I took the camera into the greenhouse today, after I cleaned the fish tanks. ( the Gouramies are doing well!)
It's a real mix:
First - my Cattleya percivaliana 'Summit' FCC/AOS is blooming for the first time. I love it!
Ascocentrum pumilum is a tiny little thing, single blooms are in the mm range.
Dendrobium aberrans x woodsii seems to grow so far a little easier for me than woodsii. ( which I lost....)
Here is another one of those less than miniature Orchids - tiny!! Dendrobium torresae. It was a miracle that I discovered the bloom, really.
And Laelia autumnalis var. atrorubens aborted a few spikes, but several made it and are now opening.
Here is a two-fer: Barkeria melanocaulon on left and a Laelia spike to the right.
the plant
and a couple more pics
Pleurothallis nipterophylla is smallish plant with a tiny flower cluster. The leaves are a bit over 2 inches long and ca. 1 inch wide
Dendrobium anceps is starting its blooming season. Most of the time one has to lift the "braids" and look underneath to spot the little flowers arising from the leaf axils.
The mature growths measure ca. 3 to 3 and1/2 feet in length.
Psygmorchis pusilla is a cute minature -
Tolumnia Ducky was pretty much dead, I am amazed it came back from a tiny bit of growth and produced a nice spike.
and there is a little chain of Pleurothallis tripterantha's speckled blooms
Very nice, Ursula. I received a start of anceps from Laurel and it is doing well. I think it is a great plant and hope mine grows up. Love the Pleurothallis tripterantha.
Jim
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