Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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.