Phal. cornu-cervi red

One of my favorite plants in its full glory:



I have it for the second year and every summer it produces spectacular show that lasts for several months. View from the other side:



It didn't mind recent switch from moss to bark. Looking at the few larger plants that I moved to bark as a test, I might actually start switching most of my phals that live in the tanks and have good roots except the small ones in 3 inch pots and smaller. Bark doesn't stink as much in high humidity and looks somewhat cleaner. I already ordered bunch of clear plastic pots.

Phal. Samera II bloomed

This plant was labelled Phal. bellina x Phal. violacea, so to shorten the name I put it under Phalaenopsis Samera.
Here is how it bloomed:



I am a bit surprised to see such solid dark color. I was expecting something lighter with darker bellinas triangle in the middle.



In fact I don't see any influence of bellina in this phal, but then again I didn't see that many Sameras to really make any statements.



It could be a disappointment but I sort of like the color even though I realize that shape is rather bad with such reflected petals.

Haraella retrocalla

This is just an update on my mounted plant of Haraella retrocalla. It grew significantly since I mounted it and even has a basal keiki now:



There are two new spikes but no flowers yet. It seems like buds do not develop fully and open up as green little things. I have no idea why it is happening and am getting really disappointed with this plant.

Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana II

I am still attempting to grow a large "specimen" plant with keikis from this lueddemanniana.
Plant was living in the corner of orchid tank to make sure that keiki has some room to grow without being touched by other plants. It worked good but then keiki grew enormously long roots that started to grab on the white egg crate in that corner.

I still didn't want to remove baby from the spike, so I repotted plant into larger pot and gently guided three longest keiki roots into the same pot:



So now it is hanging on the spike with some roots growing into moss. I don't know if it was good idea. Hope it was.

Phal. I-Hsin George

Finally I-Hsin George activated one of the newer spikes:



It looks like there will be more than just one flower.