ctcarol said:Beautiful Bree!
Yes, the tag reads Alcra. Hilo ablaze 'Hof'. I bought it at a recent show from a vendor I'm not familiar with, so it could be misspelled. What ever it is I like it. It even has a light scant in the evening.

Beautiful KEN! i think you mean. hehe! (i haven't posted anything for a while). I know, same vanda m pearman pic.
Heres my new paph. such a big flower.

Looks like I need to do more previewing!

pretty Paph BREE!

Carol, the name of your plant is correct according to RHS but the A in ablaze should be capitalized as in Ablaze.

Kathy, as I mentioned in an earlier post in the Orchid Questions forum (Orchid Questions for New and Old Growers) http://cubits.org/orchids/thre..., my Miltoniopsis look much healthier after not being fertilized for a year and now only get fertilizer every 2 to 3 weeks. If you look closely at older leaves they have somewhat similar mottling to the phal. you had presented. Difficult to tell from picture but the next to last growth the leaves look a little better and the most recent growth has clear leaves although a few wrinkles. I am truly convinced these plants (Miltoniopsis as well as many of it's closely related hybrids) don't require much fertilizer.


bree, that is a huge dorsal sepal on that Paph. Does it have a name?

Right Ken. Forgot you were talking about these orchids. I have gone to every three weeks since you posted that and I'm trying not to overwater. It's so good to see a plant come back from the edge!!

Ken- Tag reads P. Procrustes Colourata, know anything about it?
the dorsal sepal measures 3 inches across, flowers neally 5 inches long. I would have kept the stem straight though if i'd flowered it. Will be next flowering.

Not familiar with that paph bree, but it puts on a big show.

That's a nice size bloom.

My Chrisanda Memoria Anri Bracker is blooming again. This is a very tall, slender plant, the plant shot shows only ca 2/3 of the plant and the short spike typically produces only 3 - 5 bloom over several weeks. No scent, but I like the pretty blooms.

I agree, Ursula. Very pretty bloom.

Jim

I have a bad history with teretes but that sure is a wonderful one. I have one now that I hope to keep alive (Luifinetia) and get over my last failure! How big is the flower?

Kathy, the bloom measures almost 2 x 2 x2 inches., it is a nice size in 3 dimension.

That sounds like the proportions are quite nice (proportion is a big factor in what I like visually in all areas)! If I can get my Luifinetia to bloom, I may look for this one!

Wow! Ursula, that is one unusual plant! Very pretty

Watering and opera day. I sorta wish I could just stay home and take pictures and cut down the gardens. And then there are the reports for work......you see they are the bottom of the list!
The Good News: Do you remember that I knocked off a spike on my Oncidia Charlesworthii 'Mishima'? Well it looks like I still have a tiny bottom branch to the spike that will bloom so I can see some flowers.

The Bad News: Yesterday I almost found out what the "Coelia yellow bottom" really was, but I was cleaning up debris and broke off A HIDDEN SPIKE that was forming underneath. This, after many years of care for this mystery plant. I took the spike apart and it looked like a plume of single flowers going up the sides of the spike. Could this be a coelia??? So frustrating!!!!! I hate being stupert.

Breaking off a spike? Grr. We all have done it....
Enjoy the Rheingold, I have a ticket for the encore on the 27.

Quick shots!




The putative coelia without spike.

Kathy, sooo sad about the spike.... but I'm drooling over the rest of them :

That is a consolation!!! Thanks, Carol!

Great show, Kathy.

Jim

In the second row, first bud opening on my mystery plant. Wonder who it is???

Great show, Kathy!