I guess it is time to start blogging. I was not to sure how this works, but with help I am here. I thought it would start blogging by itself. I saw a eighteen foot Sobralia calloglossa typing away with its leaves, answering all of life's questions, sending me a check every week.

 

What a great Sobralia summer!  Our early seedlings have been blooming up and everyone is excited. At the SFOS summer sale, Orchids in the Park, seven different vendors were offering sobralias, and that coupled with a "Pick of the Week" article in the San Francisco Chronicle generated great interest and got them out to the public, where they were eagerly gobbled up.

 

Seedlings from our cross #7183 (macrantha "Malibu" x yauaperyensis) have been blooming up like crazy. I have not registered this cross, as I am sure about the macrantha, but not about the yauaperyensis, as I have three different sobs. marked as yauaperyensis and the picture in the Native Ecuadorian Orchids book is not the one I used. (very confusing as my plant is from ecuador and I have seen pictures in situ) So I will wait and learn.  The seedlings do not seem to care about their lack of confirmed identity and are beautiful. I used the mid sized Malibu, and all the seedlings are nice and short. The flowers are great, with a few coming up as bicolors with white light pink parts with a solid light purple lip. They are strong growers and we are pleased.

Outdoor Sobralias

Hello Sobralia enthusiasts!

Anyone out there growing Sobralias outside? If so, where, and what are your results?

Janiam