SE Corner Orchids

[voyager]

This does have more than Catts in it. But, the Catts are the main focus.

The Ohia tree had been blown over during a wind storm.
After cutting enough of the upper tree off, the stump's root ball flopped back into place.
Now it is a setting for some of my orchids.

A clump of Arundina graminifolia [Bamboo Orchids] are on the far side of the stump with a single weed Spathoglottis plicata on the near side of the stump.
A Catt maxima sits on top of the stump, while a Lalia purpurata is mounted on the further back Ohia on the RH edge of the photo.

The Bamboo orchids and the Catt maxima

I had been letting the Bamboo Orchids grow unmolested. But, last fall I cut back all the bloomed out plants. It looks to be putting out as many blossoms as before, but looks nicer than having all the old bloomed out dried up ends all through it. As summer progresses the number of open blossoms will increase.

The Catt maxima

It looks good. But, it has only put out one inflorescence so far. If it does like the last season, there'll be more spikes produced as summer progresses.

Lalia purpurata

It did make a seed pod last season. I hope it'll do it again.

[fishmom]

Wow! Just wow! What a lush corner.

[jkofferdahl]

How lush!

[Pattywack]

So jealous! Absolutely the best yard ever! It is so natural and peaceful looking.

[No-Pro-mwa]

So stunning, I too am jealous.

[voyager]

Well, I came to check this thread out in order to add a photo. I saw all the "Update your account ..." notices that replaced the pics. So, I went to check out what's going on.
Photobucket wants $399/ year to be able to post photos in forums. I went back to my Photobucket "library" and deleted everything. I no longer have any photos on Photobucket. It took me almost an hour to do it. I had 20 some pages.
I've been working on getting my new online Photo Gallery made up. But, I don't think I can do 3rd party hosting from it. I will upload these pics here. But, I think I won't be making any more posts until I get this figured out.
So, with that said:

I have been watching an Oncid. intergeneric orchid in my SE corner very closely the last few weeks. It was one of the first orchids I had mounted after moving in here.
It was in bloom when I picked it up at a farmer's market. But, it was well past it's prime and dropped its blossoms very quickly.
It began to form an inflorescence the next season, but hurricane Iselle broke the stem off and only one flower bloomed. The next two years something either ate or broke off the growing tip of the inflorescence. So, 3 years in a row it only put out 1 blossom. The last few weeks I have been watching it and have been afraid to say anything for fear of jinxing it.

It has finally bloomed with more than 1 single blossom. It is over exposed to the sun. The tree was alive when I mounted it and has since died. No vegetation to shade it anymore.

Note that the Catt. maxima on the stump has a new group of flowers on it. The Lalia has bloomed out and has not made a seed pod this season.

[estación seca]

Really beautiful!