orchids we grow

Southern California orchid growers are blessed with (mostly) moderate temperatures throughout the year, allowing many orchids to be grown outdoors. In fact, fully 40% of OSSC members don't have a greenhouse! The photos on these pages are all examples of plants that have been grown in Southern California, both in and out of greenhouses, and come from the OSSC flickr group, which is open to all Southern California orchid enthusiasts. By default, the  "most interesting" photos are presented first. (Note: the degree of "interestingness" is determined by flickr's proprietary methodology.)


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Tolumnia Memoria Ralph Yagi 'Elisa' x Diego Red Hot 'Red is Red'   
by orchid dude

Tolumnia Midas 'Willow Pond''   
by orchid dude

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

The flower is the poetry of reproduction.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Flowers really do intoxicate me.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

I like to think a flower opens itself to outgrow its plantedness. That it yearns to be carried away.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Flowers whisper "Beauty!" to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Cattleya nobilior amaliae   
by Alexandre Sathler

Cattleya granulosa   
by Alexandre Sathler

Orchid 1.2mpxl 3ccp   
by OffdaLipp

Phragmipedium sp   
by lorena paola galarza pasquel 85

Cattleya Lulu "Pink Splash"   
by Alexandre Sathler

Aerangis biloba   
by orchid dude

Aerangis biloba   
by orchid dude

Ascda Motes Hot Chestnet 'Isabella'   
by orchid dude

Euanthe (Vanda) sanderiana   
by orchid dude

Me with Euanthe (Vanda) sanderiana   
by orchid dude

Cattleya schilleriana tipo   
by Alexandre Sathler

Cattleya schilleriana tipo   
by Alexandre Sathler

Oncidium coloratum   
by orchid dude

Dtps Maureen Minnick 'Zumita' HCC/AOS   
by orchid dude

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“I must have flowers, always, and always.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Cattleya labiata var. amoena 'Fowliana'   
by orchid dude

Acropera (Gongora) horichiana   
by orchid dude

Ascda Truman Motes 'Ponce'   
by orchid dude

Ascocenda Laksi 'Chile Pepper' detail   
by orchid dude

Ascocenda Laksi 'Chile Pepper'   
by orchid dude

Me with Vanda Esther Gansky   
by orchid dude

Vanda Elly Carroll   
by orchid dude

Ascda Ken Kone 'Crownfox Spots'   
by orchid dude

Ascocenda Yarnisa Gold '24K'   
by orchid dude

Phragmipedium wallisii   
by Magnus.A

Dendrobium Clown Feathers   
by orchid dude

Tolumnia 'Pink Panther'   
by orchid dude

Phalaenopsis - Moth Orchid   
by Pat Durkin OC

Trichopilia fragrans 'Sycamore Creek'   
by sycamorecreek77

Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. alba   
by gunnarsson.anders

Masdevallia picea   
by orchid dude

Dendrobium lamyaiae (lanyaiae)   
by orchid dude

Masdevallia picea   
by orchid dude

Stanhopea nigroviolacea   
by DonCrain

Grammangis ellisii 'Tiger Stripes' HCC/AOS   
by orchid dude

V. Tokyo Blue (V. Chindavat x V. coerulea)   
by nmdemartin

V. Tokyo Blue (V. Chindavat x V. coerulea)   
by nmdemartin

“Choose only one master - Nature"   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Cattleya loddegesii 'Herbrita' AM/AOS   
by orchid dude

Paphiopedilum Magic Lantern   
by orchid dude

“Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Pregnant Onion Growing Epiphytically   
by epiphyte78

Ansellia africana   
by epiphyte78

Hoya serpens and Dinema polybulbon   
by epiphyte78

Orchid Ride   
by OffdaLipp

Orchids 59.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Neofinetia falcata 'Koyo'   
by Uluwehi Knecht

Nakamotoara Gene Gadilhe   
by mini-catts

Lc Maui Leopard   
by orchid dude

Lc Maui Leopard   
by orchid dude

Stanhopea tigrina 'Glory of Mexico'   
by orchid dude

Stanhopea tigrina 'Glory of Mexico'   
by orchid dude

Euchile mariae   
by redheadrdn

“Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Blc. Sanyung Ruby 'Grand Dragon'   
by nmdemartin

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Paph   
by salabat

Laelia purpurata var carnea 'Noah' 'Treasure of Carpinteria' x 'Bion'   
by salabat

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

one week in denver--29--botanic garden orchid, Encyclia orchid   
by nolehace

Miltoniopsis Venus   
by watterspa

Gongora claviodora   
by Leon Verde

Vanda Marlene Porter   
by orchid dude

Brassavola acaulis   
by orchid dude

Vanda Marlene Porter   
by orchid dude

Alfred with Vanda Marlene Porter   
by orchid dude

Dendrobium hybrid   
by Leon Verde

Ascocenda Princess Mikasa   
by dudlik

Vanda Mimi Palmer   
by dudlik

Cattleya leopoldii   
by orchid dude

Cirrhopetalum yasnae   
by orchid dude

Cirrhopetalum yasnae   
by orchid dude

Lc. Peggy Huffman x C. brabantaie   
by ksmflorida

Lycaste tricolor   
by Svetlana B.

Palomar Orchid Society 2012 Auction   
by shaggy67

“Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Laelia lucasiana 'Los Gatos' 4   
by mini-catts

Epidendron Super Red   
by orchid dude

Cattleya mossiae var. wageneri   
by =Anubis=

Encyclia (Vitellina x EP. michuacana)   
by watterspa
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