Paph. Druid Spring- 2nd flower

Paph. Druid Spring- 2nd flower has much better form!

National Capital Orchid Socitey Show purchases

I bought these great plants this morning at the NCOS show at the National Aboreatum. I love them!

Paph. henryannum...flowering!!!

Here it is!

Paph. henryannum in bud!

Here is my favorite little paph. species: Paph. Henryannum. I bought it at the National Capital Orchid Show last october in bud, and now a bet less then one year later it is getting ready to bloom on a new growth. Can't wait untill I can post a pic of it in bloom!!! :)

My Birthday orchid

I bought this at Orchids For You on Audust 21s with birthday gift money from dad (thanks again dad!)

Milt. Binotii x Motto Grosso 'Mexico' HCC/AOS

It is a Brazillian miltonia hybrid, they like warm temps and grow very fast. It has one spike in bloom and 3 additional spikes.

I love it!

Stellamizutaara 'Kelly Lea'

A very pretty plant I bought a couple of years ago, out of bloom and I didn't know what it would look like! It has bloomed about every 4-5 months since then.

Stellamizutaara 'kelly lea' is a hybrid of: Brassavola nodosa x cattletonia 'keith roth',and ctna 'keith roth' is a cross of Cattley bicolor (50%) x broughtonia sanguinea 50%.

More current pics...

1st Promenea Chameleon

2. Onc. Sharry Baby NOID

3rd-My fav. phal species, Phal. Cornu cervi 'Millie'

Current orchids

1st- Paph. Salvador Dali

2nd Psychopsis NIOD

Salvadore Dali again with 2 flowers. ( I am very proud of blooming this from a seedling that I bought in october of 2008!)

Hello to anyone who reads this blog (if anyone...) Here are some pics of my currently blooming orchids.

The mysterious Paph. Yospur

primulinum (the most likely non-listed parent that makes it sequentially flowering)

conco-bellatulum (the other parent species listed on the tag)

Paph. delenatii (one of the parent species)

This is Paph. Yospur. I bought it at Smith & Hawkins on last monday. It's tag says "Paph. Yospur (delenatii x conco-bellatulum). THe flower looks like it is a cross of those two orchids.

Paph. Yospur- the one that I bought

The mystery comes in here: conco-bellatulum and delenatii are both single-flower species. That means that they would only have one flower (possible and rarely two if grown really well) per growth.

The plant that I bought is clearly sequentially blooming (meaning one flower opens while several more buds develop, and then by the time the open flower fades and falls off the next bud is opening.)

I have posted the pics and the question on a message board and several people agree that there must be a third species in this orchid's background. And it must be from the section cochopetelum, which are all sequentially blooming species. It has been suggested and it makes sense that the mystery species is primulinum.

While it can be annoying when plants aren't properly labeled, I enjoy this aspect of orchids. It is fun to be do detective work and learn about the backgrounds of plants that you own!

Mini nobile-like dendrobium

This is Den. Ampai Isis x Den. Janya orange baby. I bought it at Orchids For You in Vienna,VA before Christmas (in bloom). What makes it so neat is it's size, it is 8" at it's longest cane, and the flowers are about 1 1/2".

The flowers are a lovely soft pink with a slightly whiter center and when it is warm and sunny in my room they smell wonderful!

Paph. Pinocchio

Here is my first ever re-bloomed slipper orchid! I bought this one in bloom at the 2007 NCOS Show. It's flowers were pretty small and there were only 2 of them. It has grown very well for me and now has a big flower with several more buds still developing!

Paph. Pinocchio is the cross of the two sequentially flowering species glaucophyllum x primulinum. It is considered a very easy to grow and bloom paph., and it has grown very well for me both with and without artifical lights.

Some new orchid purchases

Here are a few beauties that I bought at Orchids For You in Veinna,va.