Phals pictures from Montreal Show

Phal. lueddemanniana:



Phal. Sweet Memory Bale:



Phal. Nobbys Pacific Sunset:



Phal. Yu Pin Natsumi:



Phal. Helen Ng x Barbara Moler:




Phal. lobbii:

More pictures from the show.

Now some phrags:



Phrag. Twilight x caudatum:



Phrag. shlimiii:




Phrag. Paul Fisher:

Paph. Dollgoldi

Here is my new purchase from Montreal show. paphiopedilum Dollgoldi = rothshildianum x armeniacum.



I didn't pre-order it, and just pick it out from the sales table. From what I see plant didn't bloom yet, but has two nearly mature growth and two additional little runners. I think it looks cool.

Paphiopedilum hangianum deflasking

I got this flask of Paphiopedilum hangianum from Hung Sheng Nursery in Taiwan. Plantlets looked nice and healthy. They came in a glass bottle, I had to deal with it for the first time because all my other previous flasks were just plastic containers that didn't require breaking.
After reading few suggestions on the web I wrapped bottle into plastic bag in hit with a hammer on the side near the botom. It worked, bottle crashed but bottom was left with plantlets in agar like a puck.

Here they are taking a bath in warm water:



And here they are all potted up:



There were more than 20 babies in the bottle, roots were all tangled and pretty long. Left top pot has 4 plants stuck together, I couldn't separate them and left them as is. Hope it is ok. Let's see how many will survive...

Pictures from Montreal Orchid Show

Paph. micranthum:



Paph. venustum:



Paph. villosum var. annamense:



Paph. rothshildianum:



Paph. malipoense:



Paph. victoria reginae:

Phal. Mituo Sun King II

Second blooming for me.
Phalaenopsis Mituo Sun King II has large waxy flowers and wildish pattern:

Maxillaria tenuifolia

Despite freezing weather I know that spring is really close because I noticed this on my maxillaria:



Quite a few bulbs show now some little buds trying to form. I like the coconut smell of the blooms and looking forward to the flowering.
Some people find smell too strong and nauseating, but not me.
This plant proved to be the easiest to grow and reliable bloomer. It seems that the less you fuss with it - the better it grows...

Phalaenopsis equestris 'orange'

"Finally" - would be the right word for this event. Phalaenopsis equestris 'orange' had several attempts to bloom before. Once the spike dried up before even buds development, the other time it rotted from the tip, so I cut it off to save the plant.
This time I pretended that I didn't even notice the spike until the blooms opened and here we go:



Flowers are very delicate, spike is extremely long. I like the blooms a lot...

Phal. Bashi Blackspot blooms

It is always fun when this plant decides to bloom because the spots are totally random and unpredictable:



The flowers are huge and this time plant works on two spikes simultaneously:



The strange thing is - I bought this plant as 'alba' variety but with every blooming there is more and more color. Go figure...

Phal. cornu-cervi red

Cornu-cervi red still goes on with the blooming:



It is hard to photograph because bloom is waxy and shiny by itself and when I use flash - there is too much shine, but when I don't use flash - there is too little shine...

Phal. Tzu Chiang Crisna bloom

I posted about start of the spike on Phal. Tzu Chiang Crisna back in December. It took more than usual 2 months for its spike to develop a bloom. Don't know why.
Anyway - the bloom was worth to wait for: