L & R Orchids

One of our last stops was to a large commercial orchid nursery. Unfortunately, we only allowed about an hour for a stop at L&R orchids. L&R raises primarily species and I had seen and purchased some of their plants at the World Orchid Conference last year
in Vancouver. Since I have some interest in species, we decided to make a quick stop. Huge operation! Something like 10 huge greenhouses, each with a different climate. All the computer controlled bells and whistles. I could rave on but there were no Disas. Since this site is primarily devoted to the promotion of Disa Orchids, I'm not going to do much but show you some of the many orchids that were in bloom when we visited. I took a number of pictures of Phalaenopsis species as well as some of the more unusual or personally interesting orchids that were in bloom. There were many, many more in flower than the photos but I had to draw the line somewhere. This is definitely a place you want to visit if you have any interest in species orchids. They were real friendly and I'm sure that if you called ahead, you would be warmly received.

This is the main parking lot. There is a display room to the right and the main growing greenhouses are to the left.
	On the left is Brassovola cucculata while above is a Renanthera hybrid. Nice color, no?
Above is Calanthe masuca. To the right is Dendrobium d'albertisii. Below left is Dendrobium kauldorumi. Below right is Dendrobium victoria-regina

	Above is Phalaenopsis mannii. To the left is Encyclia fragrans.
Phalaenopsis equestris var. alba	Sobralia xantholeuca
Phalaenopsis lindenii
	Two Sobralia's, macrantha,above and an unknown to the left. Below is Phalaenopsis mariae