you have a hell of a nice show coming soon!!

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the Dichaea Longa with her match-head buds
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fa7a0d7_4k.jpgDichaea longea by J Solo, on Flickr

pop pop pop...there are still two more sheaths but they are pretty flat so i am not that hopeful that this will get any better than it already is!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ea6e7cc_4k.jpgRandos by J Solo, on Flickr

That one has a huge "WOW" factor! Spectacular.

agreed!! what is the name of this one again? :)

Yes, very impressive.

Is that the one you found on the side of the road that somebody was throwing away?

Lol, yep!

I thank my wife for that save ALL the time.

I have to assume someone left the house (moves out, passed away, etc) and someone else cleaned up.

Who would knowingly do that??

Lol, that is like winning the orchid lottery or something.

So the wife DOES support your addiction!

It’s like a passive enabler situation.

She knows it’s wrong but she likes to see me happy


Lol!

:biggrin:

This reminds me of what my wife's parents (my in-laws who I actually adore) tell me wife.

"Would you rather your husband have a drug (they usually say crack) addiction or an orchid addiction?"

one of the outdoor Phals

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4715060_4k.jpgOutdoor phalaenopsis by J Solo, on Flickr


and i like this shot....like a dental procedure...open wiiiiiide

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3ac0b8a_4k.jpgOutdoor phalaenopsis by J Solo, on Flickr

gotta get those tonsils checked out buddy!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dddc888_4k.jpgOutdoor phalaenopsis by J Solo, on Flickr

her she is opening

i love this Phal...so white on the outside but so much vibrancy in the center

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3abd347_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr


more alien fighter pilots

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...08a9118_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr

Zygote is dancing like a trained cobra

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...db982b2_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr


Excuse me (Milton voice) but this is my leaf..i brought it from home....its not company property

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bf2dd5f_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr

Sundew flowers are the most insane mechanical construct ever

the flower begins as a tightly coiled ball and literally unrolls as it grows until it flowers and then is unrolls further into the buds.....rolls on rolls
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...32c6d5a_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr

a different one fully upright and uncoiling the buds
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...af22f92_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr

pitchers are waking up

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...572732f_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr

carnage on the Sundew....my wife suggested we move the pre-compost area to near the bug...the Carnies LOVE the idea!!!!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5995805_4k.jpgDichaea longa by J Solo, on Flickr

These are my wife's plants, meaning she saw them and said "ooh, those look pretty", and yet I am the one who cares for them.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5b42123_4k.jpgCatesetum in progress by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e117044_4k.jpgCatesetum in progress by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5e328f5_4k.jpgCatesetum in progress by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0054d37_4k.jpgPics by J Solo, on Flickr

Rhizome
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...61b6714_4k.jpgPics by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...73ff454_4k.jpgPics by J Solo, on Flickr

the Frangipani is waking up
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...025d80a_4k.jpgShame by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f6a6fe4_4k.jpgShame by J Solo, on Flickr

Sansevaria blooms
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...de177ee_4k.jpgShame by J Solo, on Flickr

Dog tail casualty...…:(

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c9897ec_4k.jpgShame by J Solo, on Flickr

Looking at that gorgeous semi-alba Catt... any chance it might be Lc. Stonehouse? I love that plant... it's never going to win awards for form, but has a fantastic lip, vigor and lots of huge flowers.

Condolences on that broken spike...happens to all of us.:(

it sure could be...i had it narrowed down to about six likely candidates and that is the closest by a country mile....

i prefer to call her "the mounted trash pile Orchid" :rofl:

several of these are new to me....what are they?

The yellow one is a yellow butterwort (Pinguicula lutea), the purple one is a purple shamrock (Oxalis triangularis), and the last one I am not sure but my guess is a dianthus.

And that poor den. spike, that sucks. Plumeria coming in though. How many different colors do you have?

It is dianthus, you are correct. That oxalis should be hardy for you planted in the ground.

I am going to have to learn more about the 'worts...they are carnivores and they have pretty flowers....sign me up

I have white, yellow, and orange....i should also have a rainbow and a red but they don't flower....i have only had them for a year and they are small-ish (2' tall in pot) so they might just being obstinate

the ones i have had longer that are in the ground are always a good show.

We don't really have a yard as we live in a townhouse and what we do have for a yard is controlled by the HoA. Plus, my wife wants to see them on the porch or be able to bring them inside to decorate.

Yea, I kinda enjoy the carnivorous plant and so much so that I am looking into others at the moment (well, we already have a drosera as well).

Nice! I really love plumerias but don't have the space for them. I also prefer them as trees and not shrubs but they take so long to become the size of a tree.

i have these older Phals in a hanging planter stacked vertically...i knew when i planted them that way that they needed to lean to avoid crown rot and i inclined them all about 45*.

they really love this location and they have all responded with the funniest growth to accommodate the lean and the light.

this guy is just starting to spike but i love the way the leaves have fanned out to turn to the light

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a65bbee_4k.jpgNew spikes by J Solo, on Flickr

I really like the way you vertically stacked your Phals - nice!

Echoing in on the above post... I make a humble statement (poised into a question) while looking into her eyes: "Lightning or lightning bugs? Orchids, or sitting in a strip club with a stack of twenties and an eight-ball?" Works for me! Because when mama isn't happy, no one's happy.

