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damaclese
04-24-2009, 12:36 PM
Even thou this is a forum for Bananas i thought since we had this thread going on the Vanilla Orchid we could expand it to all things orchid but only with permission from are dear readers i have many articles that you all mite find interesting and of course i would defiantly be interested in any info pictures you all would like to contribute yes i know theres literally 410000 sites on orchids but nun so personal to my hart as this one so with your all's permission I'm going to sorta change the topic of this thread unofficially to all things orchid and I'm going to post some additional articles next up is

Dendrobium Anosmum: a particularly fragrant and lovely Orchid featuring beautifully Pink or some people describe as lavender (i think Pink) pendant flower blooms

damaclese
04-24-2009, 12:51 PM
Dendrobium Anosmum

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16819 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15055&ppuser=2612)

Heres something to wet your taste buds

lorax
04-24-2009, 01:30 PM
We're going to do this? I have the 2009 International Orchid Expo in Quito stuffed away....

Tog Tan
04-24-2009, 01:58 PM
Great Paulo! I will contribute! I just hope I won't go crazy and get back into orchids.

I just want to share some pix of my favorite genus - the Paphiopedilum or Slipper Orchid. I am a collector of the selected forms of the species. I have never kept any hybrids as I find the originals very special. I love the tassellated leaves which vary from plant to plant and I can never have enough of them. At one time I have almost all the known species of the Paphiopedilum with a total collection of 12,000+ individual matured plants. That's how crazy I am about them. All the pix are plants I own.

Paphiopedilum barbatum - Lovely leaves with a lovely flower. This comes from the highlands of M'sia.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13399><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13400 border=0></a>

Paphiopedilum bellatulum - A compact tassellated leaf plant from Thailand. The petal is thick and fleshy. This one has good petal form.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16820><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16820&size=1 border=0></a>

Paphiopedlium concolor - A hot growing tassellated leaf compact plant from Thailand. Good rich golden yellow and petal form. It can have as many as 4 flowers at a time lasting to more than 2 months.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16821><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16821&size=1 border=0></a>


Paphiopedilum exul - An oddball of a green strap leaf slipper orchid which grows in full sun. Flower is hard like plastic and glossy. Bloom last for 3 months. Comes from the limestone islands of Southern Thailand.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16822><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16822&size=1 border=0></a>

Paphiopedilum godefroyae - The most popular Slipper Orchid species in Thailand. Beautiful tassellated leaves. This is the cream colored variety with maroon markings. Good petal form.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16823><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16823&size=1 border=0></a>

Paphiopedilum lowii - From the highlands of M'sia. This is an important plant in the history of the hybridization of slipper orchids. Petal span approx 16 inches.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16824><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16824&size=1 border=0></a>

Paphiopedilum verajuteanum - A rare mini all green strap leaf orchid from Thailand. It was discovered by my late and dear friend Krairit Verajut who was the President of the Paphiopedilum Society of Thailand. This plant is named after him.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16825><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16825&size=1 border=0></a>

lorax
04-24-2009, 02:28 PM
Tog, I see your Paphiopedilums, and raise you the Phragmipediums, slipper orchids from my neck of the woods. I collect these, and have 5 species at the moment, represented by about 40 plants. I've also got a few Paphs, the wartier the better. Like you, no hybrids!

Phragmipedium bessae
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Phragimpedium8.jpg

Phragmipedium x, voted Best In Show at the 2009 IOS
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/PhragimpediumBestinShow.jpg

Phragmipedium caudatum
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Phragimpedium2.jpg

Phragmipedium hirtzii
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Phragimpedium10.jpg

Tog Tan
04-24-2009, 03:03 PM
Tog, I see your Paphiopedilums, and raise you the Phragmipediums, slipper orchids from my neck of the woods. I collect these, and have 5 species at the moment, represented by about 40 plants. I've also got a few Paphs, the wartier the better.

Very nice! :02: Beth, you sure are lucky to be able to yank them off the bushes. Our paphs are like near extinction here cos they are all zapped out illegally. I started collecting the paphs cos of their leaf pattern. Got 1 plant and that was it.

I like some of the phrags but it's a waste of time growing them here. I did try. They just slowly shrink away. Kinda like a magic show, now you see, now you don't! The Phrag kovachii is very interesting.

I only keep the hot growing ones now and I don't have many. I am down to about 1,000 plts.

saltydad
04-24-2009, 04:03 PM
"I only keep the hot growing ones now and I don't have many. I am down to about 1,000 plts."

Tog, I know you're comparing this to 12,000 plants previously, but only another addictive personality could say they are down to only 1,000 plants. I love it!!
:bananas_b

lorax
04-24-2009, 04:19 PM
Yank them off the bushes?!?! Good god no. The Phrags are all CITES I protected and nearly extinct. I purchase TCs from Ecuagenera.

