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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Happy birthday Lucinha!   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

Happy birthday Susi!   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

The lonely orchid.   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

Lonely orchid.   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

Doble beauty.   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

Yellow orchids.   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

Colorful orchids.   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

Elegant orchids.   
by Alexandra Rudge. California lifel!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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