I hope everybody is ok with that, if not please yell!!
I am now officially our moderator and I understand that I will have some big shoes to fill, as Kathy always did a great job.
I took some pictures today, I have some repeat bloomers here.
The first one is a true mini, the cute blooms are in the mm size range - Platystele stenostachya, this one never quit blooming all Summer long.
Another teensy little thing, but this one is still a tiny plant.
Pleurothallis lanceola
Sigmatostalix unguiculata is also a mini and the silly blooms are always a delight.
and then there is the Lc not Irene Finney with more blooms (and another spike popping through the sheath.)
Blc George King 'Serendipity' opened a second spike
I haven't posted my Angraecum distichum for a while, what would I do without the Rajasthani fellow.... It was loaded with little blooms this morning.
Ceratostylis philippinensis 'Parkside' CCM/AOS is a happy camper this month. And the little blooms are fragrant.
and Mediocalcar decoratum is showing a few 'candy-corns'
How is it that a plant that has been a Laelia it's whole life now
is suddenly called Cattleya? Did the experts discover some new
exciting development in the flower anatomy? Or was this mis- named
all along?
Mtssa. Kauai's Choice 'Tropical Fragance' AM/AOS
I think this is the most difficult to photograph flower I've ever been confronted with.
I would love to hear how you take pictures of such a dark bloom. I have no light
other than natural sunlight.
If the experts had indeed changed the name for a really good reason, one certainly should honor the new name I think. But, who knows why this one is now a Cattleya. Many of these name changes seem to be willy-nilly.
I know they changed the names of some Iris , they said because they have new Genetic testing that identifies related genera.
Much like DNA paternity testing.
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.