Psygmorchis pusilla

I know im only posting about plants i've got, but if i start talking about the ones i want too much (like jacob's ladder) i have a feeling ill find a way to rationalize spending a paycheck on a plant, haha. so anyway, here goes.

This is my new Psygmorchis pusilla, really cute miniature. I saw pictures of the odd proportion of flower size to plant size and had to have it.

I have however heard that for some reason its a relatively shortlived species. anyone else had that problem? if so, do you know of a good method for taking cuttings? the semivandaceous growth habit and diminuitive size (and my big clumsy hands) make me nervous about the idea of taking a scalpel to it some day, and would certainly enjoy new information on it.

hope you enjoy the pics - note the new spike.

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-Colin

Wow, that is tiny! Cute fan shaped growth habit though... thanks for the introduction to this species.

Oh Colin, that is COOL! With orchids that size, we could have even more!!
Nice photos too!

Cheers!
BD

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

these plants create a clump of the fans,thus division is by the seperating of the fans .

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murray

Thanks guys. Unfortunately, those are the only 3 photos i was satisfied enough with to share.

So here's the next step in my addiction. I am a little bit of a photography nut, so not only am i likely going to blow the dust off my AE-1 and 150mm lens and take some real shots - my first endeavor in color. i find b&w generally does pretty much everything better justice, but until i try it (and most likely find myself disappointed with the likeness) im going to assume i will need color to properly capture an orchid's beauty. Here's the long and short - i'm going to have to get a better digital camera. even though i like SLR better, scanners tend to warp the appearance of the picture, and since i love to share and get feedback, as any reasonably mentally unstable orchid addict does, i need something that transfers better to web publication.

anyone have any ideas on a good digital slr for closeup clarity?

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dont forget that you can get digital SLR cameras

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murray

Murray - your post came through while i was writing mine.

Valuable advice - thank you very much. Are they generally a rapid growing variety? I've got a beautiful piece of cork and a few twigs that wake me up in the middle of the night and say "Colin... Cooolllllliiiinnnnnn... when are you going to mount something preeeettyyy to me? eh? eh? GIMME A PLANT!" what a wonderful passion!

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they are not particluarly fast growung ,but then no orchid is fast growing

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murray

wow!!! What a fantastic little orchid. I love minis! What did you mean by short lived species??
Would this little guy do well inside a well ventilated terrarium???
Thanks.

I tried to actually catch your attention about that on one of your threads - i just brought up my tank and growlights from storage, and am going to set up a vivarium soon, in which i will keep the pusilla.

i was wondering if i might pick your brains a bit about vivariums. if you could email me (i hope im allowed to post my email address here) at ColinAFlynn@gmail.com i would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

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