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Aspasia lunata - smiling? The plant blooms easily, but the leaves always look spotted.


Dependable Ctna Why Not


Confused Wasp on Penny Kuroda. They are quite a few Wasps hanging around these blooms, I am careful not to brush against them in the cage.


Oncidium Sharry Baby smells so good, the whole corner of the cage is chocolate scented.

Thanks for a nice start to our new thread, Ursula. I'm stuck in an auto repair shop waiting for an oil change. That Aspasia looks lika a Miltassia??

Jim

Heavens, didn't July fly by! Lovely smiling face up there, Ursula. Or the first picture reminds me of a laughing baby dragon.

I've been tempted by Sharry Baby so many times, but to be frank the scent is a bit too much for me. I am a chocolate lover, too!

C. Hawaiian Wedding Song x Lc. Ann Akagi opened up a little more so I took a better picture. The second bloom is starting to open, too. I have three buds on the plant. This will probably be my only picture for a while. I've got sheaths on quite a few plants but it looks like it will be a while before they open. Then again, they might surprise me like this one did!

That's such a lovely color, Melanie. You can post updates of that one and we will love to see it.

So true that catts are unpredictable on opening flowers! My big NOID catt bloomed beautifully through most of July, and has at least 3 more sheaths . . . just sitting there!

Very nice, Melanie. That one is worth a second look.

Jim

Ha! I'm going to sneak in here and beat Ursula to the first Habenaria medusa picture of the year.

Jim

They are just lovely, Jim. I thought you said your plant was dead? Did you get another?

Geeze, Elaine, check my post on Jul 23, 2013 3:53 PM EDT and your response. The wine must be sweet tonight.

Jim

Jim, oh my!! This is GORGEOUS!!!! Love it!! Hopefully my medusa opens that nice too!!
edited to add - even the pictures are perfect too!!

Melanie, nice update. I don't have any problem bumping into that one a few times either.

Miltassia? In a way - I hadn't thought about that. The good part is that the Aspasia lunata stays small and won't grow into a real-estate hog.

Elaine, I honestly don't mind the chocolate scent, but I understand. This one can't be ignored, it is strong.

Ursula, I love that Aspasia lunata, I looks like the laughing smilie on ATP!

Nothing blooming here except Doritis pulcherrima is still chugging along. sigh!

Ooooo. Look what I saw today! http://forum.crazyorchidlady.c...

Kathy, what a great find!! I love it!

Maybe I need to change my avatar to that grinning Aspasia......

Fabulous finds in the wild, Kathy. What a thrill.

Jim . . . what can I say, I've slept several times since July 23rd . .. you expect me to remember stuff from a week ago??

Hahahaha. Duckface.
Yes, I was pretty happy when my friend pointed that purple one out to me. I'll definitely do more excursions with her.

Great finds and lovely pics, Kathy.

I'm on phone duty at the Extension Service.

Jim

How neat to see them in the wild! great photos, Kathy.

Thanks, Susan. The light was not great and I was balancing on a board (!) so I was glad ANY of them came out sharp! I really should visit the bog every month. There are several different terrestrial orchids that bloom there at different times. It just takes a lot for me to leave my property in summer!! So much work, beauty, birds, and critters to discover. The turkeys and frogs (in daylilies and my water tub) have been here like crazy this year. I had a redstart (warbler) and a phoebe trapped in my art studio and a house wren trapped in my office one morning. I've got a telescoping pole with a net now to capture and release them. I also find dragonflies inside.

Interesting wildlife for sure! The House wren must have made a racket....

Just a couple of updates, while I am tapping my foot waiting for a bunch of stuff to open -
Vanda Adisak still looks ok on one spike


Phymatidium tillandsioides opens more tiny birds


Epic El Hatillo 'Pinta' is slowly coming to an end for the Summer, it is/was blooming ca 6 weeks now.


And the mounted Dendrobium moniliforme blooms here and there

Actually, the wren wasn't saying much except a short alarm when I got too close (to take photos of course). Outside they yell at me anywhere near their birdhouses, jumping around away from the houses to divert me, good luck.