Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen 'U-Bix' x P. {Tzu Chiang Litlitz x P. (Buena Jewel x Peach State Red)} x P. (Su-An Super Star x George Vasquez) blooms again.

This plant just finished blooming last fall and now started again.



To be honest I like the previous blooming better and not sure what caused the difference - the color was not as dark and more pink last time.
It is getting much more light now, maybe that is the reason, I don't know.



This plant is a sequential bloomer and there is also second spike started, so I will be enjoying the flowers for a while. The fragrance is still the same and very pleasant.



I have a second plant of the same cross, it currently grows a spike. Very curious to see how the blooms will look on that one.

Corningiana x Coral Isles

This is a poor relative of the plant from previous post, its reversed cross - corningiana x Coral Isles. It nearly died from root rot and was downpotted into smallest net pot with moss for a rescue.
Now I can see at least three new growing points on the roots:



So, it got promoted to the 2 and 1/2 inch clay pot now:


Hope the roots will continue to grow...

Phal. Coral Isles x corningiana repotting

I wanted to repot my cross of Coral Isles x corningiana because it was hanging froom one side of the small clay pot and keikis root was in a very awkward position.

In general I was pleased with roots conditions of this phal:



Small keiki that terminated unbloomed spike now has two own roots and the third one is poking out too:



I decided that I will not remove this keiki from the mother plant, so I potted the plant making sure that keiki roots are inside the moss too:

Maxillaria tenuifolia buds

It must be spring, because now I keep discovering buds even on the orchids that are out of orchid tanks.
Buds of maxillaria are quite unnoticeable but I did spot this one yesterday:



On closer inspection it turned out that there are few more starting to climb out of the papery sheaths:



So, my Maxi proved to be the easiest plant to grow and the easiest plant to bloom from all the orchids I ever had. It doesn't mind low humidity, it is fine being potted into plastic pot with moss therefore doesn't need to be watered too often and I did nothing special to have her budding now. I really need to check Ecuagenera website for other maxillarias...

Paph. St. Swithin bud

I was really holding my breath since I noticed this bud and didn't want to jinx it by posting pictures but can't hold it anymore.
Here it is, a new homemade real bud developing on my Paph. St. Swithin:



My worries are concentrated around the humidity now. Both of my multifloral paphs live on the windowsill with south-east exposure. Glass has protective film to keep plants from direct sun but they still get lots of light and it gets pretty warm around them. As a result - humidity is very low:



Now, I could probably move some stuff around in my larger orchid tank to fit plant in, but St. Swithin had pretty bad mites infestation last fall, so I am worried that mites can still hide there and orchid tank rules state - no suspicious plants allowed.
Therefore, the bud might die from dry air any day.
But the fact that it appeared is pretty exciting and means that:
a) my plant is not a stubborn non-bloomer (like some of them might be);
b) my windowsill has the correct environment to induce the spike.

Looking at the picture I wonder if the brown line on the bud should be there or it means that bud is dying. Hope it is by design.
I mist the plant often trying to not get any water on the budding spot but it probably doesn't help much with humidity around the plant.
Hopefully the bud will hold until the warmth comes and heat drying the air will be turned off constantly.