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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“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Pot. Memoria Bob Crowder 'Carmela'   
by rwa_in_SD

Cattleya porphyroglossa #02   
by Alexandre Sathler

Cattleya walkeriana princeps   
by Alexandre Sathler

Habenaria medusa   
by watterspa

Me with Vanda Annie Jenkins   
by orchid dude

Vanda Annie Jenkins   
by orchid dude

Me with Phal fasciata   
by orchid dude

Phal fasciata   
by orchid dude

Phrag Sorcerer's Apprentice x caudatum   
by orchid dude

Cattleya aclandie tipo   
by Alexandre Sathler

Paphiopedilum William Mathews   
by orchid dude

Paphiopedilum William Mathews   
by orchid dude

Tolumnia Firecracker 'Bang' x Pine Hollow 'BB'   
by orchid dude

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
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