Paphiopedillum bellatulum

This is a nice bellatulum bought during the recent WOC. 

Phalaenopsis Seletar Tiger var 'Hot Chocolate'

This is a darker variety of Phal. Seletar Tiger, a cross made by MH nursery.  The typical Phal. Seletar Tiger has flowers whose color fades afer it opens for a few days.  The variety 'Hot Chocolate' however, does not suffer from color fading.

Phalaenopsis amboinensis 'Common'

This is a beautiful Phal. amboinensis 'Common' bought during the recent WOC.  Compared to the normal amboinensis 'Common' this plant has flowers with darker and bolder bands.  It is a pure 'Common' form and not a cross with the yellow form of amboinensis.

A Few Phalaenopsis bellina

These are a few Phal. bellina flowering now.

 All are of good rounded form, typical of bellinas from MH nursery.

Phalaenopsis Spica

This beautiful phalaenopsis is now flowering after i re-located it to a new spot.  Some other phals are also flowering again after being shifted around to make space for some new plants from the recent WOC in MBS.

Coelogyne trinervis?

This is a Coelogyne from Thailand with pale flowers which look exactly like those of C. trinervis without the brown patches.  The plant is huge, almost the size of C. celebensis. 

 

Paphiopedilum philippinense

This is one of my most free flowering Paph philippinense.  The flower spike appeared a couple of weeks ago and the flowers are almost all fully open now.

Dendrobium prenticei

This is a beautiful miniature Dendrobium found in North Eastern Australia.  There are many similar looking dendobiums all labelled with the same name.  I hppen to have three similar plants but this particular one seems to be more free flowering than the rest. The other two have more plump leaves.

Bulbophyllum blumei

An unknown bulbophyllum turned out to be B.blumei.  The plant became free flowering after reaching maturity. This small to medium sized orchid can be found from Philippines, Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra all the way to Australia. A very widespread species growing in lowland as well as highland forests. 

I grow mine in a hanging basket filled with clay pellets.  I think it will also do well if mounted on a coconut husk pole.

Another miniature Bulbophyllum

I cannot remember where this Bulbophyllum was purchased from but i think it is most likely from Song Orchids quite sometime ago. It looks like B.comberi with flowers appearing from the middle of the rhizome connecting the pseudobulbs.

Phalaenopsis Corie

This is a hybrid between Phal. Corona and Phal. marie.  Phal. Corona itself is a hybrid between Phal. amboinensis and Phal. cornu-cervi.

This plant was purchased from Song Orchids about a month ago. 

Paphiopedilum niveum

Not many Paphs flowering at the moment.  This is a niveum from Song Orchids which is just opening this morning.  Paph. niveum is an easy Paph for our climate and do well if given about 50%-60% shade and good ventilation.

A Few Phalaenopsis Flowering

These are pictures of some Phalaenopsis that are flowering at the moment. 

This is a supposedly wild collected Phal. violacea alba from Malaysia.  Bought it from Mr. Lim of Penang a few years ago.  The plant looks white but has an extremely faint pink tone.

This is a plant of Phal. amboinesis flava from MH nursery. 

This is a Phal. pulchra hybrid which i think may be from Mr. Lim of Penang. The plant is almost always in flower.

Bromheadia aporoides

This orchid has a plant structure that is very similar to some species of Dendrobiums.  But the flower is distinctively different and very unique to the Bromheadia family.  The white flowers open in the morning and by afternoon it will close and wither.  Its lifespan is even shorter than Dendrobium crumenatum.  But the flowers are beautiful and has a slight fragrance.  I always miss the flowering for some reason but luckily this morning i spotted the flowers and quickly took a few shots. 

Dendrobium distichum

This is a miniature Dendrobium with interesting looking leaves bearing small but very attractive flowers.  The picture above shows the flower of a plant which i recently bought while the one below is from a plant that i have grown for many years.  Flowers of the new plant has a deeper yellow background.

Bulbophyllum sp.

This miniature Bulbophyllum species should be from Thailand.  The pseudobulbs are very small, about 1-2 cm across and 1cm high.  The flowers are about 3-4 mm across.

Phalaenopsis bellina

A nice Phal. bellina from Penang. It has a very nice, well-balanced shape i.e. not too rounded and very flat petals and sepals (esp. the petals does not curve backwards).

Paphiopedilum barbatum

These plants of Paph. barbatum are from a nursery in Cameron Highlands of Malaysia. 

Bulbophyllum annandalei (yellow)

This is a beautiful Bulbophyllum from Thailand. It recently produced 2 flower spikes with beautifl yellowish white flowers.  This is the first flowering after growing it for about a year.

Bulbophyllum auratum

Must be the recent rain that triggered the Bulbophyllum auratum to send out two flower spikes.

Dendrobium Sherri Lim

A beautiful Dendrobium hybrid, Dendrobium Jaquelyn Concert X Dendrobium Kuranda Classic registered by MH nursery in 1998.

Phalaenopsis Taiping Ruby x Phalaenopsis Tan Lee Moy

I bought this phal from Song Orchids last year.  The plant came from Mr. Robert Ang, a breeder in Malaysia.  The plant was labelled R477 on the clay pot and a check with his website showed the plant's parentage as Phal. Taiping Ruby x Phal. Tan Lee Moy and it was recently named Phalaenopsis Permata Rosmah Mansor .

The plant is very free flowering and has not stopped flowering since i bought it.  The color is a deep reddish purple with darker bars of the same color.

Phalaenopsis violacea var Malaya

This plant was bought from Woon Leng Nursery many years back.  The flower is bigger than the sumatra variety. 

Phalaenopsis Valentinii 'Red'

This plant has not stopped flowering since i bought it last year.  Like its parents P.violacea and P.cornu-cervi, the flowers appear one at a time and can continue flowering for a long time. 

Phalaenopsis violacea var sumatra

This violacea has not stopped flowering since i bought it and i think the color of the flower has improved slightly.

Bulbophyllum lobii

This plant was bought from Song Orchids almost a year ago.  It finally produced a flower bud sometime last week and the bud opened 2 days ago.  This picture was taken yesterday morning.

This variety of B.lobii from Sabah is orange in color while the west Malaysian variety is yellowish in color. 

Paph concolor and praestans

Recently, many of my paphs are infected with the crown rot bacteria.  Many healthy plants started turning soft and mushy and died.  The base of the older leaves would first show a patch of soft brown which then spread to the upper portion of the leaf and other leaves as well.

After many sessions of dunking and spraying with Physan, some of the plants survived and are begining to flower again.  Paph concolor is one of them.  The flower size and shape is not as good as before but hopefully this will improve.

This Paph praestans did not get attaked by the bacteria but another plant was.  This plant flowers annually without fail.

Coelogyne pandurata

This plant was bought from Mr. Lim Song's nursery in Penang many years ago.  The plant absolutely thrives in almost full sun and would not flower unless the leaves are almost sun-scorched.

Phalaenopsis amboinensis

These are two nice ones which flowered recently.  The amboinensis var. `common' was bought during the Singapore Garden Festival last year.

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Red

Another nice one among the many reds.  This one has got a thick color which is even and unbroken.

Phalaenopsis violacea var.sumatra

This is a nice violacea var. sumatra from Song Orchids. The color is deep but too bad it is not evenly distributed.

Coelogyne rochussenii One Week Later

The flowers are still around one week after they first flowered.