To jump from one odd structure to another, here are some Masdevallias. Can't beat them for colour! These are mostly warm-hot growers; photos from the 2009 IOS. Masdevallia is related to Dracula, another funky-shaped flower. A rather astounding number of them were first described by Ecuadorean president Luis Cordero, although the genus is named for a British botanist. Go fig.

Masdevallia davisii
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Masdevallia5.jpg

Masdevallia lehmanii (I think...)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Masdevallia7.jpg

Masdevallia macropus
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Masdevalliamacropus.jpg

Masdevallia hertzii x coccinea, Best in Show for Natural Hybrids
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/MasdevalliaxBestinShow.jpg

Masdevallia coccinea
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Masdevallia4.jpg

Dracula simia
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Dracula.jpg

Tog Tan
04-24-2009, 04:49 PM
Oh, I thought finders, keepers? Cites1, what Cites? :ha::ha::ha:
The closest I got to Masdevallias and Dracula was a book I bought. Somehow, no one brought them into M'sia. I like them alot, they are like the equivalent to our tropical Bulbophyllums except some of the bulbos have huge flowers..

Ok, I want to show some of the foliage orchids from here. I am a big sucker for nice leaves. All pix are plants in my collection.

Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum - This is the reason why I fell in total love with paphs!
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16828><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16828&size=1 border=0></a>

Bulbophyllum reticulatum - This is more of a terrestial found growing on the litter of the forest. It has pretty nice red colored flowers.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13392><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13392&size=1 border=0></a>

Collabium simplex - Another terrestial with small white flowers. The leaf surface is velvety.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13394><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13395 border=0></a>

Goodyera hispida - Small terrestial from the Jewel Orchid family.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13396><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13397 border=0></a>

Macodes petola - Super Jewel Orchid with a thick velvet leaf and gold veins.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13398><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13398&size=1 border=0></a>

lorax
04-24-2009, 05:13 PM
We've got some interesting foliage orchids as well, mostly cool growers from the genus Pleurothallis. I'm kicking myself for leaving this one where I found it.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Pleurothallis5.jpg

saltydad
04-24-2009, 05:59 PM
Those Masdevalleas are beautiful, Lorax! And Tog, wow...I never believed so many nice leaves in orchids. All mine are the generic green. Something more to admire in them.

Tog Tan
04-25-2009, 08:48 AM
"I only keep the hot growing ones now and I don't have many. I am down to about 1,000 plts."

Tog, I know you're comparing this to 12,000 plants previously, but only another addictive personality could say they are down to only 1,000 plants. I love it!!
:bananas_b

Howard, it's an undying love for me. When the new area of my nursery is done, I will load up more of the tessallated leaves species. Glad you caught my drift cos after writing, I thought people will think I am an arrogant sob! :ha:

Those Masdevalleas are beautiful, Lorax! And Tog, wow...I never believed so many nice leaves in orchids. All mine are the generic green. Something more to admire in them.

The Jewel Orchid group is absolutely lovely. I just love the gold veination on the leaves, I find it hard to believe nature having its way like this.

lorax
04-25-2009, 11:52 AM
Ok, here are some of the micro-bloomers. These orchids are from Pleurothallis, and have flowers no larger than 1cm. There are close to 1,000 species in the genus, so I don't normally even try to ID them further than that. The defining feature of the genus, beyond its miniscule size, is that it blooms directly onto the leaf rather than producing an erect or pendant raceme.

I have about 500 plants of various species right now - they're small and they don't take up a lot of space in the orchidarium. Pleurothallids are warm to cool growers. The first 3 plants are in cultivation, and the remainder are wild ones; these are the most common cloud-forest orchids, although they're also among the hardest to spot unless they're blooming.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Pleurothallis4.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Pleurothallis7.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Pleurothallis8.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Pleurothallis2-1.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Pleurothallis3.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Pluerothallis4.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Pleurothallis1.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Pleurothallis.jpg

damaclese
04-26-2009, 10:11 AM
wow I'm gone one day and look what your Kidd's have been up to! I'm so pleased! beautiful pictures hers one of my Bulbophyllum Ann BucklBarry this was taken from the first place winner at the 2007 NY International Orchid show these Pictures were takin last fall sorry about the quality this was befor i got my new camra
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16854&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16854&ppuser=2612)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16851&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16851&ppuser=2612)

one of my slipper Orchids is in bloom im going to go take a picture all post it in a few

damaclese
04-26-2009, 10:55 AM
here are the pictures of my Slipper Orchid this is one of the plants we get from the casinos after they get done blooming they just throw them out are club gets them for free or next to nothing so we never know what they are until they bloom any one care to guess as to which on this is? I'm particularly proud of this one its my first slipper Orchid to bloom for me

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16865&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16865&ppuser=2612)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16866&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16866&ppuser=2612)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16867&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16867&ppuser=2612)

lorax
04-26-2009, 11:07 AM
Pauly, wow. Now I want to grow Bulbophyllums.

