Amazon Spheres - February Blooms

[Koka_Khola]

I was lucky enough to get a reservation to visit the Amazon Spheres in Seattle today and just so happened to catch most of the Paphs/Phrags in bloom!

 

[Koka_Khola]

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[Tom-DE]

Thank you for the photos. My favorite is the Phrag. besseae arrangement. The Paph. lunatum, Paph. acmodontum and Paph. exul, they are beautiful too. Great clones...
Is there an alba form of P. lunatum in the mix too?
So, Paph. lunatum is legal here in USA?

 

[MorandiWine]

Wow! Last I checked, lunatum was illegal.

 

[southernbelle]

Wonderful photos. Didn’t know about the Amazon spheres. May be worth a stop in Seattle to see this!!

 

[Rob in Puyallup]

I live in Puyallup, about 30 miles south of Seattle. I've never been inside the Spheres. Are orchids always on display?

 

[Koka_Khola]

Thank you for the photos. My favorite is the Phrag. besseae arrangement. The Paph. lunatum, Paph. acmodontum and Paph. exul, they are beautiful too. Great clones...
Is there an alba form of P. lunatum in the mix too?
So, Paph. lunatum is legal here in USA?

I regret not taking any close up photos of the alba so I’m not totally sure. They didn’t have any placards identifying any of the plant species only a generic placard for genus.

 

[Koka_Khola]

I live in Puyallup, about 30 miles south of Seattle. I've never been inside the Spheres. Are orchids always on display?

They have orchids planted throughout the entire sphere. The sphere is 4 floors with the 1st floor being plants native to South America and the 2nd floor being plants native to Asia. That’s where you’ll see the bulk of orchids spread throughout the exhibit (there’s a lovely Dracula display that I’m guessing will be in bloom in about a month).

Regarding the large potted display, I’m not sure if that will still be there when you visit since it seemed to be a special exhibit. I know for sure there should be at least some of the following blooming in the next month or two: Lycaste, Anguloa, Coelogyne, Paphs, Phrags, and various Pleurothalids.

If anyone is interested in visiting please plan ahead. You’ll need to reserve a ticket online which can get a little competitive as they only open for one or two days a month. The tickets are 100% free!

 

[Tom-DE]

Regarding the large potted display, I’m not sure if that will still be there when you visit since it seemed to be a special exhibit. I know for sure there should be at least some of the following blooming in the next month or two: Lycaste, Anguloa, Coelogyne, Paphs, Phrags, and various Pleurothalids.

Sounds like a good place for orchid people to visit!

 

[BrucherT]

I don’t think that’s lunatum. Looks like hainanense/appletonianum X tonsum to me.

 

[Tom-DE]

I don’t think that’s lunatum. Looks like hainanense/appletonianum X tonsum to me.

That is definitely a lunatum. What you have suggested is not even close to it.

 

[JustinR]

Impressive display!