tmoneys phlowering phals and such
 

hello again ob...

decided to just start a rolling thread to post up some of our bloom pics, and also to help give us a bit of a calendar! so, here are some current blooms over at our place. hope you enjoy!

a very special one is opening up this weekend. maxillaria variabilis.

this is one a group of cuttings that i took back in march as a bit of an experiment. they really are as easy to propagate as the internet says! ;)

Phals are my phavorites! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Way to go!!!! Many good rewards after all :-)

ours too for sure! perhaps we could do a plant exchange when we visit my fam this summer. they are all over the mitten. i'll send you a pm...

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thanks sade, it was a really rewarding first year in orchids. we have learned a lot thanks in big part to the folks here at the ob!

siderea japonica pretty much fully open now and two so far successful capsules of mannii x mannii flava. hope to send at least one off flask.

mr. f, you interested?!

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one of the parishii's coming on strong with mystery cap (!) starting

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and a germain vincent. this flower is super waxy compared to the other plants flowers, so much so that you can see reflections in the upper petal!

the yang yang supermodel reblooming now with 3 flowers this time

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and one of our wossner mosquitos (wossner mucke - tetraspis x viridis) with 4 buds. this plant is growing on me, and its sibling is carrying 2 spikes with lots of juicy little buds!

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dendrobium green surprise

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thanks to you kind folks here at the orchid board for the advice on how to grow a dendrobium! we threw the mother plant onto the balcony per the advice and left it there all winter with minimal watering and care. in march we took 2 groups of keikis when new growth appeared and actually got one to make a flower!! its a really soft easter green and just popped open today.

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the mother is still doing well and i now hanging down in the garden. thanks for all the help ob!!!!

phal doweryensis bloomed this morning!!

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but the hidden gem is the brown and yellow stripes on the lip

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so a big thanks to mr. f for putting us in contact with this plant. feel somewhat responsible for it now, as it was a mature plant when we got it. i gotta admit, i do love the flowers. they have a nice waxy texture, and man did they bloom fast! my two prevailing hypothesis for the fast bloom time is a. it is a mature plant and we just havent seen many this old, or b, it is a general characteristic of this species. either way... love it!!!!!!!

and a few more to come hopefully :biggrin:

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