The Media
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I would like to compile a list of orchid-related online media that I regularly consume or recently encountered, and eventually map out and comment on the body of such work. Eventually, I will add a list of books, vendors, and other institutions relevant to orchid culture.
Youtube
- Attainable Green (a lot on deflasking and seedlings, some greenhouse tours)
- MissOrchidGirl (a lot on individual orchids, repotting, general advice)
- Howard Rice (very nice presentations of specimen plants)
- Alma del Bosque (South American orchids, in Spanish)
- Ecuagenera (You get to see how they grow their orchids!)
Orchid presence on instagram is extensive. I generally search hashtags of species I'm interested in. But it's quite difficult to recommend individual accounts, since very few of them have a distinctive visual style. I tend to like instagrams that share more of the process behind orchids in the form of photos of the grow space or other infrastructure, and which display the entire plant. I am seriously annoyed by photographs of orchids which only include a close-up of the flower.
- @menjizen
- Very beautiful, varied photos of plants and process
- @journalduneorchidee
- Clean styling, mostly full photos of plants
- @minicolins
- Some unusual species here, often against a black backdrop
- @nycapartmentorchids
- This has some grow space photos, nice styling
- @theorchidapartment
- This has more progress updates
- @orchidsberlin
- Some terrarium setups
Orchid Board
I like refreshing the "new posts" tab each day. There are some pretty knowledgeable regulars, and you can find some pretty elaborate posts about terrarium setups.
Orchids Forum
I haven't used this one as much for cultural information. Sometimes you'll find good photos of obscure species that aren't on Orchid Board, especially when Marni Turkel posts.
RVO's OrchidTalk Forum
A bit obscure, similar to the first two.
Slippertalk
I haven't paid as much attention to this one. It's focused on paphs, phrags, and other allied orchids.
Blogs
- https://hanasakajichan.exblog.jp
- The photography here is excellent.
- https://myorchidsvicissitudes.tumblr.com
- I like how detailed this is!