Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Phalaenopsis Valentinii 'Red' and Phalaenopsis lamelligera

This Phal is always flowering.  Like its cornu-cervi parent, the flowers appear singly but the flowering can last for months or even years with one flower appearing just before the previous flower fades.  This time i am able to take a good shot because the new flower happen to be at the right level for me to balance my camera and the flower is facing out so i don't have to shift the plant around to take a shot.

This is a very nice lamelligera from Joseph Wu.  Bought it a few years back at the Garden Tech exhibition when it was held at the Hort Park.  The flower has bold patches instead of lines and is much bigger.


Paphiopedilum stonei

Bought this Paph stonei from the Ching Hua booth on the last day of the WOC 2012.  It was in a plastic bag with some sphagnum moss so i went home and potted it in medium pine bark, limestone chip and some diatomite.  Recently it threw out a flower spike and produced a beautiful large flower with long petals.