Your slipper orchid is a Paphiopedalum. Tog will know which one; I can't keep them alive here so I don't grow them.

damaclese
04-26-2009, 11:25 AM
Pauly, wow. Now I want to grow Bulbophyllum.

Your slipper orchid is a Paphiopedalum. Tog will know which one; I can't keep them alive here so I don't grow them.

why can't you keep them alive if i can in the middle of the third driest place on earth i would think you could to just bring them inside the house they don't need much light just a bit more then a phial i will confess i use moss to keep them damp most people in wetter climates would have no success using that Medea as its to wet i often use things that are quite a bit out side then normal type of Medea for obvious reasons

yes i have to say the Bulbophyllum is one of my favorites she blooms 4 times a year for me she has 4 new bulbs on her so I'm probably going to get as many as 8 flower clusters this time around but i think after that all have to divide her shes out grown here pot by over a year i just wanted to see how much flower power i could get

lorax
04-26-2009, 11:48 AM
I don't know what the problem is with me and Paphs, really. But it's like Tog said about Phrags (which I have no problem growing) - I just sit helplessly and watch them shrivel up and die.

On a more positive note: More orchids that I can grow! It's a grab-bag this time.

Cattleya maxima - edible flowers, if a bit bitter. Wild, growing on a tree stump (Loja)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Cattleya.jpg

Caucaea alticola x mimetica - at the Quito Botanical Gardens
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/NOID3.jpg

Rhynchostele spp - at the Quito Botanical Gardens.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Epi.jpg

Habenaria spp - wild, growing in an extinct volcanic crater (Pululagua)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Habenaria2.jpg

Sobralia alba - wild, growing on the side of the road (Mera)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Sobralia.jpg

Xyllobium ornatum - wild collected; blooms once every 10 years. (Loja)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Xyllobium.jpg

Odontoglossum crispum - wild, growing on a tree. (Nambillo)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Month/Dendrobium1.jpg

Beloglottis costaricensis - Quito Orchid Expo
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Beloglottissp.jpg

Otoglossum spp - Quito Orchid Expo
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/HabloPorArboles/Orchid%20Expo%2009/Ontoglossum.jpg

Tog Tan
04-26-2009, 12:19 PM
Pauly, wow. Now I want to grow Bulbophyllums.

Your slipper orchid is a Paphiopedalum. Tog will know which one; I can't keep them alive here so I don't grow them.

If you wana keep bulbos, go for the species, they are out of this world in size, shape and colors.

Oi, I don't keep paph hybrids, all I can say is this one is a cross using a Paphiopedilum callosum Vini(for Dark coloration) and probably a Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum(for the big dorsal sepal). The Taiwanese did tons of these hybrids. By the way, at my elevation, I can only keep the hot growing ones alive! I gave up on the others. Beth, as you say you like the warty ones, they are all cool growers, like the Paph wardii, Paph argus and Paph sukhakulii.

Paulo : I think many people are missing this as an orchid interest promo Thread. Maybe you can PM one of the Moderator to change the title to like; Attention : Orchid Growers!

Beth : From now on I can only enjoy your pix as all my old pix are in hard copies and I don't think I want to scan them!

damaclese
04-27-2009, 07:57 AM
thanks tog yes i had considered asking MH to change the thread to a more general title

as far as Orchids go i haven't found any thing yet that i cant keep alive now flowering is another thing all together i'v not ever had a Catt. bloom for me but i know its because of the lower light levels i have in the house here in NV they build them like caves to keep the heat of the sun out this is another reason i simply have to get that Orchid/green house going soon!

damaclese
04-27-2009, 08:10 AM
can't seem to find MH theas days so i MSG Chong to chang the threads tittle
to

Attention : Orchid Growers!

damaclese
04-27-2009, 08:24 AM
If you wana keep bulbos, go for the species, they are out of this world in size, shape and colors.

Oi, I don't keep paph hybrids, all I can say is this one is a cross using a Paphiopedilum callosum Vini(for Dark coloration) and probably a Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum(for the big dorsal sepal). The Taiwanese did tons of these hybrids. By the way, at my elevation, I can only keep the hot growing ones alive! I gave up on the others. Beth, as you say you like the warty ones, they are all cool growers, like the Paph wardii, Paph argus and Paph sukhakulii.

Paulo : I think many people are missing this as an orchid interest promo Thread. Maybe you can PM one of the Moderator to change the title to like; Attention : Orchid Growers!

