SHOW US YOUR ORCHIDS/FLOWERS!

[SubRosa]

A couple of noid rescue Phals. I got 10 a while back from a customer that were pretty far gone. I lost a couple along the way, and these are the first two to bloom:

 

[DragonsEye]

Used to have a name once upon a time, but the friends who owned it threw the tag away. After declining for a number of years, they bestowed it upon me. Recovery has been slow but steady. Tallest cane is currently only about 2-3 inches tall (will eventually produce canes 12-18inches tall) but it bloomed for me this winter none the less.




This one belongs to one of my favorite genera:




and in a flight of whimsy... how I suspect it may look when a hydra (the monster not the animal) argues with its other heads:



A very cute, easy micro mini -- the flowers are very fragrant for their small size. (Scent is reminiscent of honey.)

 

[SubRosa]

Ophrys vernixia:

 

[Cthulhu138]

Ahhhh....... Excellent John ! Mine should bloom this year as well. I usually don't see Ophrys blooms until April though.

 

[SubRosa]

I really wish I could capture it better. So much detail doesn't show......

 

[DragonsEye]

Sweet plant, John

 

[Whimgrinder]

Dracula chimaera is almost always in flower, to my amazement:

Love the Ophrys, John!

 

[SubRosa]

So Paul, do the Dracula flowers smell as bad as they look like they do? They have that rotten meat look!

 

[Whimgrinder]

Thankfully, no. They are scentless!

 

[SubRosa]

Good to know, Dracula is definitely on the list!

 

[goods]

Thankfully, no. They are scentless!

Scentless to us

Most Dracula are fungus gnat pollinated, so they emit subtle fungal scents to attract the flies.

 

[anramitaco]

Got this as "Pleurothallis sp." Looks to me like P. portillae.



I love the "green bean" look of the leaves.

 

[That One Guy]

Well this is nothing compared to all the other orchids that are posted here but this is my very first orchid bloom. Very happy. Paphs prefer similar conditions to phals, right?

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7592/16583684220_00a722ba8b_k.jpg

 

[DragonsEye]

Depends on the paph, TOG. Typically, the mottled leaf types will be suited to Phal light levels. The plain leafed varieties desire a bit higher light. Even phals, however,generally do well with bright indirect lighting ("bright shade").

 

[RSS]

This Den is driving me completely .

Taken JULY 7th!
DSC_0602 by randallsimpson, on Flickr

And today OCT 14th!
DSC_0758 by randallsimpson, on Flickr

Enough Waiting!!!

I happened to glace over at the chiller today and noticed some progress. It is still not completely open....13 Mar 2015, I guess I'm really close to a year from the first signs of a stalk to now. Another 3-6m and I might have a completely opened flower...

DSC_1002 by randallsimpson, on Flickr

 

[DragonsEye]

Got this in trade last year. One of my favorite old hybrids.

 

[anramitaco]

Paul, what is that hybrid? It's gorgeous!

Here's a much less gorgeous flower, Oeceoclades peyrotii:


The leaves are the reason I grow it:

 

[Whimgrinder]

Got this in trade last year. One of my favorite old hybrids.

That's SLC. Jewelbox 'Dark Waters' AM/AOS, from the 1960s. Paul got it from me last year. Its a division from before the plant was mass produced as a TC clone.

 

[anramitaco]

Thanks! A stunning flower and a plant with some history to boot.

 

[rdlsreno]

Love the spots!


Ramon

C. (Mark Jones x Jungle Elf)