Ricardo's Blog,

This blog is an eclectic mix of orchid culture, tropical fish keeping and Amazon parrot behavior. It also has stories just about anything I find interesting. Este blog es una mezcla eclectica del cultivo de las orquideas, el cuidado de los peces tropicales y el comportamiento de las cotorras Amazona. Tambien tiene historias de todo lo que encuentro interesante.

Showing posts with label Eria. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Eria. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Eria ornata (Blume) Lindl. 1830

This orchid has the peculiar trait that the inflorescence has red bracts that make it very showy. The flowers are small and not as eye catc...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Eria spicata [D.Don]Hand.-Mazz. 1836, bought for $5 at a Moca garden shop

I visited a garden shop in the town of Moca to see what bromeliads they had. The owner, after hearing I liked orchids, showed me thi...

Sunday, January 5, 2014

An abandoned orchid collection, observations on how some of the orchids have fared when neglected for a few years.

I must confess that there are few things that I find more poignant than an abandoned orchid collection. Why orchids are abandoned? Someti...

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Eria hyacinthoides with 2190 flowers on seventythree inflorescences, March 2012

This impressively flowered plant was seen in the Puerto Rico Orchid Society show in March 2012. Unfortunately, the inflorescences ...

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