Friday orchid blogging

An assortment of paphiopedilums...



These aren't mine, yet. They're at the orchid exhibit at the National History Museum here in DC. These are bulldog paphs, in particular, and I like them - am planning on getting one or two in a few weeks. There's a big orchid talk going on, specifically about this particular kind of orchid (paphs) in a few weeks. A bit geeky, but fun. And they're selling plants. These guys, the bulldogs, are not always cheap - can run from 25 bucks to thousands. The kinds I'm looking at could easily run 75 bucks and up. As for growing them, some paphs are easy, some aren't. The green and the red ones I posted a few months ago are easy, these bulldogs are a bit harder to bloom, I believe.

Anyway. Enjoy.