Plants Grown by Adam Almeida

Found 38 plants grown by Adam Almeida. Column "M?" indicates if plant matched to orchid database.

	Orchid	M?	Visible	Description	Culture
	Aer. odorata	Yes	Public	Vandaceous epiphyte from all over southeast Asia. Plant grows relatively large and tends toward a pendant growth style. Flowers are extremely fragrant and long-lasting. This is a large division tha... Read more	I grow this plant with my vandas, as it was grown in high light at Olomana Orchids. It is grown without media in a one-gallon plastic pot. This species likes hot conditions and thrives for me.
	Ar. graminifolia	Yes	Public	Terrestrial orchid species from the Philippines. Technically a weed in Hawaii. Known as "Bamboo Orchid" because of the similarity of the foliage to bamboo. Blooms apically with medium-sized, cattle... Read more	Grown in a well draining peat and soil mix. The media is kept moist and the plant is kept in full sun.
	Aranda. Singapore Sunrise	Yes	Public	Attractive and easy blooming sun vanda. This plant had been put into a silent auction because its previous owner couldn't bloom it. From Jan. 2020 to now (Sept. 2020) this plant has bloomed about f... Read more	Grown with my vandas. High light, copious water, and regular fertilizing. Despite the strap-like leaves, these types of vandas need very high light in order to bloom well.
	B. nodosa 'Minnie Mouse'	Yes	Public	This is a novel dwarf form of B. nodosa. The leaves grow to about half the size of typical B. nodosa leaves. The flowers remain around the same size, however. Blooms look especially showy on such a... Read more	Growing in a 3-inch plastic basket with a coarse bark and perlite mix. Hanging about one foot below 60% shade cloth and watered nearly every day.
	Bc. Green Bird	Yes	Public	A simple and attractive cross made by our current AOS center chair, Karen Kimmerle. This plant is a vigorous grower and blooms profusely on small plants. The flowers are long-lasting and lightly fr... Read more	Very versatile grower. I grow mine in bright filtered light with a well-drained bark media. Watered 3-4 times a week and fed about twice a month.
	Bc. Patricia Leach Almeida	Yes	Public	This is a beautiful cattleya cross which was bred by Roy Tokunaga in 2010. Over several years of blooming this plant, I have developed a soft spot for it. Roy gave me permission to register the pla... Read more	This cattleya is actually grown with my bulbophyllum collection. It receives a lot of water, about 70% shade, and very infrequent fertilizing. It blooms at least three times a year.
	Brsdm. Golden Gamine 'White Knight' AM/HOS	Yes	Public	My first awarded plant. This orchid can bloom up to three times a year with relatively long-lasting flowers. Spikes present themselves well without staking. Flowers hold a light fragrance. Great pl... Read more	The plant is grown in a mix of med. grade fir bark and perlite in a six-inch clay pot. Kept under about 50% shade cloth and watered every other day regardless of the season. Regular weakly weekly f... Read more
	Bulb. fascinator	Yes	Public	A small and slow-growing species from Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines. It blooms in the summer and fall on a suberect, single-flowered inflorescence. The flower is relatively long-li... Read more	This plant is grown in a three-inch pot filled with sphagnum moss as the media. It receives dappled light and infrequent feeding. Don't use large pots as it is very slow-growing.
	Bulb. Karlo Javy	Yes	Public	A surprisingly small growing plant, growths look just like echinolabium just smaller. Blooms infrequently on a sequentially blooming inflorescence which holds short-lived flowers.	Grown in a four-inch plastic net pot with sphagnum moss as the media. The basket is hung above my other Bulbophyllums, so it receives a little bit more light. Despite these conditions, the plant is... Read more
	Bulb. Meen Kingdom Warriors	Yes	Public	Dark and large flowers on a small and compact plant. This is one of my favorites from Meen Nursery. Blooms frequently and will bloom multiple times from a single node. I expect this plant to be pre... Read more	General Bulbophyllum culture, low light, plenty water and less frequent feeding.
	Bulb. Meen Sumatran Tiger	Yes	Public	A primary hybrid of two eye-catching Bulbophyllum species. The vegetative growth is identical to both parents, being small epiphytes with little to no space between pseudobulbs and carry a single e... Read more	I grow this with all my other bulbs under 78% shade cloth. In the dry season, I water just about every day and during the winter I can reduce the watering to about 2-3 times a week. I fertilize my ... Read more
	Byb. hyacinthoides 'Snowflake'	Yes	Public	A small epiphyte from Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. Blooms in the spring on fuzzy, erect, many-flowered inflorescences.	Grown in coarse bark under 70% shade. Watered every other day and fertilized weekly.
