Phalaenopsis lamelligera

These two flowers belong to two different plants of P.lamelligeras.  One plant was bought from Mr. Joseph Wu (Taiwan) while the other plant was from Mr. Lim Song (Penang).

 

P. lamelligera generally has bolder markings than the other members of the cornu-cervi family.  It also has a unique m-shaped lip.  Some taxonomists also quoted differences in the way the flowers are produced on the flower stalk, making it sufficiently separate from P. cornu-cervi which it so closely resembles especially when not in flower.

Some Nice Flowers

Another plant of blue violacea flowered.  This is the first flower for this plant so I am very happy that the flower turned out to be quite big which means this plant has good potential.

 

A sharp contrast to the blue of the violacea above is the cornu-cervi var. chataladae.  This is not the darkest red in my collection of chattaladeas but it is a good one nevertheless.

 

 

Adding some elegance is the flower of Coelogyne trinervis.  But frankly i'm not even sure it is a trinervis because the plant is huge compared to my other trinervis and this one has no musky fragrance at all. 

 

 

The ones with the strangest fragrance has to be the flowers of Dendrobium anosmum.  This plant is e flowering out of the usual season because the other plants are not in flower at all.  They usually flower at the same time, much like the pigeon orchids.

 

 

Dendrobiums really comes in all shapes and sizes.  Hard to believe that this little flower of Dendrobium prenticei is related to the one above.  I have three plants of prenticei but this one seem to be flowering all the time. The other two hardly flowers at all.  This size of this flower is about 2-3mm across.

 

 

 

 

 

Paphiopedilum concolor alba var hennisianum

This is the alba form of the common form of Paph.concolor.  Very nice pure yellow flower and also a very robust plant which threw out three side shoots at the same time.

 

I have another plant of concolor alba which is almost 20 years old.  It also recently threw out a flower spike so this must be the flowering season.  The first flower bud should open in a week's time. 

Phalaenopsis violacea

This is another nice violacea with very good color, although not as intense as the flower in the earlier post. Both have the same nice scent of violacea which in my opinion is spicier than that of Phalaenopsis bellina.

 

A blue violacea flowering always makes my day so when this one flowered i was extra delighted because there seem to be an improvement in the flower size as well as intensity of the color, thus proving that apart from size, color also improves as the plant matures and increases in size.

 

Paphiopedilum liemianum

This paph flowers in succession on the same flower stalk so after the first one withered, this flower opened.

Phalaenopsis violacea

This is one of my prized collection.  The color of this Phalaenopsis violacea is so intense that i am finding it difficult to capture its true beauty with my camera.  So far none of the pictures do it any justice. The closest i can find is this one.

Coelogyne pandurata

 

The flowers finally opened last weekend! Somehow, big Coelogyne flowers tend to attract the big black wasp which came two days later and devoured 2 of the flowers.  Lucky for me, i took a few pictures before it happened.  That's nature.  The wasp's service is probably required and the fleshy flowers are just the reward. 

 

 However, smaller Coelogyne flowers are spared, like this Coelogyne fimbriata which has never suffered any wasp attack. 

The flowers themselves may have the ability to produce the unique pheromones to attract the intended insects.