Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Phal. Liu's Cute Angel

Phal. Liu's Cute Angel wants to bloom again. I just recently cut off the old spike that flowered in the spring, it got dry and brown.
And now there is a new spike, on the other side:



I was going to repot this phal to change moss that is not quite fresh, but now it probably is better to wait for this new spike to finish whatever it will be doing (hopefully flower).

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Phal. bellina II

New spike start was hiding under the leaf and I didn't even notice it for a while. Phalaenopsis bellina II decided to rebloom for me.



I like the flowers on this plant, it was blooming last summer for a while opening buds one after the other. Hope spike doesn't stop growing.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Phal. Cassandra bloomed

First flower opened on Phal. Cassandra today:




I like crisp white blooms but was hoping for more colorful spots in the middle. Still a pretty flower though.



I would grow this cross for the mottled leaves, but blooms are the bonus. There are two more buds on the spike.



Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Phalaenopsis Vio Vio another bloom

Repotting from moss to bark didn't affect the bud on Vio Vio and it opened just fine:



I really like this cross, the fragrance fills the tank, plant grows nicely and soon will become a nice specimen.



Here it is together with the Phal. Bashi Blackspot, flowers have similar shape but notice the difference in size. Both are nicely fragrant:

Monday, July 1, 2013

Bl. Morning Glory


Bl. Morning Glory = B.nodosa x L.purpurata. It came as a seedling from Clouds in fall 2011.
The very first flower opened today:



Looking at the many pictures on the web I was expecting white petals with pink lip, but mine came up all pink. I figure, since there are many varieties of L.purpurata, maybe my Glory was created with pink L.purpurata.



I didn't detect any fragrance yet, but I think it only appears at certain time of the day...