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duane mcdowell
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Photographed at Ecuagenera's main (cooler-growing) nursery in Gualaceo, Ecuador (near Cuenca).
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Thanks for the photos. These are not easy to photograph so congrats on the good job! I quite like this one too... My other Restrepia are holding out in the heat quite nicely so I may just try more of these.
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duane mcdowell
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Thanks for looking!
Tyrone, you're absolutely right - they are an interesting challenge to photograph. I shot a dozen or so species at Ecuagenera. I really like Restrepias. I have two in my own collection, and I grow them in with my Cattleyas in a too-warm greenhouse. They seem to do just fine.
Tyrone, you're absolutely right - they are an interesting challenge to photograph. I shot a dozen or so species at Ecuagenera. I really like Restrepias. I have two in my own collection, and I grow them in with my Cattleyas in a too-warm greenhouse. They seem to do just fine.
Really!? That much light!? Maybe I should move mine.
W. Beetus
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Great pictures!
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etex
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Very cute blooms!
SlipperFan
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Cute little bug!
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biothanasis
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Very nice!
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duane mcdowell
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They do better in intermediate conditions and intermediate light. I grow mine warm because I don't have room in the terrarium. I grow them a little shaded by the catts - not ideal, but they manage to do all right. I think the saving grace for them is that I grow them in sphagnum and styrofoam in clay pots. The evaporation keeps the roots cool, even when the greenhouse is sweltering.
