Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Orchideya.ca redesigned

I have totally redesigned my orchid reference website at Orchideya.ca. There were several reasons for it.
Firstly, I got tired of black background.
Secondly, I wanted to use a layout that would adjust itself dynamically for any size of device used for browsing and still be usable. Bootstrap 3 allowed me to do so nice and easy with minimal CSS hassle.
Thirdly, I added features that provide some interaction with users. They can now upload their own images and they can leave comments about any grex. I don't require registration to do so, but comments have to be reviewed and approved before they will be visible. Same goes for the images. Just want to make sure I still have control over the content to keep it relevant and appropriate.
I added Analytics section where I plan to put some statistical reports about orchid registrations with graphs and grids. So far there is only one Phragmipedium registrations by year. I plan to add more soon.
I also added two new orchid generas - Vanda and Cattleya.
Both of them were recently reclassified and there were lots of duplicate names, so I had to append registration year to the name to somewhat distinguish between those duplicates: looks ugly, but should do the job.
If there are any discrepancies and confusions from such manipulations - please let me know, I will gladly fix it.
Paphiopedilum genus is in the works...

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Video update on Vanda pumila spike.

I wanted to try to do the spike progress post as video instead of picture:

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Blooming orchid Cattleya aurantiaca 'SVO' 4N x angereri 'Peter T.'

My second attempt at orchid video creation. I think this one is better. It is best viewed with 1080p setting on full screen.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Video of my orchids

I made first attempt to create a video of my orchids. As simple as it sounds, after all orchids are still objects that don't need to be reminded to pose and smile etc., I don't think it was a successful attempt. The lighting is weird, the focus does not stay where it should.
I am posting it here anyway just to keep record and compare to the future ones(if there will be) to notice improvement(again, if there will be)...
I used camera from my cell phone LG G4 which supposed to be good, so all the faults are from my limited expirience.



Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Vanda pumila

Vanda pumila in August 2011 when I just got it:


Vanda pumila now:


Roots totally covered and consumed little log that it was mounted on so I had to put it somewhere to keep roots from going everywhere.
But this post is not about growth, it is about spike (marked with red arrow):



And it's not like it is first spike I ever discovered here. There was already one few months ago, but it is still at the same stage as I found it. I hope this one maybe go somewhere.

Here are two spikes visible, maybe first one was just waiting for second one to bloom together?