How'd I do? So many more species to find, but I think it was a successful year!
An orchid show at Huntington Gardens in Pasadena,CA
My little orchids are starting to fill out the tiny tank, and I’m pretty happy with the state of it.
What an amazing display of beautiful flowering plants!!!
She finally opened ! My first bulbo bloom.
She's one of the most beautiful flower i have ever seen. She looks like a funny spider with all her "eyes". I love her so much ❤️
EDIT: i just learned it's actually 6 flowers !
Does the fragrance intensify after the first day it opens? What about the size of the flower itself?
After someone on here posted about another online orchid seller in the UK (What the Blossom), I was intrigued. These beauties arrived super well packaged and look extremely healthy.
The first one is a Mini Mark Peloric phalaenopsis and the second one a Sunrise Red Peoker (Esmee) phalaenopsis.
Phragmipedium Schroederae is made by the legendary Veitch in 1882! This was the tip top of Phragmipedium hybrids before besseae and kovachii were “discovered”!
Phragmipedium Schroederae is a cross of Phragmipedium caudatum (50.00%) Phragmipedium longifolium (25.00% section: Lorifolia ) Phragmipedium schlimii (25.00% section: Micropetalum )
Was supposed to be Paph fairrieanum but it's clearly mislabeled. Still, an iconic species.
Grown in precision orchiata, peat, coco coir, pumice, and a bit of charcoal, and kept damp at all times.
Well, she lost her main leaf today but her keiki is doing amazing!! The keiki is already growing a tiny root bud. In the 4th pic, it kinda looks like she might be trying to grow another one on the opposite side. What do yall think?
My plan is to leave the keiki (or keikis) attatched to the mom plant forever, or at least as long as feasibly possible. This is my first experience with keiki before. I’ll keep yall posted to her progress 🩷
Odontocidium Hilo Bay 'Sunny Daze'
I was pretty sure it was leaf burn at first, since it appeared a week after I upgraded my grow light, yet, now I'm not sure. It's rapidly spread, the photos are only 3 days apart. I've only had this cattleya for 2 months and it's the only one in the collection.
The black patches don't have an odor or strange texture, but are definitely concerning for me as a first time cattleya owner. If it's fungal or something else what can I do to treat it? Is it worth it to email the nursery?
Had a really fun orchid society meeting today with Mark Reinke of Marble Branch Farms!
Mark gave an excellent talk on Cymbidiums and did such a good job explaining them that I somehow left the meeting with my first Cymbidium in years. 😂
He also brought a huge variety of orchids for everyone to choose from, which was probably dangerous for all of us.
Mark happens to know that I have a weakness for Catasetinae, so naturally I also added two more of those to the collection. 😭
So I went to a meeting to learn about Cymbidiums and came home with three orchids.
Sounds about right.
Really enjoyable meeting, great presentation, and an awesome selection of plants from Marble Branch Farms.
Only ever had phals before, any tips on keeping it alive, what to look out for etc please let me know :)