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The thread "🐥Our Orchid Blooms in April 2018🐥" in Orchids forum

Today is May 1. and with that we need a new thread!
Let me start with my second plant of Cattleya skinneri albescens var. occulata 'Debbie' opening a bunch of spikes.

Domingoa haematochila is a cute miniature, this one just started the new blooming season.

This Encyclia Borincana x bractescens is a smallish plant, hopefully it will have longer spikes down the road.

And this little Restrepia landsbergii throws out a couple of cute blooms here and there.


Please all join in and post away!

Man, I am going to have to try growing more miniatures Ursula, you inspire me to buy, buy, buy!!!
Thanks for the new thread. I forgot all about May 1st.

Bill, I have a bunch of these mini species clustered together and just flood them daily with rain water, many seem to like that. I gave up on Masdevallias and other cool growing Pleurothallids, because I grow in Summer outside and a NJ Summer is just too hot for them.

Wow!
What a blizzard of blooms on your skinneri, Ursula! Is that one fragrant?
This just opened for me yesterday. I got it from a club member that was downsizing her collection, and this is its first bloom.
C. Dal's Moon X C. Garrett Collins


It doesn't look much like the images I've found online, and I'm more than a little concerned about the unsymmetrical dark purple bit on the lip. What do you guys think?

I understand that uniformity might be nice but the possible unpredictability of the darker purple is kind of cool too! Might be either temperature or light intensity controlled. But the fact that it may change with every blooming is special in my mind.
I like it a lot!!

This was the image I found on google...do you think it might be mis - tagged, Bill?

That's is Dal's Moon X Garrett Collins?
I'll look into it when I get back home this evening.

We were off to a fabulous start until I dropped the ball. I've been watching this orchid open for the last few days and went out to take the pictures today. There's no tag. I just can't believe it. If anyone has a clue, please let me know.



Jim

Jim I think that your plant might be Cattleya peckhaviensis, a hybrid of Cattleya aclandiae X Cattleya schilleriana.
I have had three or four of them bloom and they look just like yours. All three of mine had the same white side lobes to the lip.


This was one of mine.

Whatever it is, it's a beauty, Jim and your pictures are wonderful.

I love this one!! Super showy!!

Leptotes bicolor still not fully opened but from 80 last week to 60s this week and cloudy, the first blooms will probably be done by the time the rest open.

Oh this is nice!! I sure love this one too Carol!

Outstanding, Carol. Good growing

Beautiful Carol!
I've never seen one with so many blooms

Great job Carol, way to go!!!!

Thanks guys, but I think Ursula's looked better. This yo- yo weather is tough on my orchids.

It may have.
However your plant is absolutely full of flowers! How can one expect to do better than plant = lots of flowers??

After some research, I think I will take Bill's suggestion and dub my NOID Cattleya C. Peckhaviensis. Thanks Judge Bill!

Jim

Your are welcome Jim. She is a beauty!