Thursday, March 14, 2013

Phal. Lyndon Equator Jewel

Slight correction to the previous post about spikes on Phalaenopsis Lyndon Equator Jewel.
Apparently it has not two - but three new spikes at once:



Crazy little plant, it is not that strong to handle so much.
I hope it will be smart enough to stall at least one or better two of those spikes.
I would prefer it to grow more leaves and roots instead.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Bl. Morning Glory

I think my Bl. Morning Glory is probably approaching blooming size:



New pseudobulbs come out fat and start to develop white papery stuff inside. It resides now in the orchid tank very close to the lights.
I like plants habit to grow upright, it doesn't take that much of horizontal space. Recently I noticed two more new pseudobulbs started in there:



I am hoping these two will bloom when mature.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Coming up: lueddemanniana

It is now clear that Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana will be the first blooming in my tank:



The markings are there and they were visible even on the smaller bud. These two buds are not the only blooms there will be.
Here is the other spike:



They are much smaller but coming along nicely too. I wonder how long before the first bud opens...

Friday, March 8, 2013

Deflasked seedlings update

This is all about Hawaii Dragon Girls. I noticed that some larger plantlets started to grow real adult round leaves. They did however look somewhat crowded in their compots. I didn't want them to come out all crooked and swirly, so I decided to separate those that were larger and bullying others.

Each of them got individual little pot - either plastic net pot or clay like this:



I was pleased by the look of the roots, even on the smaller seedlings:



They all were grouped into compots like this:



I didn't touch compots that contained smallest plantlets since there were no problems of crowdness. Here is a result of all the manipulations.
The family picture of all my Hawaii Dragon Girls:



There are about 25 seedlings still in compots and 13 seedlings in the individual pots.



Couple more years and I might see blooms, maybe.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Phal. cornu-cervi

A small update on Phal. cornu-cervi. It scared me a bit by starting two keikis at the same time just out of the blue.
I thought plant was dying and it was the last attempt to keep its genetic material.

Now it seems my cornu-cervi is doing fine. It grew some new roots and started new leaf. As I see it, it is pretty far from dying now:



The two keikis are still very small but extremely cute: