ORA Miami Orchid! show me!!

[Toadally]

ok, all you miami orchid fans....show me what you have! : )

 

[chessmanmark]

This is one coral that I find difficult to photograph.

 

[Toadally]

awesome!

 

[kcreefer86]

how fast does the coral grow? how long did it take you to get that nice colony?

 

[Bullredchaser]

Is it tan with purple tips like valida.Or more purple.

 

[naldopr]

this is not mine is sunnyx hope he don't mind but his is the best photo of the Miami Orchid that I ever see

 

[doca]

i just did buy a frag from a local hobbyist, but it didnt past the shipping, so came to me bleached, i saved a tiny tip (about 2/8") and its now coloring to the greens...its that normal???

how long do u think its gonna take to be at least 1" frag again?

 

[cobra2326]

this is not mine is sunnyx hope he don't mind but his is the best photo of the Miami Orchid that I ever see

Looks like a pearlberry to me.

 

[chessmanmark]

how fast does the coral grow? how long did it take you to get that nice colony?

I bought it as a small frag about 1 1/2" in October of 2008. It took about a year for it to grow into a colony about 4"+. Pretty fast grower IME.

Here is a picture I took with flash. It still doesn't live up to the real thing.

 

[Varanus37]

I'll get a pic of mine up but I completely agree with the sentiment so far. Really difficult to photograph and have the true colors come out.

As for the green comment, some of the polyps on my new growth appear bright green against that nice purple. An interesting turn of things as far as I'm concernced and actually a really new event.

Bill

 

[tfp]

super-fast grower for me .

 

[Opes]

Looks like a pearlberry to me.

That is exactly what mine looks like. Deffinetly a Miami Orchid, I got mine direct from ORA.

It is one of my favorite Acros.

 

[Toadally]

They do seem to grow very fast. Mine is a small frag I've had about two months now. It has almost doubled in size. It's a very nice coral. Thanks for sharing all the pics.

 

[kevinbeth]

nice color!

nice color!

I cant wait to get my radium 20k's, ive always had good growth but never great color.

 

[cnaegler]

Mine was absolutely the fastest grower i've seen. It gets big..fast!

 

[benihana]

mine was absolutely the fastest grower i've seen. It gets big..fast!

x2!

 

[Opes]

It is a fast grower for sure! Here is an old pic of mine.

 

[aquariumclown]

OK...

 

[aquariumclown]

Looks like a pearlberry to me.

That is not a pearlberry, Pearlberry has green polyps. It is a Miami Orchid for sure based on structure and general colors, nice color on the growth tips.

 

[cobra2326]

Alrighty, then. Sorry about the mis-information. Looks like I'll need to add this one to my list, also