Hahahaha that made me laugh and I would advise that no one ever say that to their significant other lol

rather than clog the "Orchids in bloom" section i will just post my flowers in here and if anyone wants more pics or info, please just ask

Lorrie Mortimer
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...906f429_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr


the whole pot
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...880077e_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr

microchip x something i cant remember at the moment - second year for me and last year i had one spike...seven so far this year :biggrin:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...68ec7b2_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr

Big Time- i moved this to the patio and the flowers have completely flipped to find the sun...lol- this one smells like a lemon and an angel made a baby


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7a336c6_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr

Tahoma glacier
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...39e73ac_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr

i love the way each flower has distinct splashes

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7918fd8_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b8a9930_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr


i got this Phal as a gift when my daughter was born...it is a prolific bloomer and i LOVE the colors and shading

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...803f1b7_4k.jpgNobles by J Solo, on Flickr

zygote on the way to PoPPiN- it has another spike on the back side of the pot too

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...91e9982_4k.jpgCats on the....grow by J Solo, on Flickr


this is a trio of nodosa buds from a spike that had already bloomed and i left it only to be rewarded with a second flush

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a67cc88_4k.jpgPhal ful by J Solo, on Flickr

i am no nomenclature expert so here is the tag


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cccd2e2_4k.jpgPhal ful by J Solo, on Flickr

and some opening shots
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f3b2b0f_4k.jpgPhal ful by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b3e4499_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

terrible pic of my pair of coffee phals - looks like it has antlers
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cb7115c_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

farmers dendrobium- blooms like a mad man

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ea8d053_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9d077c6_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr



in my effort to convert my wife to orchidsanity i have been moving the flowering orchids onto the desk on the patio which is where she does her work...this is the current view..i think she is coming around

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7947eba_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

and the terrestrials are waking up

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...09cc369_4k.jpgPhal ful by J Solo, on Flickr

Wow, what a wonderful display. That B. nodosa is a line-bred cross of two excellent cultivars - probably bigger than the generic. When two cultivars of a species are bred, still the species (with the goal of getting "bigger and better"). I'm jealous of your getting B. nodosa this time of year... I'm going to have to wait for summer.

What is the terrestrial? Really nice and vigorous!

oh, i forgot- this two-tone adenium is opening too

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9859949_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

and cannot over look the bathroom orchids :)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...82cdd49_4k.jpgNodosa by J Solo, on Flickr

Simply astounding.

i think this was sold to me as a Chinese Hardy orchid, but this is me trying to remember from a few years ago while at work (shhhhh)...i will dig up the info sheet i made when i get home.

Those are all really beautiful and congrats on that B. nodosa as well. I am at my wits end with my nodosa which I have had for over five years without it ever blooming. It must have over 50 leaves but has just never spiked for me. I keep meaning to make a post asking for advice but time alludes me.

As far as that terrestrial goes, it looks like an orchid I found growing wild in my area last year, Eulophia graminea.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...light=eulophia

That does look like Eulophia gramminea that was IDed in another post. The "Chinese Hardy Orchid" is probably Bletilla striata... which should be along shortly (mine are coming up and starting to show the beginnings of pink buds)

Yes! That is right. I had them switched.

Buying orchids at road side fruit stands is something that really only happens in the Redlands lol

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How much sun are you giving it? Mine did very little except veg while in my patio and behind screen. Now it gets full morning sun and then very bright shade for the rest of the day. The leaves and pbulbs are camoed green to purple

This past year it has gotten full sun, hanging right next to my D. nobile actually. Attached are some pictures from a few weeks ago. Some of the leaves are developing some purple pigmentation from receiving so much light now. The roots are growing everywhere and it drinks water like crazy.

That is a beautiful plant!! So many leaves looks almost like a tolumnia at a quick glance.

So weird. Does it get fertilizer?

Maybe try taking a hunk of it and mounting. I have one mounted, and one that was in a basket but climbed out a number of years ago, both bloom well (in summer here... they go outside when nights get to about 60 deg F) Light is what I'd consider bright shade, maybe part of the day filtered sun. But both seem to like to run free.

Thank you. As much as I like the leaves and the roots I did get it for the flower and more importantly, the fragrance. I still remember the first time somebody told me about the "lady of the night" orchid. I was so fascinated by the story and how the flower only smelled at night. Sorry, little off topic. Yes, it does get fertilized with MSU weakly weekly.

I've read so much conflicting information on these. Some people say it needs a winter rest and others say it doesn't. Some people say the roots need a good dry period in between watering and others say the roots can stay moist (not soaking wet) without drying out. I slowly acclimated it to full sun over a few years and have kept the roots moist for the most part. I will say it is a happy plant, just not happy enough to bloom. I have been looking down and into the crevices of the leaves and can see some tiny little nubs in quite a few. Fingers crossed these will develop this year.

Mounting it is about the only thing I have not tried yet so thank you for that suggestion Roberta.

Mine is hanging in a "sunny" Indiana window. It's mounted, gets water when I feel guilty, food sometimes, and blooms faithfully. Sometimes you just get a dud. Try stressing it.

Another excellent suggestion, thanks Dolly! Maybe I have been babying it too much. Appreciate all the input and sorry DC for semi hijacking your thread. I had meant to make a separate one but I guess it happened here instead. Okay, now back to the lovely plant pictures!

it only adds to the thread, don't be silly...you posted some killer pics!