Looks like the tampensis is fantasizing that it's in Tampa!
July Orchids...the Heat is On!
Send it on down. Encyclias do well for me and the blooms last a long time.
Jim
Laelia purpurata (var. sanguinea x var. flamea) - fully open. Take a look here, if you like: http://gallery.me.com/huiray/100014
Nice show, Kathy & Ursula.
Kathy, your L. Pacavia certainly looks like almost wholly L purpurata...even tending towards carnea-type...but the sepals/petals do seem broader and there seem to be long linear lines in them too. Yes, as Ursula suggested, ask him/her which variety of L purpurata was used, if you wish to pursue this further. Also, was this plant truly from the same seed pod as the rest of the plants he/she offered for sale?
Thanks.
Beautiful purpurata!! The flowers sure pop with that dramatic black background.
Coming home this evening, my other, small L. purpurata had opened a spike in the cage. This is 'Delicata'. I took it upstairs for a picture or two.
Kathy, that's the one I had bought from Roger 2 years ago.
another angle, it sure looks delicate?
I am glad it was growing in a freely draining basket.
Yes, it is kind-of delicate-looking, Ursula. Nice.
Mine was one of those that got frozen in the breezeway last winter.
I still have a delicata although no signs of a spike. I got mine from David. I bet I encouraged you to get that one from Roger!! Just beautiful!
Thanks :-)
You had lost some nice stuff there, Raymond.
Yes, Kathy - I believe you did recommend it to me! I think the delicata is right now a bit of a Band-aid for me, if that makes sense. I just wince looking at my other one. Oh well.
And we think our orchids are the sensitive ones!! I had such an awful winter watching my orchids die and die while I got up at 5:30 AM to water them. I guess till then, I was very lucky! I actually considered giving them away. Hope this winter goes better. I was an emotional wreck!
Laelia purpurata x L. tenebrosa. My new name.
Another.
I'd say I'm happy with this one.
And near outside garden friends.
And even though there are only three buds, I'm encouraged that we will see Hisui!
Your "new name" is getting showier by the day. I think these blooms really need to mature a bit to show their full potential.
And Hisui it will be in flower....
My Rhyncholaelia digbyana never opens all buds at the same time. I don't mind at all, this way I can can enjoy a longer blooming season. I took it inside yesterday, it has a very nice lemony scent in the evening.
Phal cornu-cervi opened another bloom.
And, I tried to take some better pics of the 'Delicata'. I used a blue poster board as background.
And this one is truly the last one. :-)
Well, Laelia purpurata x Laelia tenebrosa = Laelia Pacavia. I'm not sure what you are trying to get at, Kathy.
Your plant is very lovely by itself, but it still looks almost wholly L purpurata to me (http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=6792834) even if L tenebrosa and L purpurata are very close to each other. (e.g. see http://mirandaorchids.com/species23tenebrosaVGA.htm)
I guess I feel uncomfortable calling it pacavia when it looks so purpurata-like. Well whatever! It looks a bit like number 1 in the second link.
Delicata lives up to its name..very delicate!
I don't know how delicate this is but Ascdas. Tubtim Velvet X Nakorn Sawan Bell is blooming for the second time in three months. I guess it's happy.
Jim
I think it's delicate! And how wonderful that it likes where it lives!
Jim, it's a very pretty Ascocenda!
A backlit pic of my Odontonia Yellow Parade
My reliable Paph callosum is in bloom again...two years in a row it has produced 3 simultaneous flowers.
Wonderful, Todd!
Todd, wish I had your way with these orchids. I'm always envious of your show.
Both are very nice Todd.
Jim
Good ones, Jim & Todd. Well grown.
Neofinetia falcata var. Suigai. (垂崖)
An unregistered variety.
Upward-pointing flowers, more-or-less, with pink tips. [These upwards-pointing flowers of fuukirans tend to have an "abbreviated" structure such as are exemplified here (compare with the "usual" more full-form laterally-facing flowers) and are called "heaven-facing" flowers in the Japanese]
This was posted on the root/leaves thread earlier with new roots emerging. (http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=6682367)
Raymond.
Edited to add the Kanji and flower/plant classifications.
This message was edited Jul 12, 2009 2:12 PM
Neofinetia falcata var. Suigai. Another view.
Neofinetia falcata var. Suigai. Rotated in the other direction.
Neofinetia falcata var. Suigai. Closer look.
Such great edges! Wish you could give me some pointers, Raymond, to get all those flowers! At least my neos are growing roots instead of a constant shedding of leaves. I like the coconut fiber (like Ursula because we both water daily). That has really helped. I use it for phals now, too. Do you keep them in sphagnum all throughout? How often do you water?
Kathy,
- For myself, I keep them dry, bright and cold in winter; they shrivel somewhat. I don't de-moss them. They are 'stressed' in winter.
- Water as needed (= when dry), daily is OK in summer for a while (e.g. rains) during their growing period while they are outside. But see above.
- Most are in moss, mounded Japanese-style, most with a cavity in the center of the moss ball.
- Some (usu. the Cal-Orchid stuff) are still in the 'tightly-packed' moss + styro peanuts potting, they are OK because I underwater them.
Other people have different habits. (e.g. Ursula; her plants flower for her too)