Beth : From now on I can only enjoy your pix as all my old pix are in hard copies and I don't think I want to scan them!

Tog im leary of growing speaces Orchids i dont have ideal condtions and well as far as bulb. go dont forget over hafe of them smell like roten Meat so i think all just stick to the easy to grow hybreds with the prity colors and nice sweet sents besids rember there vary costly for me to obtain here in LAS VEGAS most of my Orchids are throw aways from the consinos and dont cost any thing or are vary cheep like mabe $0.25 i have yet to get an orched in the mail that cost less then 50.00$ US they aways charg me for phyto thats 40.00$US plus shiping and handaling i have gotin smarter and found some growers that are in the US so i dont have to pay the phyto any more but theyre still outragous

lorax
04-27-2009, 10:21 AM
Pauly, you should know that you can severely abuse most Catts and they'll actually bloom more for it... Try tying one to the outside of your house on a side that gets half-sun, and then just throw a bucket of water on it twice a day (am and pm). Betcha it thrives. Caveat lector: I don't grow hybrid Catts, just species. The hybrids may be fussier.

My pic of the C. maxima a few posts up is of a plant growing on a bare tree stump in full sun in the Ecuadorean desert. Temps go up to about 45-50C (113-122F) on a regular basis, and it doesn't rain in the dry season, which is 8 months of the year. I used to throw water over it at night, but not on any regular schedule. They bloomed at the height of the dry season.

chong
04-27-2009, 01:19 PM
Nice thread, y'all! This is just a quick note to let all previous posters that Pauly requested me to change the title of this thread to this current one.

32 years ago, I had over 150 orchid plants. They got wiped out in the winter of 78 when the plastic wall of greenhouse broke and the plants were covered with snow that blew in.

Keep your posts coming!

Tog Tan
04-27-2009, 02:17 PM
I am showing some of the lesser known Phalaenopsis species from Malaysia. I like them because they are very free flowering year round and easy to care for. All plants shown are from my collection.

Phalaenopsis violacea - The National orchid of M'sia. Highly fragrant! This is my 20+yr old plant which is a selected form with hi-green on the petals and good form. This plant is highly regarded in its natural form and for hybridization.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16919><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16919&size=1 border=0></a>

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi is a delightful plant which can take on bright light and heat. I like this species a lot because it blooms year round with with multiple spikes. I used to have 400+ plants tied to the various trees in my garden and it's joy to see them bloom all the time.The plants below have been with me for more than 10 yrs and still blooming crazily!

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Selected Dark Red - This is a very rare jungle collected plant which has very deep red coloration. It is a 12 yr old plant with multiple spiking year round.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13386><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=13387 border=0></a>

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Alba - An Albino form of this species. Hell, Alba's cost a bomb and I was too busy collecting them to realize it! :ha:
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16920><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16920&size=1 border=0></a>

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Selected Form#1 - This particular plant is an extremely free bloomer with multiple spikes. The uniqueness of this plant is the clear area on both the lower petals.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16921><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16921&size=1 border=0></a>

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Selected Form#2 - This plant has good markings and form.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=16922><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=16922&size=1 border=0></a>

damaclese
04-29-2009, 03:04 PM
Pauly, you should know that you can severely abuse most Catts and they'll actually bloom more for it... Try tying one to the outside of your house on a side that gets half-sun, and then just throw a bucket of water on it twice a day (am and pm). Betcha it thrives. Caveat lector: I don't grow hybrid Catts, just species. The hybrids may be fussier.

My pic of the C. maxima a few posts up is of a plant growing on a bare tree stump in full sun in the Ecuadorean desert. Temps go up to about 45-50C (113-122F) on a regular basis, and it doesn't rain in the dry season, which is 8 months of the year. I used to throw water over it at night, but not on any regular schedule. They bloomed at the height of the dry season.

As a rule hybrid orchids are easer to grow then species orchids iv always been under the impression that catt's wouldn't tolerate the hot dry conditions of NV but now that i think about it you mite be on to something are orchid president keeps here catt's far away from the high humidity pouring out of here equipment I'm sure the reason my catt's don't bloom is the low light i have in my house I'm going to try easing one in to the morning sun and we will see! mabey all get one of the maxima you mentiond
its quite butifull catt's have always been my true love nexst to roses alfter all Orchids are the oldest plants on earth and if my Bananas will grow here mabe my Orchids will to

Tog Tan
04-29-2009, 04:15 PM
Same, same here Paulo. I can't get most Catt species to bloom as it is too humid. They just grow into huge messy clumps. When this happens, either a dry spell comes or cease watering, then they will bloom. In Thailand cos of the heat, they bloom like crazy all the time....sigh....:waving:

Dalmatiansoap
06-28-2009, 04:03 AM
Hey orchid lovers
I need advice please. Hope I will explain this right. I have one Phalaenopsis wich lost flowers some time ago and I cutted stalk till thirdh pup. It starts to dry now and it is all yellow.
What to do? To cut it all or? Why is this happening?
Regards
:woohoonaner:

lorax
06-28-2009, 10:46 AM
Picture, please! With that we'll be able to tell you what's going on and what you can do to stop it (if anything).

