Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Phalaenopsis bellina bllomed

Bellina bloomed again. I waited some time before taking a picture hoping that flower flattens up again, but it looks like this time it decided to stay cupped:



Fragrance fills the tank...

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Paph. anitum seedlings update

After reading few statements about growing anitums from flasks I realized that I need to repot them. During last potting I used pre-mixed growing medium from Ravenvision and noticed that it retains too much moisture for too long, especially in the 80% humidity of the tank. Now I used my usual mix of small fir bark and perlite but without adding sphagnum moss.
Also instead of putting them all into one shallow tray I created three compots with 5 plants each as recommended by experienced growers. Here they are.
compot 1



compot 2



compot 3



In the first compot I noticed starts of new leaves:



but their growth will probably be stalled for a while now because of all the repotting stress.
Now there are 15 seedlings instead of 16, I accidentally ripped one apart trying to remove brown bottom leaf...

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Phragmipedium caudatum var fortuna

The bloom has opened on Phrag caudatum. It is the only phrag that grows nicely for me and now blooms.

Friday, July 3, 2015

C. leopoldii v. coerulea 'Blue Spots' x C. leopoldii v. coerulea 'Kathleen' JC/AOS

Blue version of leopoldii from SVO.
C. leopoldii v. coerulea 'Blue Spots' x C. leopoldii v. coerulea 'Kathleen' JC/AOS:



Can't wait to see it blooming...

Thursday, July 2, 2015

C. leopoldii 'Dark Select #1' x C. leopoldii 'Paul' AM/AOS

I always wanted Cattleya leopoldii. This one came from SVO too.
C. leopoldii 'Dark Select #1' x C. leopoldii 'Paul' AM/AOS: