The other "brother" bloomed too.

Phal. Brother Gelblienosa II (venosa x Gelblieber) bloomed.



And the flower looks a lot different then the first Brother Gelblienosa(Gelblieber x venosa). How cool is that!



They do have same fragrance though.
I like them both.

My blooming phals

I took my blooming phals outside to make a group picture yesterday. Here they are - Phal. Vio Vio, Lyndon Equator Jewel, Brother Gelblienosa and bellina II.



Phalaenopsis Vio Vio already totally lost first bloom, second bloom is wilted on the picture and there actually another bud is growing under the third flower.
It is amazing how long the blooms last on the Phal. Lyndon Equator Jewel.



Too bad they loose the color with age and older flowers look like there were bleached.



My favorite of all four of them is Phal. bellina II. It is fully opened now and smells incredible:

Brother Gelblienosa bloom updated

As I suspected - the bloom of Phal. Brother Gelblienosa flattened with some time.
Now it looks like this:



But the bottom petals still look like there is a hint of folding in the middle - maybe that's how they should be.



There is a fragrance too, but you can only detect it around noon. It is hard to describe, I want to say something like carnation, but not exactly, maybe a bit sweeter than carnation...

Phal. Brother Gelblienosa blooming

I discovered opened flower today when I came home from work.
Phal. Gelblieber x venosa. Well, maybe it is not fully opened yet, we'll see tomorrow if it flattens up more.
Here it is now:



Very pretty flower.
And there are slight pinkish blotches on the lip:



I like it.
It was pretty hard to photograph since bloom looks down, so I had to turn it up for the photosession.

Two Brother Gelblienosas and their buds.

Phal. Gelblieber x venosa has just one bud on one spike, but it is much ahead in development and I can already see the pattern on the petals:



Phal. venosa x Gelblieber has already two buds on one spike and activated second spike. I wish it would hurry up a bit, so I could see its blooms side by side with the above plant.

Phal. Brother Gelblienosa update

The most exciting part of the update - phal. Brother Gelblienosa has activated spike:



The others - there are also a new leaf and a new root.




I think maybe it establishes better now, after I moved it to a net pot and placed the plant into a propagation tray with dome. The tray keeps humidity at around 80% and it seems my phals like it. At least two of them that grow buds - still didn't blast them.
We'll see if Brother Gelblienosa will be nice enough to produce some flowers now.

Phalaenopsis Brother Gelblienosa

Actually the label reads Phal. Gelblieber x Phal. venosa, but international orchid register states that this cross was registered in 1997 by Brother and its name is Phal. Brother Gelblienosa, so I will go with the name because, well, it is less writing.





P. Gelblieber = P. amboinensis x P. micholitzii.
It means that my phal has 50% of venosa and 25% of each - amboinensis and micholitzii. I suppose it could be fragrant too then.