Another pollination ...

About a week ago I cross-pollinated amboinensis and violacea alba. I didn't think it will work because both flowers were several weeks old and I just wanted to practise.
Violacea flower dropped right next day, but amboinensis bloom is still holding and I can see the signs of starting pod:



It is quite exciting, but I am worried that since the blooms were old - pod might grow empty and it will be just unnecessary stress on the plant.
Anyway, here is what the cross would be if everything works out:

Phal. gigantea x LD's Bear King

Phal. gigantea x LD's Bear King is a young plant that I got from Kingfishers last summer. Here is what I found on it:



Plant is quite small, much smaller than Phal. gigantea x LD's Bear Queen, so I thought it will take much longer for it to be ready to bloom.

Phalaenopsis Lyndon Red Sun bloom

First flower opened, one more bud to go. Sogo Lawrence x Kung's Red Cherry:



Flower is very thick and looks heavy. I like it.



Of course camera flash messed up the color. It is more like brownish marks on the greenish background instead of read on yellow.



Here I tried to make a picture without flash but in the tank with T5 lights:

Phragmipediums update

So, one month passed since my initial "phragmipediums assessment", now it is time to see how they are doing.

Phrag. besseae is still blooming, roots are growing. Small green nub of the new shot is now much larger and starts to hang out of the pot:



Phrag. Eric Young is still blooming too.
New growth on the front fan is developing well:



Two new fans on the back growth are growing nicely:



One of the formations on the old middle fans got a green point and most likely will become yet one more new fan:



And here is the best part. Month ago no green root points were visible in the Eric Young pot, now there it is:



All in all I think they passed the test and seem to be staying. To celebrate this "graduation" of my test phrags I went to Ecuagenera website and pre-ordered three more hybrids: Hanne Popow, Fritz Schomburg and Eumelia Arias...

Phal. Tzu Chiang Crisna

I didn't post anything about Tzu Chiang Crisna for over a year. Well, it was just sitting there doing nothing and it was surprising because most of the other phals started spikng as soon as they got into tanks, some of them bloomed twice already, but not this one. Until today...

I took it out for watering and here is what I discovered:



Plant itself looks nice and healthy. It grew large leaves and has plenty of roots.



So, in a couple of months there should be flower...