Ascocentrum miniatum

Tiny Ascocentrum miniatum seedling is getting bigger and pushing out yet another new leaf.



It resides in a sunny window without any shade and with sun getting stronger - it got all the freckles.
I don't know if I should move it to the shadier place or just leave it as is. The leaves are strong and thick, it seems that sun doesn't bother them much...

Paph micranthum II

The bud on paphiopedilum micranthum grows amazingly fast:



The flower stem looks very different from smooth and velvety stem of paph armeniacum.





Clouds orchids put out their new catalogue and it includes quite a few parvisepalum hybrids. Of course eventually I would like to get them all, but for now thinking: Fumi's Delight, Lola Bird and Dick Wagner.

Paphiopedilum bellatulum

Paph. bellatulum started to grow a bud on the larger fan. The smaller fan is still young.




I like the pattern on the leaves, it is a bit different from other mottled paphs I have, more complicated and not too checkered.

Bl. Aurora

Discovered something new growing from the side of Bl. Aurora. I am not sure where the flowers come from with this orchid, but this one looks like a new bulb.





I got my Bl. Aurora from Clouds last fall and it grows nicely producing bunch of new roots and now possibly a new bulb.
It gets lots of sunlight - cause of purple leaves, but it doesn't burn them, so I let it be in the sun.

Scary pictures

Well, I had this sago palm for many years. It would grow totally neglected, spend summers outside, winters inside, never any problems at all. Bottom leaves would yellow and die, but new leaves would emerge promptly:



Last weekend I needed to move it from the spot and noticed suspicious white spot on the top of one of the fronds. I looked at the back and almost fainted:




And here is the close up:





I took it out to garage in hopes that bugs will die in the cold and because didn't really want this to be inside around my orchids. Now I don't know if I should even bother to try and save it or just throw it away as is. I guess I could cut off all the fronds, but the pine-cone-like stem has so many rough creases that it would be impossible to clean them out completely, so I would never be sure that they are gone.
Should I just thorw it away?