Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Bulbophyllum lobii

This beautiful orange-colored Bulbophyllum lobii comes for Sabah.  It can be found in Malaysia, Borneo as well as Philippines.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum

This is another Paph that is suitable for Singapore's warm weather.  If grown well, this orchid will keep on flowering for a long time.  This Paph was used in the past to produce many beautiful hybrids such as paph Shireen and the strong glaucophyllum influence can be seen in such hybrids.  Most of the hybrids produced using glaucophyllum can be grown well in Singapore without air-conditioning.  My friend used to grow his Paph Shireen in a 2nd Storey balcony in Pasir Ris and we all know how warm it can be in Pasir Ris.

Phalaenopsis Chan Chee Meng

This is a beautiful yellow Phalaenopsis from Penang.  Occassionally one or two light brown bars may appear but most of the time the flower is pure yellow.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Oncidium Gower Ramsey 'Sunkist'

This Oncidium was bought from WL nursery a couple of years back.  Its an easy plant to grow and produces many orange colored flowers. 

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 'Red'

This red cornu-cervi is really a gem among the lot of reds i have. 

Nice Phalaenopsis bellina

This nice Phal. bellina is in flower most of the time.  Many Phals have the habit ot producing successive single flowers and the thus a single flower spike can keep on flowering for a long long time, even more than a year.

Paphiopedilum concolor

This plant of Paph. concolor is in flower again.  Paph. concolor is one of the easiest Paphs to grow in our hot lowland condition and flowers easily too.   Their enemies are snails, slugs, grasshoppers and the rain.  If you can avoid all these then the plant will grow into a big clump in a few years' time.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Neofinetia falcata

This orchid (Wind Orchid) was bought from Song Orchids many years ago.  It was in flower when i bought it but since then it has not flowered at all.  I almost wanted to get rid of it when i spotted a flower spike developing.  It sure has been a long wait.  Seems that this plant needs cooler conditions to flower.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Paphiopedilum belletulum and phiippinense

How can one not love this flower? Paphiopediulum bellatulum, mysterious and exotic, yet easy to flower in Singapore.
Paphiopedilum philippinense var roebelenii is another paph that flowers easily.  Problem is wild plants like this is now difficult to get.  Plants available nowadays are usually from Taiwanese nurseries but these plants are usually more beautiful than wild plants and have longer, wider and more brightly colored petals.