Dalmatiansoap
06-29-2009, 06:12 AM
Can these help?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18841&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18841&ppuser=4565)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18840&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18840&ppuser=4565)

What to do?
:woohoonaner:

justjoan
06-29-2009, 07:13 AM
What beautiful pic's. I too grow some orchids, I only have about 15 plants but am always looking for more be it of a different color or species. The pic's on this thread show some real beauties, thanks for sharing.:woohoonaner:

damaclese
06-29-2009, 09:30 AM
Can these help?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18841&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18841&ppuser=4565)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18840&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18840&ppuser=4565)

What to do?
:woohoonaner:

theres nothing much wrong with this orchid other then phials need to grow in sphagnum peat moss not wood bark try re-potting it to a good quality if you can get 4 star rated moss thats the best it last for years the reason the roots look all brown is because of dehydration wood chips don't hold enough water for phials they like to be damp all the time. when you repot it just take a vary clean knife and cut off all the brown dead roots not the green one! also if you try turning the plant ones a week it wont grow all lopsided toards the light like yours is doing however this type of growth pattern is permissible in competitions

lorax
06-29-2009, 09:33 AM
Nothing wrong with your Orchid at all, Ante. I'd repot, as Pauly suggests, into moss, and you can cut the stem back entirely since it's not producing new keikis.

justjoan
06-29-2009, 09:38 AM
After looking at this picture closely, does it look like it is putting out another flower spike?

Dalmatiansoap
06-29-2009, 10:01 AM
After looking at this picture closely, does it look like it is putting out another flower spike?

Didnt notice any.
Spike was all green till 2-3 days ago. Im having trouble finding moss here, is there any other good soil for repoting?
:woohoonaner:

justjoan
06-29-2009, 10:46 AM
What is that just to the right of the smaller leaf on the bottom sticking straight up? I have had Phal's planted in bark and if thats all you have then that's what you use. Repotting after flowering is best and then make sure you put the bark up to the crown and only go a size bigger for the pot and water accordingly. I water once a week in the spring and summer and a bit less in the fall and winter and fertilize almost every time with a weak solution (1/2 the recommended amount) Your plant looks healthy, just trim back the old flower spike, it will rest some and start again if it hasn't already. I am not an expert, but have been growing orchids for about 7 yrs and haven't lost one yet. They really arent all that fussy, so relax and enjoy!

Dalmatiansoap
06-29-2009, 10:56 AM
What is that just to the right of the smaller leaf on the bottom sticking straight up? I have had Phal's planted in bark and if thats all you have then that's what you use. Repotting after flowering is best and then make sure you put the bark up to the crown and only go a size bigger for the pot and water accordingly. I water once a week in the spring and summer and a bit less in the fall and winter and fertilize almost every time with a weak solution (1/2 the recommended amount) Your plant looks healthy, just trim back the old flower spike, it will rest some and start again if it hasn't already. I am not an expert, but have been growing orchids for about 7 yrs and haven't lost one yet. They really arent all that fussy, so relax and enjoy!

Thank You!
:woohoonaner:

damaclese
06-29-2009, 12:13 PM
I did not mean to suggest that they cant be grown in wood chips many people grow them in it. i simply meant to suggest that moss makes for a more even and less trouble free Medea phials like to be most at all times so the moss helps to achieve that gole in there native invorments the tend to grow low on trees closer to the bass were theirs quite a bit of moss growing naturally they thrive on many of the chemicals that mosses produce there for its just logical i guess ultimately it mainly depends on how moist an inviorment they are in and how much time you as the grower want to spend taking care of your orchids i have quite a lode of things to take care of particularly in the summer when i have to water 2 times a day so i like the convenience of moss
Orchid Growers have every kind of opinan in the world so do what works best for you i notest the dry roots thats why i sujested the moss for you i think it would help that problim

penJ.
07-25-2009, 07:09 AM
Heres my little collection of orchids that are flowering now.
i also have dendrobium with white smeling flowers and epidendrum.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19839&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19839&ppuser=1693)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19838&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19838&ppuser=1693)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19840&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19840&ppuser=1693)

Dalmatiansoap
07-25-2009, 07:31 AM
Beautifull collection penJ!
I hope my phal will bloom again one day.
:woohoonaner:

penJ.
07-25-2009, 07:48 AM
Hvala Ante.
Your phal will bloom in mid autumn if you give him enough fetilizer and plenty of indirect light. :lurk:

