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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:
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 Plants in bloom today:
Phalaenopsis philippinensis (thumbnail)
Vanda falcata
Bulbophyllum lepidum
Plants in spike/bud:
Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze', cooperi 'Copper', Fire Embers, Bronze Vixen, Nebula
Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami', medusae album, Lovely Elizabeth
Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat
Cattleya maxima

Plants in bloom today:
Phalaenopsis philippinensis (thumbnail)
Vanda falcata
Bulbophyllum lepidum
Plants in spike/bud:
Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze', cooperi 'Copper', Fire Embers, Bronze Vixen, Nebula
Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami', medusae album, Lovely Elizabeth
Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat
Cattleya maxima

24 August 2025 • Here come the autumn blooms • Carnivorous plant open day

So many plants in bloom or spike!
01:22 Masd. Machu Picchu
04:24 Cattleya maxima
04:45 Cycnoches cooperi 'Bronze'
05:18 Cycnoches cooperi 'Copper'
05:07 Cycnoches Fire Embers
05:52 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
07:25 Bulbophyllum lepidum
07:51 Bulbophyllum Lovely Elizabeth
08:44 Bulbophyllum catenulatum
06:08 Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami'
06:53 Bulbophyllum medusae album
08:07 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
08:35 Pinguicula Snow Angel
08:27 Pinguicula cyclosecta
09:02 Vanda falcata
09:23 Bulbophyllum rothschildianum
10:46 Clowesias
12:39 Cattleya dowiana rosita

16 August 2025 • Late summer spike progress

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