News

Collection Update - December 2025

Plants in spike or bloom

Welcome to My Green Pets

Here you can learn more about this collection of weird and wonderful botanicals.

See the plants

YouTube videos

The following plants are featured in this video:
00:19 Paphiopedilum rothschildianum
00:24, 08:32 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
00:45 Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS
01:44 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink'
02:30 Cycnoches warszewiczii 'Fortuna' AM/AOS
03:58 Cattleya Pulcherrima (lobata 'Jeni' AM/AOS × purpurata 'Taguara' AM/AOS)
04:16 Cattleya maxima
04:25 Cattlya dowiana ('Rogue Orchids' × self)
05:05 Cattleya rex grown from flask from Peruflora
05:32 Cattleya labiata ('Sherwood Forest' AM/AOS × 'Perola Rubra')
05:52 Cattleya Blossfeldiana
06:25 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS
06:57 Bulbophyllum medusae album
07:02 Bulbophyllum medusae 'Miami'
07:09 Bulbophyllum rothschildianum 'Red Chimney' FCC/AOS
07:17 Bulbophyllum echinolabium 'HAL' and ('Golden Gate' × self × self)
07:31 Bulbophyllum lepidum
07:40 Bulbophyllum Lovely Elizabeth
07:47 Amesiella philippinensis
08:08 Angraecum leonis
09:00 Cattleya seedlings
11:00 Zygopetalum maculatum
11:27 Pinguicula moranensis
11:39 Pinguicula 'Pirouette'
11:46 Nepenthes (rajah × edwardsiana), kinabaluensis, bongso hybrid
12:40 Brassia verrucosa, Edvah Loo 'Nishida' AM/AOS, Auntie Diana Aki
13:09 Masdevallia Machu Picchu 'Crownpoint' AM/AOS
13:25 Miltoniopsis Lilian Nakamoto 'Tanto'
13:43 Cuitlauzina pulchella 2 January 2026 • Flower thrips • Clowesia Rebecca Northen • Orchid collection update Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink' 27 December 2025 • Year End Wrap Up & Lessons Learned with Stephen VKL The following plants are featured in this video:
00:13 Zygopetalum maculatum
00:53 Pinguicula moranensis, 'Pirouette'
01:36 Brassia Edvah Loo 'Nishida' AM/AOS
01:55 Brassia Auntie Diana Aki
02:20 Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) tenella
03:05 Miltoniopsis Lillian Nakamoto
03:30 Cuitlauzina pulchella
04:28 Nepenthes
07:31 Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS
09:17 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink' CCM/AOS
10:16 Cycnoches warszewizcii 'Fortuna' AM/AOS
10:57 Tillandsia ionantha
11:17 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS
11:59 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM-CCM/AOS
12:36 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
13:33 Bulbophyllum echinolabium 'HAL'
14:12 Cattleya rex
14:21 Cattleya Hardyana
14:27 Cattleya King George
14:40 Cattleya purpurata
15:15 Cattleya seedlings (C. Triumphans photo credit: Pete Ma)
20:32 Clivia miniata 20 December 2025 • Orchid and nepenthes collection festivus update • New seedling tent Plants featured in this video:
00:17 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM-CCM/AOS
00:43 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
00:57 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS
01:14 Pinguicula moranensis, cyclosecta, 'Snow Angel', esseriana, 'Pirouette'
01:28 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
01:37 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink' CCM/AOS
2:02 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
02:10 Cycnoches warszewiczii
20:20 Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS (mericlone)
03:00 Tillandsia ionantha (?)
04:03 Zygopetalum maculatum ssp. maculatum
04:24 Pinguicula moranensis, 'Pirouette'
04:40 Brassia Edvah Loo 'Nishida' AM/AOS
04:49 Brassia verrucosa seedlings
05:11 Nepenthes (rajah × edwardsiana), (rajah × villosa), [bongso × (densiflora × robcantleyi)] 13 December 2025 • December orchid and tillandsia blooms Plants featured in this video:
00:00 Zygopetalum maculatum syn. mackayi
03:35 Pinguicula 'Pirouette' and moranensis
04:15 Nepenthes (rajah × edwardsiana), [bongso × (densiflora × robcantleyi)], (rajah × villosa) and fertilizer discussion
08:19 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
08:30 Cycnoches Fire Embers 'Patience' AM-CCM/AOS
09:00 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS
09:22 Pinguicula moranansis
09:30 Pinguicula 'Snow Angel', esseriana
10:06 Nepenthes eustachya
10:45 Pinguicula cyclosecta
11:10 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
11:35 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink'
12:17 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Mikabi' AM/AOS
13:59 Cattleya labiata semi-alba
15:08 Cattleya rex seedlings
16:06 Cattleya Hardyana
16:22 Cattleya dowiana rosita
16:52 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen with some spike weirdness
17:22 Cycnoches warszewiczii 'Fortuna' AM/AOS
17:40 Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS
19:09 Tillandsia ionantha (?) blushing and ready to bloom 6 December 2025 • Zygopetalum maculatum • Nepenthes fertilization • Orchid buds and blooms tour A couple of weeks ago I discovered my light levels were actually fairly low for my largest grow tent. So I added 200 watts of LED light and the results are 'brilliant'!

Plants shown in this video:
00:20 Zygopetalum maculatum
00:54 Nepenthes (rajah × edwardsiana)
01:32 Brassia Edvah Loo 'Nishida' AM/AOS
02:27 Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS
02:40 Cattleya Hardyana
02:55 Cattleya dowiana rosita
03:10 Cattleya labiata
05:48 Phalaenopsis philippinensis
06:00 Vanda falcata 'Hakusan' AM/AOS
06:18 Cycnoches Bronze Vixen
06:28 Cycnoches warzsewiczii 'Fortuna' AM/AOS
07:03 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Aurora'
07:24 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Mikabi' AM/AOS
07:44 Clowesia Rebecca Northen 'Grapefruit Pink'
08:02 Cattleya rex
08:13 Cattleya trianae 'Cashen's' FCC/AOS 28 November 2025 • New light levels after adding 200 W LED panel

Instagram posts

Loading Instagram post...
Loading Instagram post...
Loading Instagram post...