The Media

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!)

Instagram

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!