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Apr 13, 2010 3:22 PM CST
Name: bree
North coast NSW Australia
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other flower..doesn't look like a bowringiana

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Apr 13, 2010 4:07 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
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Ohh! Please Bree, do tell!!

I had a nice surprise today, my very small Vanda ( Trudelia) cristata managed to produce a single bloom. ( I got a tiny plant 2 years ago from Hoosier Orchids.)

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Apr 13, 2010 4:08 PM CST
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Here is the single bloom, look at those hooks on that lip!!

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Apr 13, 2010 4:09 PM CST
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Encyclia bractescens is opening some spikes.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:10 PM CST
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some spikes -

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Apr 13, 2010 4:14 PM CST
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And now for something totally different, Bulbophyllum falcatum var. falcatum ( Megaclinium section)
This plant is producing a bunch of spikes right now.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:18 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
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a closer look at one of the rachis, the individual blooms are tiny, less than 1 cm

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Apr 13, 2010 4:19 PM CST
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Do they look like they are complaining?

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Apr 13, 2010 4:20 PM CST
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And another one from the same Bulbo section, Bulbophyllum maximum

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Apr 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST
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The funny little blooms open along the shiny rachis.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:22 PM CST
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I think these tiny guys are actually cute?

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Apr 13, 2010 4:23 PM CST
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My second plant of Sedirea japonica opened another spike.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:24 PM CST
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Pretty?

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Apr 13, 2010 4:28 PM CST
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Laurel, you had asked if my Asctm curvifolium is spiking? Yes, it is!! Happy happy. A pic against the dreary sky today.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:31 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
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And as a last one today - Lc Love Knot coerulea

Hope you enjoy.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:43 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Todd Boland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Cana
Love the Loveknot! and I have added Encyclia bractescens to my want list..I really like those starry flowers. And what can I say about bulbophyllums.....great macros!
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Apr 13, 2010 4:44 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Todd Boland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Cana
Epidendrum ibaguense is a non-stop bloomer in the greenhouse at work.

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Apr 13, 2010 4:45 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Todd Boland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Cana
Here is Dendrobium Garnet Jewel...it is impossible to get a good pic of this dark one!

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Apr 13, 2010 5:06 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
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Ursula, you have some oddities in your collection! The Encyclia bractescens is really pretty and the Sedirea japonica is lovely!
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Apr 13, 2010 5:37 PM CST
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Thanks! Smiling

Todd, pretty Epi and I do like the dark Dendrobium.

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