Pink Heaven looks so cheerful.

Thanks guys!
Ken, I got the Crispen Rosales from Kawomoto at either the Tamiami or Redlands show. They usually have some great plants at wonderful prices. I don't know how I ended up with a couple of the Burdekin Wonder plants, but the lady that bought it in bloom/bud was very happy to get it!
This Pink Heaven plant is a cute windowsill size plant, but the flowers are quite large and this has been in bloom already 3 weeks!

Ken, I agree with Lindsey...all three are gorgeous! Love those intense colors!
Lindsey ' Pink Heaven' is a beauty!

Thanks, Carol. Lindsey, my Crispin Rosales came from Carmela Orchids years ago (prob. 7-8 but maybe even 10 yr.) and I think it was before it was even awarded. Mine was labeled Blc., not Rlc. Also, my label spelled it "Crispin" not "Crispen", so I don't know if my label was spelled correctly or not. I'm pretty certain that I don't have this variety any longer.

Crispin Rosales has been around for quite sometime. It is one of the "standards in lavender Cattleyas".
'Crispin' has "i's", no "E's".

And here we have another one with only one bloom. But this one almost kicked the bucket last Summer, I was happy it was still able to put out a small growth.
Crazy Rlc Dick Smith 'Aloha Spirit'.

Epidendrum Saranac Lake is fun to watch as it opens each little bud in those pendant clusters.

My Vanda Pachara Delight 'Blue' opens


And here comes a cute little stinker, Liparis viridiflora, increasing in size through the years and blooming reliably every Winter. Luckily the blooms are so tiny, the "scent" is totally drowned out unless you really stick your nose into it. It is very similar to Bulbo medusae, compounds like Spermine and Spermidine come to mind.🤢

Boy, Dick Smith has some issues doesn't it yet it is a really pretty flower. The golden yellow with deep magenta is awfully nice!

Bill, I like your phrasing "Awfully nice"
I myself didn't believe I would buy something crazy as that! But I did! It is crazy awful, isn't it?

Gosh no, I am serious!
I kind of like the color combination. It is one I don't see a lot of! Is it an award winner? No.
Is it worth keeping in a collection? Maybe.
I just like it.

We need to straighten out the magenta on the lip. One side it is higher up then the other kind of leaving you with a slanted band of lip color.
The base of the left petal completely wraps around the back of the lip past the column and really hides a lot of the right petal which is odd.
Both the left and right sepals present at a different angle and that is weird too. It is like they are independent thinkers!! But it doesn't really bother me. I would keep it as a novelty in my collection.
The magenta splotches are neat and there is a light magenta picotee around both petals.

But so help me, I like it!!! It is kind of like eveness through genetics is all but gone!! Kind of like the genes controlling flower markings and color took a vacation!!

But I like it!!!

The Dick Smith series is "interesting", with their colors and patterns. Perhaps a bit over the top. I have Rlc. Dick Smith 'Paradise' in bud. Here's her last blooming (before my move).

Rlc. (Pot.) Dick Smith 'Paradise'

I am glad you like it, Bill and Ken! It certainly is "in your face", right? I think that's why I bought it!
That is SOME color on the 'Paradise'! Wow!

drdawg said:The Dick Smith series is "interesting", with their colors and patterns. Perhaps a bit over the top. I have Rlc. Dick Smith 'Paradise' in bud. Here's her last blooming (before my move).

Rlc. (Pot.) Dick Smith 'Paradise'

Would make a good Clown corsage.

Good point, there, Glenn. You want to brighten up a space? This is the flower to do just that.

Wow Ursula, your Dick Smith is a party in a pot! What crazy colors it has. Pachara Delight has a gorgeous color. Really nice!
There's a few new things opening here these past few days.



Rlc. Yen Surprise 'Seiko' AM/AOS
this one holds it's flowers well up over the foliage on a really strong stem, it never needs staking.



this one I got a few years ago as a bare root division from Plantio...it was tagged Tutankamen X Okarcher...luckily Rafael knew exactly what it was
Cattleya percivalliana



Bc Yellow Bird
I'm debating testing this one for virus....

A party in a pot! Heh, I like that!

I love the Yen Surprise 'Seiko' !

I don't think that Yen should have been Surprised at all!!!
That's a pretty flower.

I am always happy to see my old Laelia anceps starting up in January. Usually it gives me one short spike in late Summer and then this! I water the whole plant/buds and all daily, otherwise the buds have problems opening.

Schomburgkia superbiens is hanging in there, after I had it "restarted".

and Dendrobium calcariferum has a few cute blooms

Ursula said:I am always happy to see my old Laelia anceps starting up in January. Usually it gives me one short spike in late Summer and then this! I water the whole plant/buds and all daily, otherwise the buds have problems opening.

@ardesia ,
Maybe daily watering is what your pretty but wonky flower will need to open properly if it blooms again. 🤷‍♀️

You're all probably tired of seeing this one, but my Bl. Renate is blooming again with 3 nice spikes. I never get tired of these lovely flowers.