I don't know if it's the heat and humidity here or what..but the plants are just going crazy all of a sudden.



Rlc. Varut Jade X C. Mari's Song...with a very crowded and confused clump of flowers..I think this one is going on the silent auction table at our upcoming club meeting.



Bcd. Gilded Tower 'Mystic Maze' with a few flowers open.



Vnra. Golden Spice 'Red Peppers'



and I just love this little one , Mcv. Tiger Lily.

Oh my goodness, yes, they are going crazy, but I would call that good crazy!!

I'm getting single spikes on several of my plants again
Cattlianthe 'Sinda Nelson' with 2 blooms

C. cernua bloomed in Jan.


Den. 'Green Lantern' has one bloom again

On the other hand Den Firewings has two new spikes open as the old ones drop


And Ansellia Africana has 6 spikes open

That's fabulous Carol!
Maybe that's a sign from Mother Nature that the worst of the hot summer is behind you now.

Beautiful blooms, Carol! You have a lovely show going on there!!

Our crazy weather has the orchids as frustrated as I am. Nothing is "normal" here. When my boys were in school, Sept. was always the hottest, smoggiest time of year...just as school started. It was the same when I was in school. Now....who knows. We've had heat waves in Dec./ Jan., and any time I plant new plants I can almost guarantee a sudden heatwave. I have a new bloom on Brassavola cuculatta too, but the picture was bad, and my Sobralia 'Madeira'(?) still has a few blooms when it usually does it's thing in a couple of weeks, then quits. Every thing is just out of sync.

That you are getting flowers at all with that crazy weather speaks well of your nurturing.

Oh that's it Carol, I am so jealous! Brassavola cuculata is one of my very favorites. The frilly, open shape with the thin, elongated segments make that such a special flower. And it has the nerve to be fragrant besides?!?! Wonderful.

Remember me? My orchids shut down in this heat and have refused to bloom. It's still hot but I have noticed spikes are developing and I found a couple of blooms yesterday. The first is a nodosa hybrid, Rhynchobrassoleya [Rby.] Sherrie Styles 'Son Shine':


The second is another floofer, Rlc. Apricot Flare (Rlc. Fortune x Rlc. Waianae Queen):


Jim

I love the Sherri Styles!

They are both gorgeous!!

Nice ones Jim! Sherri Styles has such HUGE flowers for the plant size..and what's not to love about a lot of floof ?

Such lovely orchids everyone. I can agree with Jim - it's hot plus we get monsoonal rains almost every afternoon. I'm just glad mine are alive.

Hey Jean! I don't remember seeing you around here but then my memory isn't what it use to be.
If you're fairly new, welcome! If you not, and I'm losing it, good to hear from you!
Where is Fleming Island Florida? I
Moved from Fort Myers area to here in late April. Don't think I heard of your town.

My goodness, two MIA's showing up in one day - welcome back Jean and Jim!

Wish we were getting more monsoonal rains where I am, I've hardly been able to turn off the irrigation this summer for more than a few days here and there. What downpours we do get only last a few minutes. That said, I've had a fairly good amount of blooms considering the heat - been misting a bit extra on sunny afternoons, and running the fans to keep things cooler.

Your two new bloomers are just gorgeous, Jim. Love the Sherri Styles for that elegant shape and color.

We had a HUGE donation at the USF Botanical Gardens a few weeks ago.
Vern Block (sp?) donated a plant so large it had a specialty built rig. A platform with 2 pipes about 3'wide and 4 or 5' long of nodosa 'HEB'.
It took 4 people to move it into place in the garden. I'll take a photo of it in bloom on Thursday... but in the shuffle this piece fell off.




What an honor to get a piece of this awarded plant.

It's unanimous on Sherrie Styles, Jim!

Forgot about Acropera (Gongora) galeata yesterday