MediaHound
07-25-2009, 10:43 AM
Aerides houlletiana x sib

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=19206&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19206)


In this pic only half the buds are open. It was absolutely stunning when they all opened.
And the smell is the most delicious thing you have ever smelled in your life.

damaclese
07-29-2009, 02:11 PM
nice picture Jared
I'm trying to upload a power point presentation of the 2009 Taiwan orchid show but i think that format isn't excepted so all try and change that so you all can see it was spectacular this year

Also thees are not Orchids but i thought the Brussels begonia display was nice so here are some pictures of that

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=20058&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20058&ppuser=2612)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=20059&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20059&ppuser=2612)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=20057&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20057&ppuser=2612)

snc
07-30-2009, 08:20 AM
Here are a couple from the Smithsonian Exihibit Orchids through Darwins Eyes celebrating his 200th bday from earlier this year. Sorry pics from my phone so not great quality. was an amazing exhibit though.

snc
07-30-2009, 09:47 AM
the white ones were about 6" if I remember correctly

justjoan
07-30-2009, 09:59 AM
My mind is trying to convince me to move to a more temperate climate or buy a bigger house, "What To Do, What To Do" I guess there are worse addictions, now I just have to convince myself when winter comes and all must be moved indoors. That is one beautiful orchid Mediahound!!!!!!

Dalmatiansoap
08-24-2009, 07:27 AM
Just repoted two phals I have found on discount in local nursery yesterday. Pruned all dry and rot roots added new supstrate and hope that I did it good. Fullish of me that didnt take any pix for comments and guid lines from you folks. Wish me luck with them and if they go well maybe my first lady will let me go for few more naners:ha::ha::ha::ha:
:woohoonaner:

Bch Grl
08-25-2009, 09:33 PM
Ascda. Rio's Telstar 'Sunset' HCC/AOS
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21586&ppuser=976><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=21586&size=1 border=0></a>
Margie:waving:

justjoan
08-26-2009, 07:15 AM
Beautiful, I love the color!!! :waving:

Dalmatiansoap
02-01-2010, 01:08 PM
Hey orchid lovers,
I have my first orchid fower from this morning:
:woohoonaner:
Short info:
June 2009
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=18841&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18841&ppuser=4565)
And this morning:
January 2010
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29411&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29411&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:
I feel just great, WOW!
Thank U all for helping me out with this one. There are many good people still arround here, U know!:ha::ha:

Jack Daw
02-01-2010, 01:19 PM
Cool Ante, but where will you sleep in like 1 year? Those plants and flowers will soon take over your place, they won't stay small like this forever. Also beware, orchid pollen can be dangerous for allergic people. ;)

Bch Grl
02-01-2010, 06:03 PM
Very Beautiful, Ante!!!!!
:woohoonaner:

Patty in Wisc
02-01-2010, 08:58 PM
Ante, you must be my good luck charm! I bought a phal in bloom 5 years ago and just got a flower to bloom few days ago w/ 6 more buds. Finally! It got flower buds before, but all fell off when small. Congrats to both of us LOL :)

Dalmatiansoap
02-02-2010, 07:09 AM
For the both of us Patty
:nanadrink:
:woohoonaner:

Patty in Wisc
02-02-2010, 08:27 PM
2nd flower opened today - 5 more to go. I love to see flowers blooming in winter:) I also have a amarylis ready to open :)
:bananas_b
back at you :ha:

jack hagenaars
02-02-2010, 09:22 PM
One of my favorite Phal orchids...Phal Spirit House 'Mars'..it is blooming right now...see my gallery...I have not figured out how to post pics on the threads yet???

Patty in Wisc
02-02-2010, 10:32 PM
Jack, I clicked on the pic in your gallery to make it bigger, & under the pic are codes/links so I copied the 2nd one & I'll paste it here now to see what happens. One of the 3 should show the pic... her goes:
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29456&ppuser=4058><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=29456&size=1 border=0></a>
I don't have a gallery here- I keep mine in photobucket.
That's a beauty BTW. Almost looks like shiny plastic!
WOOHOO, it worked!

