Friday, March 15, 2013

Cattleya tigrina

Phals are not the only group that likes my orchid tank.
Look at Cattleya tigrina, her two new pseudobulbs are growing much fatter and taller than all the previous and roots are bursting out of the pot:





Being right under the lights pseudobulbs don't need to lean anywhere and are growing straight up. There is a lot of purple pigmentation on the new leaves, I hope it is ok and wouldn't harm my tigrina:




I wonder if there is a tiny possibility that any of these two bulbs might bloom when mature... That would be awesome.

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.