Another plant of this variety is blooming after a long period of neglect. Very intense colour and comes with a spicier fragrance compared to P. bellina.
Growing Paphiopedilums or Paphs is my main hobby. I also grow many other orchids such as phalaenopsis, dendrobium, coelogyne etc.
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Phalaenopsis violacea var. indigo
An intensely colored specimen of P. violacea var. indigo. This variety appeared on the market many years ago but the first few generations were of pale indigo coloration. Recently more intense colored version is available at much lower price.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Vanda tassellata
Vanda tessellata has many colour variations. This one is brownish-orange in colour and has a similarly colored lip. It has a strange smelling fragrance which I am not sure how to describe. Online description says "lilac".
Friday, November 22, 2024
Cattleya lawrenceana
Another Cattleya flowered a couple of days ago. Maybe the recent rain and cooler nights is working wonders. This species is from Venezuela, Guyana and surrounding areas.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Phalaenopsis blooming
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Paphiopedilum glanduliferum
According to many experts Paph glanduliferum is either extinct or synonym of P. praestans. My observation is that the plants currently sold as glanduliferum tend to have broader and longer leaves than those sold as praestans. The flower stalk is also much thicker...but...the flowers look alike. This is a recent glanduliferum which flowered.
Phalaenopsis pantherina
A very rare specimen of Phalaenopsis pantherina with extremely good form and size. The flower is the same size as the P. Bellina.
Phalaenopsis bellina
I was surprised to see that this plant is actually a bellina. It has not flowered for a long time and had been shifted around so much that I lost the label. The flower is rather big so let's hope it gets a bit bigger when the plant grow larger leaves.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Coelogyne celebensis
This plant has not flowered for a very long time. In fact it almost died, partly due to orchid weevils and partly due to neglect.
Now its showing strong signs of a comeback.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
A Splash Of Yellow
2 Yellow orchids are in bloom. The first one is Vanda denisoniana yellow.
The second yellow orchid is Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi var flava
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Phalaenopsis pantherina
This orchid is a close relative of P. cornu-cervi and P. lamelligera. While many other plants of P. pantherina has a more slender shape with denser patches of color, this particular plant's shape and color is very close to one of my P. lamelligera. However the flower of this pantherina is more than twice the size of the lamelligera. This one is slightly more than 2 inches from top to bottom.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Paphiopedilum intaniae
This is a very interesting paph. Flowering for the very first time with a dark brown flower stalk carrying 3 strikingly colored flowers.