Patty in Wisc
02-02-2010, 10:35 PM
That's funny cuz I don't know how to post a pic in the gallery here LOL.

damaclese
02-03-2010, 09:22 AM
it's really nice to see and hear about every ones Phials doing so well i my self have 5 plants all in various stages of bloom

by the way Patty thats a lovely color i don't have any quite that shade of Pink

i Have a particularly lovely Purple one thats sending up a new stalk now it already has an old one thats also has buds swelling on it so this will be my first phial to have a double spike I'm told this is rare any one ever have that happen before

Ps i thought i would add that if your Phailnopsis arnt bloomin the best way to force them is in the fall when the night time temps are at 60 deg put them in a small bathroom open the window at night and close it in the morning do this for three weeks and i garinty they will throw a bloom spike
they need 60 at night and 80 in the day so if this bath gets sun it will be warm enough be sure not to exspose the plants to any direct sun light they only take 1500 cd light which is vary low full sunn can be 9000cd and higher

Patty in Wisc
02-03-2010, 01:25 PM
Yes Pauly, it is rare to have 2 stems at same time. That pic is Jack Hagenaars pic that I posted here for him. Mine is a light purple w/ tiny specks on lower petals. It has been in a west facing window all winter & seems to like it there.
A little cold can shock a lot of plants to bloom. I let the sunroom get cold - like 40's back in Nov, & 5 of my citrus blossomed & now have baby fruits:)

john_ny
02-03-2010, 02:27 PM
A little closer look at my mini Phalaenopsis. These flowers are only about an inch across.

http://www.johngrows.com/miniphalclose.jpg

jack hagenaars
02-03-2010, 03:32 PM
thanks for posting the pic patti...for those of you growing phals...heres a misconception..at least for the northern hemisphere...it is not the lower temps that initiate blooming as first thought....apparently,according to the international phal society...it is the shortening of days..and lenghtening of night.....Most of my phals have two infloresences on them,I think because of regular fert routine,especially during the leave growth stage.....I have about 80 phals,most of which I created...its a little like playing god....fun ...fun!

Patty in Wisc
02-03-2010, 07:51 PM
Wow, 80? I had 9 but I'm down to 2 now.

Dalmatiansoap
05-02-2010, 06:38 AM
OK, here is new update on my orchids! Yesterday we had new orhid flower for the first time:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31267&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31267&ppuser=4565)
with more buds ready for opening ;)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31268&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31268&ppuser=4565)
In a firs pic U can see my first orchid still in flower after more than 3 months now
:woohoonaner:

saltydad
05-02-2010, 05:41 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31276&size=big&cat=I currently have 4 orchids blooming!!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31274&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31275&size=1http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31278&size=1
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31276&size=big&cat=

saltydad
05-02-2010, 05:43 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=31277&size=1http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=31276&size=big&cat=

Dalmatiansoap
05-17-2010, 12:11 PM
Few pics of my orchid corner
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/BD096.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/BD097.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/BD098.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/BD099.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/BD100.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/BD101.jpg
:woohoonaner:

saltydad
03-20-2011, 10:00 PM
Today I took Mom to see the annual Orchid Society Show at Brookside Gardens. Big mistake!!!! We ending up walking out 2 hours later with 6 new orchids. All are in flower, and simply gorgeous. We could have bought 10 more if I hadn't had a moment of sanity. I added pics of them to my gallery. I also put in a bunch of pics of one of my aquariums. Not a garden related theme, but it is a planted tank, so ignore the beautiful fish and just look at the plants! LOL

Yug
03-21-2011, 11:14 PM
Can these help?
...
What to do?
:woohoonaner:

As the other's said, the inflorescence is dead, snip it off close to the base. They don't last forever.

If I may comment on an earlier post - you can buy either sphagnum moss, or peat moss (dead high-acid half decomposed plant matter), not sphagnum peat moss. For orchids, spahgnum moss.

As orchids go, most don't like a mix that retains too much moisture. Root rot from overwatering is how most 'newbys' kill orchids. That being said, phalaenopsis, as a rule, prefer more moisture than most other orchids. BUT, do not leave any water in the crown overnight. This can start crown rot, and could cause you to lose the entire plant, since the crown is usually the only growing point for phals (and vandas), and unless it is a large phal, it may not be able to live long enough to put out a side shoot and recommence growing. I am fanatic enough about my phals that if I see water in the crown after 5pm (better to water in the morning, and avoid probs), I have taken a drinking straw and blown air in the top to blast the water out of the crown.

That dried stem, when still green is usable. Once it dries up, though, it doesn't do anything except detract from the plant's appearance. After the initial blooming, when the blooms begin to drop off, you can stimulate a 2nd blooming by cutting just below the lowest bloom (unless you have pendulous blooms like I grow mine, then you cut just above the highest bloom - I like the more natural cascade effect rather than staking it vertically). Once an 'eye' has become a branch, bloom, or keiki it will never be able to used again; if still dormant, it can become any of those three or it can stay As a rule if you want a 2nd blooming, give more light; and if you want keiki's give less light. A dab of keiki paste under the small calyx covering the dormant 'eyes' helps, too. A word of caution. Don't try for a third blooming; it takes a lot of energy for the plant to bloom, and after a 2nd blooming it needs a rest, otherwise you are weakening your plant, and this leaves it more vulnerable to diseases and pests. Some large older phal can put up 2, 3 or more inflorescences without any problem, but I wouldn't allow that with a young plant. I had a Phal. aphrodite that had 4 spikes and was at the same time growing 2 side shoots from the base. Three of the spikes grew blooms, and the other parts stayed dormant until it finished blooming. Then the side shoots started getting larger, and the smaller spike started making more flower buds. I guess it was parsing its energy out over time, but most phals would have just exhausted themselves by developing everything at once.

