orchids we grow

Southern California orchid growers are blessed with (mostly) moderate temperatures throughout the year, allowing many orchids to be grown outdoors. In fact, fully 40% of OSSC members don't have a greenhouse! The photos on these pages are all examples of plants that have been grown in Southern California, both in and out of greenhouses, and come from the OSSC flickr group, which is open to all Southern California orchid enthusiasts. By default, the  "most interesting" photos are presented first. (Note: the degree of "interestingness" is determined by flickr's proprietary methodology.)


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Maxillaria variabilis red   
by Una simple mortal...

Lonely orchid.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Doble beauty.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Yellow orchids.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Orchid   
by Lexandeer

Paphi0pedilum   
by lorena paola galarza pasquel 85

Paphiopedilum   
by lorena paola galarza pasquel 85

Ascocenda Princess Mikasa 'White Angel'   
by orchid dude

Ascocentrum aurantiacum ssp. sulawesensis   
by orchid dude

Ascocentrum aurantiacum ssp. sulawesensis   
by orchid dude

Ascocentrum pumilum   
by orchid dude

Ascocentrum pumilum   
by orchid dude

Ascocentrum pusillum   
by orchid dude

Colorful orchids.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Elegant orchids.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

My warm greenhouse in Winter (Jan 2013)   
by orchid dude

My warm greenhouse (Jan 2013)   
by orchid dude

My warm greenhouse (Jan 2013)   
by orchid dude

Dockrillia rigida   
by orchidgalore

Crassula Bonsai With Orchids 1   
by epiphyte78

Raccoon With Epiphytes 2   
by epiphyte78

Cattleya Penny Kuroda 2   
by epiphyte78

Angræcum bancoense   
by Uluwehi Knecht

Lepanthes odontocera?   
by In Memoriam: Ecuador Megadiverso

Lepanthes monoptera   
by In Memoriam: Ecuador Megadiverso

Paphiopedilum fairrieanum   
by =Anubis=

Cycnoches cooperi   
by orchid dude

Epidendron Cute Valley 'Maihime'   
by orchid dude

Epidendrum xanthinum   
by orchid dude

Paph Edna Ratcliff 'Chocolate Valentine' x stonei 'Krull-Smith'   
by orchid dude

Vanda Crownfox 'Keylime'   
by orchid dude

Vandofinetia White Crane   
by orchid dude

Zelenkoa onusta 2012-12-10 02   
by JVinOZ

Tribute to Sandy Elementary School. 12-14-2012   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Orchid at Longwood Gardens PA   
by takegoro

Orchid at Longwood Gardens PA   
by takegoro

Bard. Nanboh Pixie 'Cherry Moon'   
by orchid dude

Vandachostyllis Colmarie   
by orchid dude

Masdevallia ignea   
by orchidgalore

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” (Explore, Dec. 8th 2012)   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Bulbophyllum rothschildianum   
by orchid dude

Bulbophyllum rothschildianum   
by orchid dude

Catasetum Jose Abalo 'SVO' x Orchidglade 'Davie Ranches'   
by orchid dude

Catasetum Susan Fuchs 'Leucadia'   
by orchid dude

Cymbidium Gladio x erythrostylum 'Tikitere'   
by orchid dude

Lc Purple Cascade 'Fragrance Princess'   
by orchid dude

Orchid at Longwood Gardens PA   
by takegoro

Tolumnia Leiboldi   
by Una simple mortal...

Polystachya concreta   
by Una simple mortal...

“It is only goodness which gives extras,   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Me with Vanda Annie Jenkins   
by orchid dude

Vanda Annie Jenkins   
by orchid dude

Me with Phal fasciata   
by orchid dude

Phal fasciata   
by orchid dude

Phrag Sorcerer's Apprentice x caudatum   
by orchid dude

Paphiopedilum William Mathews   
by orchid dude

Paphiopedilum William Mathews   
by orchid dude

Tolumnia Firecracker 'Bang' x Pine Hollow 'BB'   
by orchid dude

Tolumnia Memoria Ralph Yagi 'Elisa' x Diego Red Hot 'Red is Red'   
by orchid dude

Tolumnia Midas 'Willow Pond''   
by orchid dude

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

The flower is the poetry of reproduction.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Flowers really do intoxicate me.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

I like to think a flower opens itself to outgrow its plantedness. That it yearns to be carried away.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Flowers whisper "Beauty!" to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Aerangis biloba   
by orchid dude

Aerangis biloba   
by orchid dude

Ascda Motes Hot Chestnet 'Isabella'   
by orchid dude

Euanthe (Vanda) sanderiana   
by orchid dude

Me with Euanthe (Vanda) sanderiana   
by orchid dude

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

“I must have flowers, always, and always.”   
by Alexandra Rudge.California life!

Cattleya labiata var. amoena 'Fowliana'   
by orchid dude

Acropera (Gongora) horichiana   
by orchid dude

Ascda Truman Motes 'Ponce'   
by orchid dude

Ascocenda Laksi 'Chile Pepper' detail   
by orchid dude

Ascocenda Laksi 'Chile Pepper'   
by orchid dude

Me with Vanda Esther Gansky   
by orchid dude

Vanda Elly Carroll   
by orchid dude

Ascocenda Yarnisa Gold '24K'   
by orchid dude
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