My little Maxillaria swartziana is blooming again!

Found 4 tiny buds on my Blc. Rustic Spots 'H&R' today (growing under lights) whoopdedoo

Sounds promising, Glenn!

Gina, that is a nice Maxillaria!

Lindsey, you have so much nice stuff in bloom! My Orchids are somewhat quiet at the moment, except perhaps for this Onc Sharry Baby.

Love! Sharry baby! Beautiful!
And so fragrant!

My little NOID Dendrobium opened up, over my head of course

Pretty!

I have the big purple NOID Den up there over my head, too. I can only get the color to come out right if I photograph it against the blue sky, it seems! Just a little bit of thrips damage on these deep colored flowers! Amazing considering Marsh only sprayed for bugs once while I was away.



The new Vanda flower has opened up completely and is a really nice color now. Still, the tongues just crack me up.

Such rude flowers.

Pardon me for posting the same plant again now that the second bloom has opened.

I have only 9 orchids, and I waited 4 years for this one to bloom, so I just couldn't resist!

Diana, we love 💕 repeat bloomers/blooms! What's not to like!

That's great Elaine, you are on a roll with your Vandas in bloom! Your patience has been rewarded as has Diana with her gorgeous Paph.
I have a little cutie Vanda blooming for the first time. Not exactly the color I was hoping for but nice all the same.


V. Mem. Thianchai Gold X V Arjuna ' Enlightens'
Thank you Bill for getting the name for me from the gibberish on the tag!

Welcome Lindsey!

NOID paph!

Imported from Thailand, Lindsey?

Gina, it is amazing what you grow!

This was posted this morning on fb, a new Orchid has been discovered.
https://savingnature.com/2020/...

Oh my that Dracula is a BEAUTY!

Pretty Paph, Gina...love those markings on it!
Ursula, it's from a local grower that gets most of his stuff from the Dominican Republic. But maybe the few Vandas come from somewhere else???

Your little freckled Vanda is adorable, Lindsey. I wonder if the color will change as the flower matures? My V. Jairak Heartthrob starts out a very similar color, ivory with the dark red spots and the spots blend out somewhat so the flowers are very pink by the time they're done.

One of my little terete Vandas also has Thongchai Gold in the cross, I think. Going out to hunt for tags again now. Found only 5 tags left on the 13 little Vanda plants. All tags are in perfect shape, and not even faded from all the sun they got last summer, and so far this year. Those squirrels have been at work, I do believe.

Nothing worse that a pesky squirrel in the orchid house

Yeah, that's the problem. These little Vandas simply won't bloom inside the pool cage. Not enough sun.

They've been out in the wilds of the sunny portion of my back yard for over a year now. The squirrels have had a free-for-all.

Gina1960 said:NOID paph!

That's a beauty. I wonder if it has Slipper Orchid (Paphiopedilum leucochilum) in its ancestry somewhere?

Ursula said:This was posted this morning on fb, a new Orchid has been discovered.
https://savingnature.com/2020/...

I always enjoy hearing about these sort of discoveries. Pity it's already endangered; hopefully no more of its habitat will be lost.

It's not yet in the KEW checklist, but I expect it will be soon enough and I will add it to our database then.