Paphiopedilum leucochilum

This plant was also bought about the same time as the godefroyae alba.  It has very nice flowers with striking color.  However the price is much lower than the godefroyae 'alba'.

Paphiopedilum godefroyea 'alba'

I recently purchased 2 plants of Paph. godefroyae 'alba' and this is the one with the flower that still looks fresh enough for a picture.

Dendrobium distichum

This is a miniature Dendrobium found in the Philippines and i happen to have two plants that show very interestingly different behavior.

This particular plant from Mr. Yusof Alsagoff produces flowers from between the leaves along the plant as well as on the tip the leaf stalk.

This plant however likes to produce a 'ball' of flowers at the tip of the leaf stalk.

A Few Phalaenopsis

After a good breakfast in Kreta Ayer Market, i came home to take a few pictures of the Phalaenopsis that are flowering in the backyard.

This is Phal.violacea var sumatra. 

Phal.Mambo, a cross between Phal.amboinensis and Phal. marie.  This plant was bought during the recent WOC2011 at MBS.

This is a nice form of Phal.amboinensis 'Common' var Nicole, bought from Song Orchids last year.  It stopped flowering for a while but began flowering again after the recent rain.  For some reason/s this plant is not as free flowering as the other forms of amboinensis.  The yellow and flava form flowers almost all the time.  I also have a few other plants of he 'Common' form that flowers more freely although the flowers are not as striking as this one.

This is Phal.amboinensis, a nice plant that came from Mr. David Lim's collection.

This Phal.amboinensis var 'flava' also originated from Mr. David Lim but i bought it from MH nursery.  This is a highly sought after plant because it is one of the two or three known wild amboinensis 'flava' which existed 20 years ago. Today the clones are readily available at only a small fraction of the price.

Paphiopedilum praestans

A pleasant surprise this morning when i inspected my plants!  I did not even realise that this plant had thrown out a flower spike until i saw the flower. I am using a lot of coarse sand in the potting media for P. praestans and the plant seems to like it.