Phalaenopsis violacea var. Sumatra

Song Orchid recently imported some of these sumatran violaceas from Taiwan. There are a few plants with slightly different flower size, shape and also color distribution. I was lucky to choose two plants with very different color form. One is a pleasant pinkish purple form while the other is a pure solid purple form. This is the pinkish one:
The petals did not curve backwards 5 days after opening, unlike most of the others and the shape&color is quite pleasant. I took my chance with an un-opened first flower and it paid off.
Also, nothing beats the unmistakable strong fragrance of a violacea in the morning.

Another Paphiopedilum helenae X 肉餅

I bought 3 of this hybrid from Song Orchid and this is the flower of the second plant. It turn out to be a rounder form with more of the 肉餅 characteristics. I gave the third plant to Mrs. Koh and hopefully it will turn out different too.

Paphiopedilum helenae X 肉餅

The Taiwanese Paph growers use the term 肉餅to refer to complex hybrids with big rounded flowers. I bought a few plants of Paphiopedilum helenae X 肉餅from Song Orchids recently cause they are so cute and green. the green dot in the middle makes it look as though the flower is wearing a jade pendant.

Under natural light. Look better?

Dendrobium

This blue Dendrobium from Song Orchids recently produced lots of flowers. Too bad they are not scented.

Phal. Betty Leong X Teoh Tee Teong

A beautiful Phalaenopsis hybrid. It has its own charm although not as deeply colored as many recent hybrids.

Phalaenopsis Ambonosa

Took this picture under the sun.

Phalaenopsis bellina

A nice bellina.

Habenaria lindleyana

This is a commonly found Habenaria in Thailand. I bought a plant with lots of seed pods last year and sowed the seeds around the base of my lemon grass. About five plants appeared a few weeks later but most of them died except this one. The leaves hug the ground closely and the flower spike rise up from the centre of the leaves. The flower spike is about a foot and a half long and bears many pure white flowers. If seed pods are borne this time i am going to spread the seeds all over the place.

Close-up of the pure white flowers.

Dendrobium eriiflorum

Bought a bunch of these in October 2008 and after a year of growing them they are now flowering again. The beautiful flowers are small and greenish white in color. October is the flowering month according to the book "Wild Orchids of Thialand".

Phalaenopsis bellina

This is one of my favourite bellinas. The flower is big and its shape is above average.

Phalaenopsis violacea var 'alba'

This plant, a true wild violacea alba is from Mr. Lim Song of Penang. This is the first time it flowers in my place after i bought it about a year ago.

Phalaenopsis amboinensis var 'Common'

This plant was bought during the Singapore Garden Tech exhibition 2009. It may not be a winner in terms of shape but i like it because it has very nice markings.

Paphiopedilum schoseri

This is a plant from Bacan Island in the Moluccas of Indonesia. It belongs to the barbata section so it is not so easy to grow in singapore. This plant came with a single developing bud which managed to develop into a beautiful flower.

Paphiopedilum bellatulum

This wild plant flowered again recently. The newly open flower is so beautiful but in a day or two, the petals will curl backwards. This flower has beautiful dark purple spots on a greenish white background.

Paphiopedilums in Flower

A Paph. niveum with very small flowers. This is the first time the plant flower after i bought it from Song Orchids. The plant produced two small but cute flowers. One Paph seller said that this is a small flowered variety recently introduced in Thailand.

A concolor is also in flower now. This plant has dark green mottled leaves instead of the usual lighter green. The recent rain caused some of my paphs to develop bacteria rot but luckily some survived after soaking them in Physan solution.