Habenaria Raingreen's Ice Bird H. medusa size comparison with some of it's hybrids Pectabenaria Wow's White Fairies (medusa x susannae) Habenaria Memoria Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Pegasus x medusa) Habenaria Bird of Paradise 'Sarah Did It' AM/AOS (Conure x medusa) Habenaria medusa 'Owen' Red Hybrid x medusa Habenaria Bird of Paradise 'Scorpio' HCC/AOS Pink sepals and golden orange lip is an unusual combination. View of Bird of Paradise and other Habenaria species and hybrids. The arrangement viewed from above is just as nice!
This is where and how I grow (and photograph) Under lights, in the basement! The first photo does not show the two of the shelving units behind me, but there are 8 total. I use cheap, plain white LED strips that are equivalent to 4ft high output T5 florescent tubes. NOTE - My grow room does NOT glow pink. I have tried the pink LEDs and they made it unpleasant to visit my orchids, or even walk by the room. I am proof that YOU DO NOT NEED A FANCY LIGHT SETUP TO GROW AND BLOOM ORCHIDS! It's up to you, but I don't think you can really argue with my results! Any trouble growing plants in my conditions seems to be due to lack of day/night temp difference. Not lack of light. Any difficulty blooming in my conditions are generally due to lack of a cool rest period. Which, of course, more expensive lights will not help. In The Orchid Dungeon Right now it only costs $30-40 to buy lights for a 2x4 shelf, which will grow just about anything. They don't fr