It is time to start the new thread for the month!
We came from here:
The thread "Our Orchid Blooms in June, 2013" in
Orchids forum
This particular Cattleya aclandiae has never bloomed for me in the many years I am growing it. Last year I finally removed it from its pot, split it, anchored two small pieces with a bit of coconut fiber in small Clay pots and they finally took off.
Small Ascofinetia Peaches
Darwinara Charm 'Blue Star' is now fully open. Nice scent!
Darwinara Fuchs Cream Puff x Asctm miniatum opens a small spike.
Darwinara Rainbow Stars ( nicely scented)
And another Darwinara Rainbow Stars
Gotta love Encyclia tampensis and similar for the happy spray of scented blooms, the larger bloom in the 3. picture adds some Chocolate scent. Very nice to walk into the cage in the morning.
Epic El Hatillo 'Pinta' is loving this weather
The leaves on the Epi longipetalum x Laelia lundii are really dark this year due to extra sun exposure, and it hasn't stopped blooming since I put it outside.
I love the new Gongora Pterodactyl, is has now another long, pendulous spray of "mini Dinos". The flowers are incredibly fragrant, a top note of Cloves with a bit of Cinnamon!
My regular ( and mounted) Neofinetia falcata is a happy camper again, lots of spikes in the work and it smells so nice!
Neofinetia falcata Benisuzume is still blooming
Vanda Adisak starts opening, I can't get the color right, it is deeply bluish/plum colored.
Vanda Pakchong Blue is still going strong, the color is a beautiful deep blue. I find it impossible to capture the precise shade in the light outside.
And Rodriguezia lanceolata opens 4 spikes
And finally - Kathy you asked about the rain here? Well, we looked at the lawn a couple of days ago and found a good patch of a beautiful white Slime mold. The next day it had turned black.
Enough water?