	Byb. hyacinthoides 'Snowflake'	Yes	Public	A small epiphyte from Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. Blooms in the spring on fuzzy, erect, many-flowered inflorescences.	Grown in coarse bark under 70% shade. Watered every other day and fertilized weekly.
	C. Penny Kuroda (Caudebec Group)	Yes	Public	This is a really great bifoliate Cattleya cross with a very strange background. The Caudebec group of this plant came from crossing the Sophia Martin group and the Penny Kuroda group of the same pl... Read more	Grown in bright filtered light with a coarse cinder based media. Watered frequently when growing and reduced when out of growth.
	C. purpurata var. carnea	Yes	Public	This carnea form is noted for the pink lip color and the white petal color. The flowers open floppy and firm up over the next day or two. The blooms are also sweetly fragrant.	Currently, this plant is being grown in a coarse bark mix in a six-inch clay pot. It is grown under the 78% section of the greenhouse. It receives water 2-3 times a week.
	Chz. Hsinying Pink Doll 'Hsinyijng'	Yes	Public	An easy growing, intergeneric Cattleya hybrid. Initially started growing this plant for my mother, but it's grown on me since. It blooms consistently in the spring and fall, nearly always a week or... Read more	This plant is grown in a five-inch rose pot with a coarse bark mix as the media. It is placed with my other Cattleya under 50% shade and is watered 3-4 times a week.
	Coel. pandurata	Yes	Public	This species can be found in Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines as an epiphyte growing in large trees in the hot and humid lowlands. It typically blooms in late spring, with inflorescen... Read more	This plant prefers bright shade and may not bloom if the light is not high enough. Watering should be reduced in the winter so that the media dries out completely between waterings. I grow mine in ... Read more
	Den. biloculare	Yes	Public	A medium-sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found in Western New Guinea. The flowers are mostly chartreuse, with burgundy markings bleeding to the front from the outer surface of the petal. The na... Read more	Easy to grow. Likes intermediate light and temperatures. Even watering with a slight reduction in the wet season.
	Gchls. japonicus	Yes	Public	Wonderful miniature species from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Monopodial growth habit with blooms that arise from between the leaves. Flowers are yellow with mostly white cupped lips. The flowers h... Read more	This plant is mounted on a cork slab with a little bit of sphagnum to help retain moisture. The mount is hung from a bench under 50% shade. I water the plant when the sphagnum is dry and fertilize ... Read more
	Gom. sarcodes	Yes	Public	Brazilian oncidiinae with a decent amount of floral variation. The plant is a medium-sized epiphyte with subfusiform pseudobulbs topped with two oblong leaves. It blooms in the spring on a five-foo... Read more	This plant likes perfect drainage, warm temperatures, and shaded conditions. Is an overzealous bloomer and blooms may occasionally need to be terminated.
	Gur. bowringiana var. coerulea	Yes	Public	Native to Guatemala and Belize, but commonly found in local orchid collections. This species is practically identical to Gur. skinneri, the big difference being when they bloom. Gur. bowringiana bl... Read more	Grown in an undersized clay pot with mostly cinder as the media. This plant is grown in very bright filtered light and watered at least twice a week.
	Hab. erichmichelii	Yes	Public	Another easy growing terrestrial deciduous orchid species. This species tends to have more patterns and colors on the foliage, mine being a copper color. H. erichmichelii is unique in the rhodochei... Read more	This plant is grown in a tall three-inch pot in full sphagnum moss. It is kept moist while green and growing and allowed to dry for a few days at a time once the blooms have finished. Grown under 5... Read more
	Hab. medusa	Yes	Public	One of the easier terrestrial deciduous orchids that we can grow locally. The plant is small when out of bloom and mid-size when in flower. Blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal inflorescen... Read more	This plant is grown in a tall three-inch pot in full sphagnum media. It is kept moist while green and growing and allowed to dry for a few days at a time once the blooms have finished. It is under ... Read more
	Max. camaridii	Yes	Public	A fascinating epiphyte found throughout Central America as well as the Northeast coast of South America, down to Brazil. This plant blooms in the spring and summer on several to many single-flowere... Read more	This plant gets watered about everyday and is kept in bright filtered light. It doesn't really grow in any media.
	Max. hedwigiae	Yes	Public	Compact growing Maxillaria that blooms individual, small white flowers with an orange lip. Flowers are stated to have a fragrance, though I've never detected any. Plants bloom freely throughout the... Read more	This plant grows in a medium bark mix under 60% shade. It is kept evenly moist all year and gets fertilized weakly weekly with the rest of my collection.
