Thursday, February 20, 2014

Mislabelled plant

I got this phal from Kingfisher Orchids last summer. The label states: Phal. gigantea x LD's Bear King. I was extremely excited when I noticed the start of a spike. Then it bloomed... Here is the result:



Not even close to label. I sent a picture to the vendor hoping he would ID this plant, but still didn't get an answer.
Such a disappointment. If anybody cares to venture a guess on the plant name, please do. I really want to put a name on that tag.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Phal. KS Jadegreen 'Kung Sir'

Phal. KS Jadegreen 'Kung Sir' activated another spike after very short break, so it practically blooms non-stop now:



The flower is lovely, the fragrance is amazing...

Sunday, February 9, 2014

New Phalaenopsis Pictures


I already posted about my online project where I collect pictures of Phalaenopsis hybrids. Lately I wasn't able to spend much time on it and still didn't finish the feature allowing users to upload images. But even though it is not finished - people do visit my website regularly, I can see it in stats.
Also recently I was contacted by originator of two hybrids who offered me images of the crosses.
Here they are, link will bring you to the page with image and parentage of the cross:

Phalaenopsis Brandon Yu




Phalaenopsis Colleen Yu:




Aren't they just wonderful? This motivated me to start working on the project again. If you have any nice pictures of registered Phalaenopsis hybrids, please consider including them into my database. Send the images to orchideya2012 @ gmail.com (remove the spaces)

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Paph. Lady Isabel update

I think my Lady Isabel maybe is getting ready to bloom.

It significantly improved since I placed some sphagnum moss on the top of the bark in its pot and moved it into orchid tank. The color of the laves is still lime green but they are fleshy and strong.
The leaf span is 26 inch now:



Another thing I noticed - small green nub at the base:



I think it is a new fan starting...

Monday, January 27, 2014

C. aurantiaca x angereri update

Back in November I posted about C. aurantiaca x angereri growing first sheath thin papery formation coming from the newest pseudobulb. It was empty inside.
After about a month I noticed that sheath started to get brownish at the end and thought it was dying.
However later I noticed something solid coming out inside of it:




I couldn't use flash to maintain the back light, so the focus didn't behave, but the thing is visible. I would like to think that it is a cluster of buds forming. I have absolutely no experience with blooming catts and not sure if brown edge on the sheath is an issue. Wait and see...