Phalaenopsis amboinensis var common

Phalaenopsis amboinensis has two main forms, a yellow and a white (common) form.  The common form has a white background with cinnamon colored bars or blotches.  The particular plant has very dense and dark patches of cinnamon.  It was purchased in one of the orchid shows a few years ago.  I mounted it onto a piece of fern bark and it took quite a long time to get used to its new environment. The plant is now in active growth mode so hopefully i can get a new growth from it.

Interesting Plant of Paph. glaucophyllum

This plant of Paph. glaucophyllum has flowers with an interesting pattern on its dorsal sepal.  Instead of the usual green patch with lines this one has scattered dots.  I grow my glaucophyllums and liemianums in the same medium and under the same conditions - bark, charcoal chips, limestone chips, clay pellets and some peat moss.

Close-up of the dorsal sepal

Paphiopedilum liemianum

This is the second flower on a new flower spike produced by this plant.  The plant is grown exposed to sun and rain, in moderate shade under my Phalaenopsis plants.  The flower is most beautiful on the first few days when the petals are still quite straight.  They will curve back a little in a couple of days.

This is the flower yesterday morning:

This is the flower this morning:

It is fully open and the petal has a slight twist.

Paphiopedilum concolor

If there is a Paph that's easy to flower in Singapore, i would say it has to be P.concolor.  It can tolerate our warm climate and when grown outdoors, it should be given a good shading of about 50%.  My plants are shaded more because i hang my Phalaenopsis above the Paphs.  Sometimes i think my Paphs are not getting enough light.

This is another plant of concolor which flowered recently.  The plant is very robust and is now carrying two flowers at the same time.

Phalaenopsis violacea var blue

It has been raining almost everyday recently so i guess the increased humidity coupled with cooler weather must have triggered the flowering of these blue violaceas.  Two of them are the violacea indigo variety while the other one was from MH nursery a few years ago.  These violaceas require almost the same care as regular violaceas.  However they generally grow slower and mortality rate among young plants is rather high.

Violacea blue

Violacea indigo #1

Violacea indigo #2