Pomatocalpa spicata and Robiquetia succisa blooms

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Hey, all!

Two of my Vandaceous plants have finally bloomed. Not too long after I purchased them, they spiked. And after about a few months of waiting, the flowers bloomed.

The Pomatocalpa spicata is supposed to have longer spikes with more flowers, but at the time I didn't realize how much water they needed to really put on a show. They're still nice.

The Robiquetia succisa suffered a bit from the recent sudden spike in temperature from the wild fires up in the mountains that ravaged Southern California not too long ago. I only have four buds left on the spike, and the one I'm showing is the first flower to bloom. Keep in mind the pic does the flower no justice whatsoever. This is a bright yellow with nice bright red markings. In the pic the red looks brown.

I also apologize if the pics are fuzzy, I don't have a macrolens, so the pics aren't crisp. The pics were enlarged with a photo editing program, but nothing else was done to them.

The first few pics are of the Pomatocalpa spicata, the last two will be those of Robiquetia succisa.

[RosieC]

Great pics. Such cute ones!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Thanks Rosie.

I think they're cute too. It'd be nice to have a macrolens to take good photos of them though.

The Pomatocalpa actually has four spikes. Each spike is also branched. I've seen pics of these on various other people's websites, and they are unbelievable! The amount of flowers per spike and the way the spike with the flowers and buds form what resembles a pointy tail, is beautiful.

Each flower may be dimunitive, (they're only 1/4" in diameter), but the gestalt is breath taking.

Same for the Robiquetia succisa, each flower by itself is only 1/4", but it has a bit over ten flowers per spike. Now imagine this multi-spiking, which I've seen pictures of. The bright yellow with the red markings are just incredible.

Hopefully by next summer, they will bloom much more profusely and vigorously.

I'll add one more thing...

They're super rare here in the US.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Whoa! Unbelievable! Pomatocalpa spicata is fragrant!!!

It smells like sugar water or honey water,...or something like it. It's wonderful! How cool!!!

[RosieC]

Wow, even better!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Here're the rest of the Robiquetia succisa flowers.