Christmas Blooms
 

Here's what was blooming for me over Christmas. The Bc. Maikai has 2 other spikes and 5 more total buds to open. The Den. Rainbow Dance has quite a few more large buds for a total of 14 blooms when they open.

Those are gorgeous!!!! Congrats!

Thanks Paul. A couple are first blooms for me so always fun.

I'm glad you finally got the stubborn Loddiaca to bloom!! Very gorgeous!!

Thanks! Did you get this one from Paramount? Just curious as it didn't have their tag when I bought it from you but I know they carried this one. It is very white rather than pink compared to all the photos I have seen of this cross. Not sure if its because it was a first bloom and I also treated it with Merit in the summer. It will be interesting to see if there is a change next bloom time. It is lightly scented.

Yes, this came from Paramount, and is actually on of the first three orchids I ever bought! Normally the first bloom on any orchid is weak in colour or form compared to the blooms that come in the future, so I would expect it to improve next blooming.

Those are all beautiful and the photographs are excellent.

Good to know. I don't always see a big change on subsequent blooms. But I have seen improvements on some. Considering both parents have more colour than this I would have expected it to be pink. They seem to take the medium pink of the loddigesii parent usually rather than the aurantiaca red/orange colour

Thanks tucker85!

Fabulous!