a true mini with 2-1/2" clumping fan-like growths producing short spikes, each carrying several small 1/2" starry green-barred brown flowers with a white lip, nearly always blooming.
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Free Flowering Throughout the Year
Shade to Bright; 1500-2500 Footcandles (indirect light,pronounced shadowing)
one of the finest of the genus and a must for every collection, a compact plant with short stems and wide rounded glossy 5" light green foliage, pendant 12" to 18" spikes with many pleasantly scented white starry flowers, 2-1/2" blooms have a white pointed lip and a 6" nectary, fragrant.
recently rediscovered, this charming plant is a minute replica of its bigger cousins philippinense and monticola, vandaceous growth habit with 3 or 4 alternating closely spaced 1" leaves, short spikes carry 1 to 5 stunning crystalline snow white 1-1/4" spreading flowers set off by two bright yellow stripes on the scoop-shaped lip which tapers to a downward arcing 1" spur; a miniature-lover's true delight
choice semi-mini upright 6" to 8" plant with leaves up to 3" long, short spikes carrying single 4" lustrous white to amber starry blooms with 4" spurs and a pure white lip, name is derived from the flower which is very large in proportion to the plant itself, fragrant.
commonly sold as Asc.miniatum which is from Java these two species are often confused (miniatum has thinner leaves and more reddish flowers); Asc.garayi is a very compact miniature Vanda with very thick, succulent light green spotted purple leaves that reach 4" in length, 3/4" round flowers appear in dense heads on 4" - 6" long spikes and are a neon orange-yellow.
this rare seldom-seen miniature has closely alternating thick 2" flattened green spotted purple leaves; blooms appear on several short dense compact spikes, the beautiful well rounded 1/2" cuppy flowers are soft pink.
another Barbosella species with a rambling growth habit and smaller 1- 1/2" paddle like leaves, periodic flushes of 2" spikes carrying singular narrow greenish yellow 3/4" blooms
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Shade to Bright; 1500-2500 Footcandles (indirect light,pronounced shadowing)
Intermediate; 55°F min. to 85°F max.
Miniature Easy Grower
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5362_2241
Slab Mounted Plant
Blooming Size (mature flowering size plant)
Moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings)