Masd. hirtzii
 

My Masd. hirtzii is blooming like never before - worry a bit sometimes that it's going to bloom itself to death.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/...24d9b40c_t.jpg

Pictures of the individual flowers and the whole plant in bloom, along with a description, can be found here:

Orchids in Bloom: Masdevallia hirtzii (revisited)

I love that vivid orange!
Joann

Thanks, Joann and Tindo. I don't know if a plant can bloom itself to death, but when they keep producing more and more flowers I start to wonder if something is wrong.

It's wonderful. I've loved the look of this once since I first saw one of your photos a year or more back, now with three flowers it looks even better.

I would guess that if the plant seems otherwise healthy (i.e. not making a last ditch attempt to reproduce) then lots of flowers are just a sign of a good healthy happy plant. With your growing experience I would think it's the healthy plant :)

Thanks for commenting, Rosie. It actually has about 30 flowers - I haven't counted them - there's a picture of the whole plant on the blog.

My picasa account has just emailed me with new pictures from people I'm a 'fan' of... and :wow that picture with all the flowers :drool: Wow, wow wow!

Awesome color! Well done, Ron.

Kim

Thanks again, Rosie, and thanks for looking and commenting, Kim.

Stunning color!