Paphiopedilum philippinense

The petals of this Paph. philippinense are still straight this morning so it looks like this may be the variety with untwisted petals.

Paphiopedilum Wellesleyanum var. alba and Paphiopedilum philippinense

Paphiopedilum Wellesleyanum var alba  is a hybrid between Paph. concolor var alba  and Paph. ang thong var alba. This flower has a green spot on the anther cap and the petals/sepals are light yellow in color.

This plant was purchased about 2 years ago and has not flowered since.  The recent cool spell must have triggered it together with Paphiopedilum philippinense below.

Paph. pilippinense do flower here but it is extremely seasonal so it needs the right trigger at the right time.  In nature it flowers around April but i guess in Singapore a sudden cool spell may get a dormant plant to go into flowering mode.  This particular philippinense was in a group of plants i ordered from Taiwan 2 years ago. One type is suppose to have long petals while the other is suppose to have flat petals with no twists.  Lets see how this plant turns out to be.

Dendrobium lamellatum and Dendrobium platycaulon

These 2 orchids have flattened stems and the plants look very similar when not in flower.  The D.lamellatum was from Mr Lim Song (Penang) whereas the D. polycaulon was from a seller near Ayutthaya. 

Dendrobium lamellatum

 

Dendrobium Platycaulon



Phalaenopsis amboinensis var common

This plant was bought during the Singapore Garden Festival a couple of years ago.  Shortly after I bought the plant it began to show some problems getting used to the weather here.  It went dormant for a while but began actively growing a few months back.  It is now producing bigger and longer leaves as well as healthy roots.  The dormant flower spikes are also springing back to life and this is the first flower after a long time.

This plant has flowers with bold and dark markings.

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi chattaladae

These are a few of the very dark red Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi var.chattaladae that are flowering now. 

 

Paphiopedilum godefroyae alba (white form)

This is the first time this plant flowered in my place.  Got it earlier this year so I am quite pleased that it only took a short time to settle down and throw out a flower.  The lower temperatures for the past few weeks might have triggered the flowering.  I hope more Paphs would follow soon.

This is a white form of Paph. godefroyea alba.  There is another yellow form which is not flowering yet. 

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.