	Phal. pulcherrima var. champorensis alba	Yes	Public	Used to be Doritis. This species typically grows lithophytically or terrestrially in its natural habitat, even growing in nearly full sun exposure. The plant has sturdy leaves and produces a spike ... Read more	This is an adaptable species and as such I have it growing in conjunction with my other Phalaenopsis. They grow in about 70% shade, get watered every other day and get fertilized with everything el... Read more
	Pol. neobenthamia	Yes	Public	Large-growing terrestrial or lithophytic species from Tanzania. Blooms on a densely flowered, terminal inflorescence which strongly resembles chive blooms. This plant grows keiki prolifically.	This species is easy to grow. It is in a sphagnum mix as I found this plant absorbs copious amounts of water. It gets as much sun as my vandas but would probably bloom better with more day length.
	Psh. prismatocarpa	Yes	Public	Attractive epiphyte from Costa Rica and Panama. The plant grows elongate, conical pseudobulbs carrying two to three oblong leaves. It flowers in the spring, summer, and fall with bright, long-lasti... Read more	This species likes bright shade and cool temperatures. My plant blooms despite being in a very hot area, so it can be assumed that this is an adaptable species. On Oahu, this species typically bloo... Read more
	Psh. radiata	Yes	Public	From Central America and Northern South America. Medium-sized epiphyte which puts out sprays of short, many-flowered inflorescences. These flowers are spicily fragrant, non-resupinate, and have hea... Read more	Grown under 50% shade in a shallow 12-inch plastic pot, filled with coarse bark mix including perlite and hapu'u fibers. Watered every third or fourth day.
	Rth. Lois McNeil 'Ace'	Yes	Public	This cross is mostly Gur. bowringiana and C. labiata so it blooms in the fall just as the species do. The flowers are nicely fragrant, long-lasting, and rather large. The plant also grows incredibl... Read more	Grown in a coarse orchiata/perlite mix, I try to monitor this plant individually to make sure it dries completely before watering. Receives bright light.
	Slc. Long Life Angel 'Paradise'	Yes	Public	Another exceptional bifoliate Cattleya cross, but this time without the strong scent. This plant blooms on a tall spike and would likely make an appealing specimen plant.	This plant is grown in bright light and watered infrequently. It is potted in just enough large fir bark pieces to be stable.
	V. Boschii	Yes	Public	Strap-leafed primary hybrid. Blooms multiple times a year with descending, many-flowered inflorescences. The flowers are white with many irregular purples spots throughout. Due to both of the paren... Read more	This vanda prefers less light than others, noted by the wide "strap-like" leaves. Besides the consideration for light, conditions are the same as other vandas.
	V. John De Biase 'Angela'	Yes	Public	A strong Vanda hybrid from R.F. Orchids. I have several plants of this cross and all of them bloom multiple times a year with strong inflorescences holding between 10 and 20 flowers. This is a cros... Read more	These plants are grown with my other high light vandas in nearly full sun exposure. They are at least once a day and I try to fertilize every week. Plants are ready bloomers.
	V. Luke Nok	Yes	Public	This is an older and rather uncommon primary hybrid. It was in my father's collection when I took over and he does not recall where he got it from. The plant typically blooms at least twice a year ... Read more	This plant is currently (9/20) being grown with my high light vandas.Due to its background, I am certain it would fair much better with slightly reduced light and slightly cooler temperatures. I be... Read more
	V. luzonica	Yes	Public	Found only on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. This is a large Vanda species that is commonly grown in cultivation. This is one of few fragrant Vanda species and is very popular in breeding ... Read more	This plant likes bright filtered light and hot temperatures. Conditions should be kept fairly consistent throughout the year.
	V. Miya's Victory	Yes	Public	Slow growing sanderiana hybrid. Spike takes over a week to fully open. Flowers are a nice orange that isn't seen often on flowers of this size.	Growing in a large plastic net pot with a metal frame for support. Full sun from about 8 am to about 5 pm. The plant is potted in only enough large cinder to support roots, receives as much water a... Read more
	V. Nopporn White Diamond	Yes	Public	Robust white-flowered vanda hybrid. Bloomed twice since winning in Jan. 2020. Strong grower.	Growing with Vanda collection in about 12% shade, watered daily and fertilized weekly.
	Vct. Herbert Kurihara 'Kazuto Nitta' AM/AOS	Yes	Public	Terete-leaved vanda which frequently blooms medium-sized, showy purple flowers. Blooms last for over two weeks but are very attractive to thrips.	Grown under aluminet in full sun, watered daily, and fertilized weekly.