Phal. Lyndon Equator Jewel

Phal Lyndon Equator Jewel dropped almost all its buds from two spikes. I don't really know why it happened, but I already had two more phals that wilted one of the buds on the spike. The conditions in the tanks seem to be perfect for them so I have no clue what went wrong there.
Anyway, Lyndon Equator Jewel managed to keep one bud and opened it yesterday:



The colors are more bright then the last blooming, but shape is somewhat different. It looks more like the second plant of this cross that I have. Also the flowers seem much smaller than the blooms on the second plant.

It still does look pretty, hopefully next blooming all the buds will survive...

An awesome bloom coming soon

The bud on Bl. Morning Glory has grown a lot and became dark pink.
I think it is about ready to open:



I wonder how long until the flower opens up. Really can't wait...

Phal. Gelblieber x cochlearis

Cross of Gelblieber and cochlearis is a new plant from Kingfishers Orchids:



The picture of the flower example is here, but of course being a seed population they can be very different between each other.
I just hope that mine will have similar lip.

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)

Shortly after dropping a flower on the first spike, second spike got ready to bloom on 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) :



I know, the shape is not great, but I really like the color, texture, fragrance and large size of blooms.



For some reason blooms always look down on this plant. Spikes are too short for clip yet, so it is a challenge to make a picture.



There is one more bud growing on the same spike:

Phal. LD's Bear Queen seedlings

I received my shipment from Kingfishers and there was a flask with LDBQ. They could stay in the flask by the size but I noticed that medium was quite dry and crumbly, and roots of the plantlets were silvery grey, not green, so I decided to deflask right away.

Here is the result:



There are 25 seedlings in total. I kept them in the warm water for a while hoping that silvery grey roots will turn green, but some of them stayed grey still. Hopefully the new roots will start growing soon...