Phal. equestris orange

Equestris orange lives in the tank number two.
It is one of the few that had issues with high T5 HO light and displayed burgundy coloration on the leaves:



Meanwhile roots were growing like crazy and I thought about repotting it because one root started to stick out of the bottom drainage hole.



But then I discovered a spike start and decided to wait with repotting.



I figured that I have several equestris hybrids, two types of equestris species - blue and orange but still don't have the regular form. That's wrong, I have to get one...

Neofinetia falcata `Shojo`

I finally found time to repot my one and only neofinetia.
The roots were ok:



I chose slightly larger pot but put small plastic net pot turned upside down under the base of the plant:



Neofinetia now lives in my orchid tank and gets high light. I am still hoping for blooms but doesn't look like I am going to get them this year. Maybe it needs to mature both new growths before flowering, I don't know.

Paph. St. Swithin update

This is just to document development of the bud on St.Swithin - about a week after the last post.



The fact that it came out a bit more from the leaves makes me think that it is growing even in my low humidity and brown stripe going through the top of the bud is probably there by design.

Lueddemanniana: more blooms

Couple more buds opened on Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana.



I really like this plant, the fragrance is incredible too.



I think lueddemanniana is becoming one of my favorite species.



Here it is with other phal - hybrid with really long name. Both have very nice fragrance:

Maxillaria tenuifolia blooming

First bud on maxillaria opened today:



It is first time plant reblooming for me, so I am very proud of it even though I did not make any special effort for it to happen.



I like the look of the flower and the smell. There are few more buds on the plant so soon the room will be filled with coconut fragrance.