carpinteria" URL : http://www.independent.com/news/2008/feb/14/annual-orchid-show/ ************ Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
