I love anything with Richard Mueller in it..and yours is no exception Ted
I've got a bunch of new blooms today...





Blc. George King 'Serendipity' with the first two of 6 buds open.


This was a NOID from Lowe's last year..it's been tentatively ID'd as
Brassia donkergeel Mystic Maze Mars.






Ctt. Anguar . I might be testing this one for virus..the first spike all the buds blasted and on this second spike the first flower opened deformed and you can just see a peek of the petal on the lower right with some weird color variations going on

Very nice, Lindsey. Hope it is just one of those things and not serious.

Nice change, Ted!

Lindsey, I am puzzled at your Brassia!
You wrote donkergeel lower case, which would indicate a species. Kew doesn't know this one. Checking as Hybrid or part of a hybrid, I can't find it either.
I love the George King 'Serendipity!'

I put that picture out on the Florida Orchid Growers FB page and one of the moderators came back very quickly with the name and a link to a pintrest page but I just googled the name and saw the numerous images that all looked very similar..so just copied the name and pasted. There were many images and perhaps it's one of those plants that has been mis labled all along?

I've been working on this Brassia issue and this may be a leap of faith but try Brascidostele [Bcd.] Gilded Tower 'Mystic Maze' (Brassostele Summit x Brassidium Gilded Urchin). I think what Lindsey has is an unregistered trade name. Here is the picture:


Jim

I forgot to say, have a great day all my follow veterans!

Jim

Jim, it's a wonder you haven't lost your mind with all this sleuthing .. you must enjoy the challenge!

Yes, the challenge can be interesting but my problem is the time. Also, it is nice to be helpful.

Jim

Blooming this morning, a small division that I made for my sister in Miami...Bc. Kash Wallis



This is a nice window sill plant and a generous bloomer.

Pretty bloom, Lindsey!

Really nice, I love the spots and detailed lines on the petals.

Not quite as colorful, my "maybe Little Lulu" has similar markings.

I love these hand painted flowers...each one, a gem!

Pretty!
My Pelatantheria insectifera (say that one three times fast) starts blooming. It is by now a fairly large plant, though a bit hard to see here.

Another spike on the Bc Binosa 'Tetraploid'

and - this little Cym Amazing 'Marlow Orchids' never gets much larger than this, but it does produce a yearly small spike. Except, it used to bloom in Summer and it shifted to blooming later and later in the season.

What a pretty Cym, Ursula..and your Binosa is REALLY nice..love the freckles on those lips!

Love that Cym., Ursula! Summer is an unusual time for them to bloom.

Hello all.
A few plants that I've managed to keep over the years, and a couple of them are blooming this month.

Vanda (aka Ascocenda) John De Biase "Angela"



Vanda (aka Neofinetia) Baby Angel (Lou Sneary x falcata) - the flash keeps washing them out

The flash is tough on plant photographs. I always suppress mine and then if the photo is too dark, I lighten it with my photo software. Nice flowers.

Neofinetia falcata blooms are not always the easiest to shoot.
'Angela' is a pretty one, nice color!

I also find it difficult to use flash especially on any flower where the petals have sparkle dust on the surface. A good friend who is a award winning photographer once showed me how to use flash in the day time and it would highlight just the flower leaving the background black but I was a bad student and have never been able to replicate her results.