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It’s a large high output ultrasonic humidifier but I found a good second use for it. Hang a vanda in the mist for 10-15 minutes per side 😁

3 spikes from 1 pseudobulb 😁

Similar to Snowblind ‘Sweet Spot’ but with skinnier and very curly petals and sepals. Was a grocery store orchid with no tag a few ears back.

The name is an unfamiliar mouthful but it’s a stunning Bangkok Sunset hybrid. Sadly it did not inherit the scent. But it’s a beautiful shock of color.

Usually blooms in pairs but instead decided to make a lone extra large flower

Was supposed to be a ‘Rainbow’ clone 🫤, etsy strike out. Still pretty and smells wonderfully fruity. Took 3 years to get to blooming size. 1 7/18, 2 7/20, 3 7/23, 4 7/30.

Vanda Pakchong Blue ‘Orchid Mania’. Color is true, unlike my other Pakchong Blue which is crazy electric purple and difficult to photograph. I have a thing for the coeruleas 🫤

Big honking sucker this year

Dendrobium amabile

From emerging spike to flowers.

One lone flower. Gorgeous velvety red that’s hard to photograph in true color.

My only green slipper. Paph Cocoa Oliver x Cocoa Green. Neat multifloral bulldog which will hopefully continue to bloom for several months 😃 It’s very glossy but only shows up properly in photos using flash.

Not mine. Someone brought it to our local society meeting last night. OBSESSED! 🤩 I must find one now! Yes it really is real actual blue.

(Totally orchid related - there’s one of my vandas hanging on the door 🫠)

Mostly full bloom. It seems to be making more buds. No scent for a couple of weeks and now has a strong apricot shampoo smell.

I 💕 how their little lips bobble head around in the breeze. Took a couple of years to bloom but it was worth the wait. 4 in bloom and 8 more buds getting ready to pop.

Bloomed after 3 years from an nbs size