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23.01.2022 If anyone is wondering why we no longer sell variegated Neoregelia or Vriesias and our Stanhopeas are no longer on display the reason may have to do with a fire... at one of our growing sites. Last Sunday night a fire which started on the road burned down 80 meters of our fence and took out one of my propagation houses. The most likely cause was from a cigarette butt thrown from a car, the high northerly winds that night would have fanned the embers and pushed the fire into the nursery. We have lost all our stock Neoregelia variegates and our Vriesea variegate collection. All my large Vandas. My Stanhopea collection is seriously damaged but will recover in 2 to 3 years. Most of my propagation material and a lot of Peperomia stock plants were lost, maybe 50,000 plants. Being late in the evening in a rural area the fire was not noticed by anyone for maybe an hour, we are lucky it did not jump the internal wall into the larger area next door. The smoke fumes from all the burning plastic pots stored outside the house permeated the growing areas and our Tillandsia collections so we may expect a huge bromeliad flowering early next year. Fortunately this fire will have very little impact on Collectors Corner supply. Cant wait for 2020 to be over.

19.01.2022 Vuong Dang Sarcochilus . Burgundy on ice

18.01.2022 Another beautiful morning !

18.01.2022 V .Dang Sarc. Kulnura Euphoria ( kulnura Vibrance fitzhart)

18.01.2022 Sars. ( Sweet heart # 1 Elegance " Super")

15.01.2022 Once again we are very sorry for the no uploads for roughly a month. Since COVID hit we have been inundated with orders and support which we are over the moon w...ith! This week we have had a small amount of time to be able to upload this weeks offerings on eBay. Please note nearly everything listed on eBay is a one off. Once it sells we don't have another one. It's first in best dressed. If you want to stay up to date with our eBay please follow us to be sure not to miss out newest listings. Also this week coming (9th & 10th of November) will be our last posting days for eBay for 2 weeks as we are taking a small break. So please be patient in regards to messages and responses. You can still feel free to buy through eBay and we will post it when we return. We also are very busy at the moment with the latest flasks coming in, We have flasks everywhere to come out and start their journey here and will have them available for sale in the near future. Make sure to check out our website aswell as we have just updated it with flasks for sale aswell as the odd plant. www.ebay.com.au/str/rosellaorchids www.rosellaorchids.com.au

11.01.2022 JUST HAVE A GO I've been growing sarcos for about 7/8 years and it has only been in the last several years that it has come of age. Presently I have sufficie...nt sarco seedlings for the next 3/4 years, These in the main contain the genetic breeding lines developed by David Butler and Neville Roper, but, what do I do after that time? Certainly plenty of sarco suppliers, Barrita Orchids, Lloyd Edwards etc from whom I can purchase - but, given the sarcos that are presently in flower, why not, just have a go and hybridise my own. I know very little about sarco hybridising apart from the aspect that it takes nearly 6 months for a pod to develop.- it will certainly be an interesting learning curve Some photos (a mixture of crosses will be made to ascertain which will produce a pod, I suspect that only 30% will produce a pod) with commentary

08.01.2022 Sarcochilus ( scarlet Zoe Crimson )

02.01.2022 Just a quick walk around the orchids today