Phalaenopsis Vio Vio repotted

Phalaenopsis Vio Vio grew into large plant with lots of roots and was uncomfortably hanging over the edge of its clay pot. The roots were going up and on the sides from the pot and I was trying really hard to keep them from breaking every watering. Finally I decided to move it to a larger pot.
Unpotted:



Moved to a 5 inch clear plastic pot with slits:



I used Shultz bark mix - the only bark option we have here. It is fine but needs to be washed through to remove all the dirt out.
I wonder if the bud will drop after all these manipulations...

Phal. Ho's Lovely Amethyst bloomed

Phal. Ho's Lovely Amethyst came with two buds, but they promptly dropped as soon as I brought it home.
Very soon plant started to grow new bud and here it is open now:



Flower is thick and waxy with velvety texture and has strong pleasant fragrance.



Plant has lovely foliage with red tinge around the edge of the leaves:



If anybody interested in parentage and descendants of this cross, you can find it here:
http://phalaenopsis.orchideya.ca/Plants/H/Ho-s-Lovely-Amethyst-id%3d4e11e934-e2c2-43ea-8997-558b95e7ef68

Yet another new spike...

This is Phalaenopsis violacea 'Orchis 01', one of the two violaceas that I got in preorder from Orchis Floriculturing:



In the catalogue on their website here (I couldn't get the link to particular page of the catalogue, so you would need to go to Phalaenopsis and related varieties green, yellow and orange), it looks extremely similar to bellina, that's why I ordered it. I thought maybe the label comes from the days when bellina was violacea var. borneo.
However when the plant came - the leaves were not very round as one would expect from bellina and now I am not sure what it is going to be. So, I was quite excited to discover a spike:

Getting me some more plants...

The long waited catalogue from Kingfishers arrived yesterday and the selection was so great that I couldn't keep the promise to not order anymore plants this season. It was really hard to choose and stay in the limits of reasonal plant spendings.
Here is what I am getting:
Phal. bellina ‘Chen’ because... well, it is bellina - that's why;
Phal. Corning Ambo because I really like the wildish shape of corningiana blooms and hope to see it in this cross, plus the fragrance of course;
Phal. gigantea X P. LD’s Bear King since I already have gigantea x LD's Bear Queen - getting a King was only logical;
Phal. Gelblieber X P. cochlearis - I couldn't find any pics of this cross but think it should be interesting and hope that it will take wonderfully patterned lip of cochlearis.
I am also getting a flask of Phal. LD’s Bear Queen - cross of DTE and bellina.
Now, to patiently wait for them to arrive...

Phal. Tsay's Evergreen

Actualy one from the two Tsay's Evergreen phals I had, that is still alive and growing. They both suffered severe root rot and then the leaves were burned under the T5 HO fixture at the beginning of my experimenting with tank lighting. The second plant looked too bad and was let go. Now I think the remaining one got scared and tries to show me that he is worth keeping. Look at all those roots:



And there is a new spike:



The leaves on the left show the burned patches, that's the side that was exposed to strong light. I hope spike doesn't stop growing...