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Collection Update - August 2025

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New plant: Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Red Chimney' FCC/AOS

Plants in spike or bloom

Masd. Machu Picchu 'Crownpoint' AM/AOS
Cattleya maxima
Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper'
Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM/AOS, CCM/AOS
Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
Bulbophyllum lepidum
Bulbophyllum Lovely Elizabeth
Bulbophyllum catenulatum
Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami'
Bulbophyllum medusae album
Phalaenopsis philippinensis
Pinguicula 'Snow Angel'
Pinguicula cyclosecta
Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS

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Plants featured in this video:
0:05 Cucurbita maxima 'Lumina'
01:09 Phalaenopsis white hybrids
02:23 Masdevallia Machu Picchu
03:18 Cuitlauzina pulchella
03:22 Brassias Auntie Diana Aki
03:57 Nepenthes kinabaluensis, (rajah × edwardsiana)
04:42 Zygopetalum maculatum
05:39 Bulbophyllum medusae forma album
06:36 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
07:01 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
07:55 Cycnoches Nebula
08:16 Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
10:49 Clowesia rosea
11:25 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Mikabi'
12:47 Phalaneopsis philippinensis
12:52 Pinguicula moranensis
13:01 Bulbophyllum echinolabium
13:16 Bulbophyllum lepidum
13:37 Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Red Chimney'
14:46 Cattleya dowiana forma rosita

4 October 2025 • Pumpkins maturing • Cyc. cooperi problem • Bulbo medusae & Cl. Rebecca Northen

Plants featured in this video:
00:17 Cycnoches Nebula
00:49 Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
01:27 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM-CCM/AOS
01:40 Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper'
02:01 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
02:29 Cycnoches warszewiczii
02:57 Bulbophyllum medusae f. album
03:17 Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat
03:39 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
05:11 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
05:32 Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Red Chimney' FCC/AOS
06:36 Bulbophyllum echinolabium 'HAL'
07:09 Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami'
07:24 Bulbophyllum lepidum
08:06 Bulbophyllum echinolabium seedling
10:11 Miltoniopsis Lillian Nakamoto
10:29 Cuitlauzina pulchella
10:54 Brassias
11:15 Bulbophyllum croceum
12:37 Nottara Lucy's Sassafras 'Whitie Tightie' FCC/AOS × self
13:03 Pinguicula 'Pirouette'
13:18 Zygopetalum maculatum
13:58 Masdevallia Machu Picchu 'Crownpoint' AM/AOS
14:28 Nepenthes

More Autumn orchid blooms • Cycnoches cooperi, Bronze Vixen

Plants featured in this video:
00:12 Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper'
00:37 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM/AOS
02:15 Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
02:41 Cycnoches Nebula
03:14 Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat
03:44 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
04:13 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
04:39 Bulbophyllum medusae album
05:04 Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami'
05:20 Bulbophyllum lepidum and Lovely Elizabeth (two plants, one pot)
05:49 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
06:05 Bulbophyllum catenulatum
06:13 Amesiella philippinensis
06:51 Brassia Auntie Diana Aki and Edvah Loo
06:59 Miltoniopsis Lillian Nakamoto
07:30 Zygopetalum maculatum
07:38 Pinguicula moranensis
07:48 Nepenthes [bongso robusta × (densiflora × robcantleyi)]
07:50 Nepenthes (rajah × edwardsiana)
08:11 Cattleya hybrid seedlings in flask
08:30 Cucurbita maxima 'Lumina'

20 September 2025 • Orchid collection update • Cycnoches Fire Embers

The autumn blooms just keep coming! After the initial update, we'll have a quick look at all the displays at the Denver Orchid Society Fall Show and Sale. My orchids did really well!
Plants in this video:
Miltoniopsis Lillian Nakamoto
Zygopetalum maculatum
Nepenthes × kinabaluensis (rajah × villosa)
Napenthes (rajah × edwardsiana)
Cuitlauzina pulchella
Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) tenellum
Masdevallia Machu Picchu
Cycnoches Fire Embers, cooperi, Bronze Vixen, Nebula
Clowesia Rebecca Northen, rosea
Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat
Bulbophyllum lepidum, medusae
Phalaenopsis philippinensis
Cischweinfia horichii

14 September 2025 • Orchid blooms update • Denver Orchid Society fall show results

You can see the following plants in this week's video:
0:22 Cycnoches Nebula
0:35 Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
0:51 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM/AOS
1:28 Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper'
2:46 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
3:05 Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami'
3:48 Bulbophyllum medusae forma album
4:05 Bulbophyllum lepidum
4:36 Bulbophyllum Lovely Elizabeth
5:28 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS
6:03 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
7:48 Masdevallia Machu Picchu 'Crownpoint' AM/AOS
7:58 Cuitlauzina pulchella
8:34 Brassia Auntie Diana Aki
8:56 Brassia Edvah Loo 'Nishida' AM/AOS
9:14 Nepenthes (rajah × edwardsiana)
9:19 Nepenthes × kinabaluensis (rajah × villosa)
9:25 Zygopetalum maculatum
10:13 Cucurbita maxima 'Lumina'

6 September 2025 • Denver show next weekend...who's ready?

Plants you'll see in this video:
0:57 Pinguicula moranensis / 'Pirouette'
1:24 Cuitlauzina pulchella
2:14 Masdevallia Machu Picchu
2:43 Brassia verrucosa
2:56 Nepenthes crosses
3:28 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
3:55 Bulbophyllum Lovely Elizabeth
4:15 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan'
4:34 Bulbophyllum medusae album
5:01 Bulbophyllum rothschildianum
5:13 Bulbophyllum echinolabium
5:28 Bulbophyllum lepidum
6:14 Bulbopyllum medusae 'Miami'
7:05 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
7:43 Clowesia rosea
8:13 Cycnoches Nebula
8:21 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
8:33 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience'
8:55 Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
9:18 Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper'
10:34 Cattleya maxima
10:43 Cattleya labiata
10:55 Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat
11:52 Cucurbita maxima 'Lumina'

31 August 2025 • Late summer blooms poppin' Click the timestamps below to jump to that section of the video:
Introduction 0:00
Species History 1:25
Color Varieties 4:14
AOS Awards 5:37
Natural Habitat 12:32
Care: Water & Light 15:00
Growth Cycle 20:05
Seedling Care 21:52
Rot Issues 25:08
Potting & Media 30:22
Summary of Care 36:44
Fertilizer Experiment 38:47
Where to buy rex 44:44
Conclusion 47:25

Recorded August 24, 2025

Click the timestamps below to jump to that section of the video:
Introduction 0:00
Species History 1:25
Color Varieties 4:14
AOS Awards 5:37
Natural Habitat 12:32
Care: Water & Light 15:00
Growth Cycle 20:05
Seedling Care 21:52
Rot Issues 25:08
Potting & Media 30:22
Summary of Care 36:44
Fertilizer Experiment 38:47
Where to buy rex 44:44
Conclusion 47:25

Recorded August 24, 2025

30 August 2025 • Cattleya rex: Tips & Tricks with Stephen VKL

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