Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Bulbophyllum lasiochilum

A new plant of Bulbophyllum lasiochilum has recently flowered.  This one has a very dark top and a contrasting light bottom with dark purple dots.  The fragrance of this flower is very mild compared to the yellow variety.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Phalaenopsis Seletar Tiger

A very beautful orchid created by Mr Law MH.  It is very free flowering, just like one of its parents, Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 'Dark Star'.  It will also produce keikis from old flower spikes and sometimes the keikis themselves start to flower while hanging in the air.
The flower bud on the right side of the picture opened on 23/01 and looks very beautiful too.

Habenaria lindleyana

This is a native orchid of Thailand which i grow in a big ceramic pot together with some lemon grass.  The plant will wither away after flowering but it has underground tubers which wil produce another plant.  Cannot remember how long was the hibernation period but i think it was less than two months. 

Also, i think the recent pictures are better than those i took earlier partly due o the right lighting condition and partly due to the better lens used.

Two small little plants managed to survive this time after i sprinkled the seeds around the plant.  One of them is completely covered by the leaf of the mother plant but it seem to do better than the one exposed to the sun.