Comparing my former Ascocentrum to Ken's Vanda (or perhaps former Ascocenda):
Ken's pretty blooms are "Vanda-sized", not miniature as on my plant.
Ken, there are so many vandaceous Orchids out there with that beautiful color , shape and blossom size, I would think that a name would be tough to pin down.
Jim, that sounds like work!! That's a lot of windows to clean!
Dendrobium Hsinying Glomo hasn't bloomed in a few years and it is really taking up a lot of room. It must have heard me mentioning the compost heap, because it actually has a bunch of buds and now some blooms this year. Ok, it can stay!
Yes, and I had to shut the fan down too, the plant blooms on long bare old canes and they wiggle very much.
At one point I tried the front-facing camera on my IPad, but the pictures were not totally clear.
News form the OC where I am now into my third day of cleaning. All of the windows are washed but I am moving all of the orchids off of the shelves so I can clean and sanitize everything and then examine each orchid, treating for scale and/or fungus, as necessary. Wow, am I finding lots of scale I didn't know I had!
Here is Stlma. Kelly 'Lea' (B. nodosa x Ctna. Keith Roth):
Brassocatanthe [Bct.] Roman Holiday (Ctt. Chocolate Drop x B. nodosa):
Jim, those are all beautiful!
I love the nice color and shape on the Stlma. Kelly 'Lea', and the Pleurothallis hamosa is really neat. Great that it does so well for you, I would think this one would prefer somewhat cooler temps, but it probably didn't read up on its cultural conditions.
Absolutely! I started examining my big Catts very carefully and found a ton of those nasty critters hiding in cracks and under leaves. I'm wiping off what I can with rubbing alcohol and cotton balls and then spraying with Bayer 3 in 1. It takes a lot of time but this is war.
As for the Pleurothallis, we've been getting down into the 50s on some nights and it seems really happy.
Jim
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Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
I have a first-time bloomer open this morning, (well, I took the picture this morning) Got this on sale as a baby-in-a-bag at Home Depot a year ago. Keep your eye out, they put them on "Buy One, Get One" occasionally.
Blc. Volcano Delicious "Volcano Apricot".
(sort of hoping the tag is wrong here, why would they put in the Volcano twice? Both parents are Volcano heritage, maybe?)
Elaine
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Elaine - I see those orchid babies in a bag and often am tempted to purchase one just because the bloom "photos" on the label look so different. Congrats on the great find with your newly blooming Blc. Volcano Delicious "Volcano Apricot". It's a beaut as are all those photo blooms posted on this thread. I hope my few ordinary orchids bloom this Winter. I do enjoy mine and look forward to some pretty blooms again this Winter/Spring.
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Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Just for fun, I tried a backlit shot of Volcano Apricot this morning. All the wonderful pictures in the Photo Contest have inspired me to try new things with the camera. You can't win with just a 'regular' shot of a flower!
Elaine
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
