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Started
: February 5, 2000

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4763 Polk City Road, Haines City, FL 33844
Tel./Fax: 863-422-9398
e-mail:
fmiranda@att.net

 

 

 

Orchid Shows

- Jacksonville Orchid Society Jacksonville, FL - March 20-21.

Lecture Trips

- North Carolina Tour, NC - February 7-10.
- Albuquerque, NM - March 7.

 
News and Updates:

January 30, 2010

- We just uploaded our first widely available Division List. We had a division list in the past, but essentially only with high-priced prime-quality divisions that we had available by request. As our plants continue to grow, we now have a more widespread range of plants available. Hope all of you enjoy, we are going to keep updating this list frequently and will include more variety of species.

January 26, 2010

- The Price List has been totally updated, it is almost a new list. Following damage from the extreme cold in Central Florida (for Central Florida standards, of course), several items that were less tolerant had to be removed basically due to leaf cold burning. Several items in the pipeline had then to be added so many of the items are in 2" size. For any questions or requests for any of the items on the older list, please let me know.

November 15, 2009

- The Price List has been updated, essentially with the removal of several items now out of stock.

October 04, 2009

- Just returned from a month-long trip to Brazil, had a chance to check some habitats and visit several growers. With this, both the Price List and Division List have been updated. Another trip has been added to the schedule for this year, so we'll have a very busy couple of months.

- Also we scheduled our first open house for this year. It will be on the 27th and 28th of November. I will include more details in due time, but basically all nursery sales will include an extra 10% discount on any plants. Besides, this will be a chance to see lots of different items that are not and won't be on the website list. If you need more info, just let me know.

June 30, 2009

- We added another species to the Brazilian Orchids section. Cattleya nobilior comes as a complement considering that we already have C. walkeriana and a comparison page between the two. A few more website "gremlins" have also been found and corrected.

June 28, 2009

- We are at the peak of Cattleya leopoldii season right now. Purpuratas and tenebrosas are also blooming, but as we are growing them under shade cloth the rain is damaging the flowers too much, which is a real pity. flowers with heavy substance, such as the leopoldiis, seem not to get any damage. Here are some new leopoldiis, hope you all enjoy.

- The Price List was also updated, with the inclusion of several high-quality items that we mostly have in small quantities, so it might be an unique opportunity to get them. As always, out of stock items have been removed.

May 24, 2009

- Too many shows and trips since the last update, every week in a row. So, finally I am able to add a few more pictures of plants that flowered during this period. Enjoy.

- The Price List was also updated, with removal of several out of stock items. Several of the recently added items are now out of stock, others still available in small quantities.

April 16, 2009

- As Cattleya intermedia is in full flower now, nothing better than populate the site with pictures of these gorgeous flowers. Interestingly, as temperatures rise flowers open faster and smaller than before. Cattleya intermedia looks to be almost as prone to this as Laelia purpurata, seems that the more to the South the species comes the more influenced the flowers are by temperature. As always, hope you enjoy.

- The Price List was also updated, with removal of several out of stock items. A few of the new items are gone or are going out of stock, so it seems that we got some very popular plants this time.

April 13, 2009

- At this point, about 80% of the buds are open, we just can't have everything open at once and in one picture. Enjoy, and BTW the highest quality ones have been removed and are kept in a separate area as they are going to travel to Houston for the Show and AOS Trustee's Meeting next weekend.

- The Price List have been updated, some items are going very fast and thus have been removed. Thanks everybody.

April 5, 2009

- Cattleya intermedia is starting to bloom in full force, and at this point we have roughly 20% of the buds open. It is going to be a mess (shame on me for not repotting on time) but a beautiful mess indeed as plants are blooming with up to nine flowers per spike. A few of the good ones are in the top banner, replacing the recent amethystoglossas.

March 31, 2009

- The late colder conditions in Florida this Winter affected flowering in interesting ways, and the Cattleya nobilior plants are finishing just now with flowers lasting an average of six or more weeks. Loddigesiis had a spread out season, with several still in flower now but it was even more interesting what happened with the intermedias. We thought we would have an early season as quite a few started to flower in January, but now the bulk of the plants are opening the buds on a late season. Other bifoliates like granulosas, amethystoglossas and schillerianas seemed less affected. On the unifoliate front, warneris totally mis-fired. Let's see now what happens with the purpuratas, which are about to start in a month or so.

- The Division List have been updated, together with the
Price List.

February 9, 2009 (update: Feb. 22, 2009)

- The Cattleya nobilior plants are flowering now, at this point we have about a couple dozen coeruleas in flower. A nice sight indeed. The pumilas are finishing, loddigesiis are at the peak and intermedias are just starting. If you are around Central Florida, this is a good time to plan a visit. Update: at this point, we still have a few in bud but it is probably as good a group photo as we'll ever get.


Laelia pumila 'Marcello Miranda'

We got this
pumila awarded an HCC/AOS. Interesting is that this was the lightest colored of the seedlings we flowered this season, but shape is really good. By the time of the judging at the Tamiami Show, the flower was already three weeks old, and for about the same period of time have had the pollinia removed. The plant is still in flower now, which makes it about a month old, so it is impressive how long these flowers last, even without the pollinia.

- The Price List has also been updated, with the removal of out of stock items.

- We also have ready yet another species comparison and identification page. This one is about the remaining three of the hadrolaelias (Hadrolaelia, Cattleya, Sophronitis), which are alaorii, jongheana and sincorana. With this, the group is finished, and I might just add a page with all the six together in the future. As always, please take a look and let me know if the information and format are useful so we can improve whatever needed.

January 25, 2009

- The Price List has been updated, with the removal of out of stock items and the addition of a few high-quality items. These are available in limited quantities, but they add to a current list that we think is the best we ever had.

- We also have ready another species comparison and identification page. This one deals with three of the laelias (Hadrolaelia, Cattleya, Sophronitis), which are dayana, praestans and pumila. Hope this is useful, and if you have any comments please let me know. I am actually asking for some comments, as for the first time I am feeling that the page width might not be enough for three species. It was good for side-by-side comparison of two species, but three... maybe not. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.

January 1, 2009

- The updated Division List is now available, and as always just send me an e-mail if you want to take a look. A couple of pictures were also included on the updated Price List.

June 19, 2008

- Just a quick note to show some of the spectacular plants flowering right now at Miranda Orchids. These are all first blooming seedlings, hope you enjoy.

And here we have one of the watercolors that was added to the Botanical Illustration page. It depicts the regular color form of Laelia dayana, a very interesting Hadrolaelia species. Size is 30 x 27 cm.

June 16, 2008

- A new Division List is available upon request. The list has grown a lot, and this time includes, among other things, the new Laelia purpurata that are just now flowering.

- The Botanical Illustration page has been updated, with the inclusion of new paintings. More news soon on the subject.

    - We still have a few specimens left on what is probably the last batch that will be available of our book "Orchids from the Brazilian Amazon". For the ones that don't know the book, it was released by the time of the 15th WOC in Rio de Janeiro on 1996, and deals with the different habitats of the Brazilian part of the Amazon. It also gives an overview of the orchids to be found on these different types of forests. It has 192 pages and lots of photographs. The price is the same publisher's price of US$ 100.00, but this price now is postpaid and of course you get a signed copy. For these, we will still include a copy of our "Orchids from the Brazilian Amazon" CD which is being discontinued soon in favor of the second multi-lecture CD that is in the final stages of completion.

April 15, 2008

- We have been having some incredible flowerings of Cattleya intermedia on recent years, and for the delight of the Cattleya species lovers among you we are including some pictures from lest year's season. Not that many pictures this year as I was in Brazil during the season's peak. However, some more incredible intermedias flowered for the first time this year, and these we were able to photograph. So here it goes, hope you enjoy!

- From 2007:

 

and from 2008:

February 02, 2008

- The Price List has been updated, with the removal of out of stock items. New update with new items in the next few days.

- The new multi-CD is ready and shipping. It includes Catasetum, Cattleya and Laelia, and for more information, please go to the CDs page. Here is an excerpt from what is there.

  Box and CD view:

This is the cover view on the box and CD. The CD of course is round, but have essentially the same information. Everything is printed in real colors.
     

  Back cover view:

This is the back cover of the box. The picture shows
Laelia purpurata in the natural habitat.

- Due to increased FedEx shipping charges during the last 8 years, which effectively almost doubled in price, we have to increase a bit our shipping and handling charges for the first time, from US$15.00 to US$20.00. This will not be enough to cover shipping, especially on small orders, but it is a reasonable compromise. For the same reason, the minimum order also increased from US$25.00 to US$35.00. Thanks for the understanding.


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