As far as the potting mix goes, usually the small seedlings are in sphagnum moss. It retains moisture, and is easier for the vendor to pot with. As the plant gets larger though, it packs too tight, and prevents good gas exchange around the roots. These generally grow on the side of a tree, and the roots have constant air exposure. The part attached to the bark gets the moisture, not the whole root, and if you have constantly damp tightly packed sphagnum choking the roots, you will eventually get root rot, and a dead plant. My larger phals get a bark/moss mix or just straight bark depending how much moisture I wish to keep in the pot - more moss = more moisture. Not everyone has the same growing conditions (and these will vary throughout the year) so you have to try different mix combinations, then feel and observe your plants, and adjust accordingly. I can give you general rules for a specific type or orchid, but you may still need to alter them for your specific locale/conditions. It ain't a 'cookie-cutter' solution that works equally for all of that particular type of plant.

Whew! That was a mouthful. Hope this was helpful.

Yug
03-22-2011, 12:24 AM
Even thou this is a forum for Bananas i thought since we had this thread going on the Vanilla Orchid we could expand it to all things orchid but only with permission from are dear readers i have many articles that you all mite find interesting and of course i would defiantly be interested in any info pictures you all would like to contribute yes i know theres literally 410000 sites on orchids but nun so personal to my hart as this one so with your all's permission I'm going to sorta change the topic of this thread unofficially to all things orchid and I'm going to post some additional articles next up is

Dendrobium Anosmum: a particularly fragrant and lovely Orchid featuring beautifully Pink or some people describe as lavender (i think Pink) pendant flower blooms

I'm always glad to see photos of 'chids, but since this is a 'nanner forum, I didn't want to go too crazy in that direction. However... since someone else has already done so, I'll post a few pics as they bloom. I'm only a backyard grower, and a small backyard at that; but I do have a few orchids that I've managed to keep alive for a while.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41072><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41072&size=1 border=0></a>
Epidendrum NOID (no ID)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41076><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41076&size=1 border=0></a>
Papilionanthe teres

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41075><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41075&size=1 border=0></a>
Cattleya lawrenceana

Dean W.
03-22-2011, 01:11 AM
They look great!

Yug
03-22-2011, 02:27 AM
They look great!

Thanks! By the way, before any of you 'snow-birds' think it is nice to be in Hawaii :2221: with a warm climate for orchids/nanners/plants in general, cymbidiums (very attractive and floriferous orchids) and odontoglossums won't grow well here because they like colder climates. :coldbanana: I'm green with envy! Most warm growing cymbidiums have small blooms with shades somewhere between yellow and brown. :(

saltydad
03-22-2011, 06:09 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40967&size=1
Paph. Yerba Buena 'White Cap'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40962&size=1
Phal. Ming Hsing Beauty
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40968&size=1
Odcdm. Wildcat 'Chadwick'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40963&size=1
Phal. Sogo Yukidian V3

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40970&size=1

Phal. Baidan's Kaleidoscope 'Golden Treasure'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40966&size=1

Phal. Jumbo Red Rose

These are the new ones.

saltydad
03-22-2011, 06:18 PM
Yug- Those 3 are so pretty!

Yug
03-22-2011, 07:53 PM
Yug- Those 3 are so pretty!

Thanks! Yours are also quite nice. I used to not like phals very much, then I tried one, a 'baggy baby', and it kinda 'grew' on me.

-- a 'baggy baby' is one of those that you can find at Wal-Mart, Lowes, or some big-box store on a display that usually has seedlings of cattleyas, dendrobiums, or phalaenopsis hanging up in small plastic bags.

saltydad
03-23-2011, 02:06 PM
Ante- I love your orchid corner. Your plants look so healthy and well cared for, as well as beautiful.

Yug
03-23-2011, 05:04 PM
Here are some that I have currently blooming:

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41014&ppuser=8681><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41014&size=1 border=0></a>
Phalaenopsis Carmela's Pixie
Blooms are about 1 inch wide, and have a mild scent.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41015&ppuser=8681><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41015&size=1 border=0></a>
Phalaenopsis Timothy Christopher
Blooms about 1 1/4 inch wide. There is a 4n (double the chromosomes) variety of P. Timothy Christopher with pinkish blooms.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41016&ppuser=8681><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41016&size=1 border=0></a>
Renanthera Kalsom
Took forever to begin blooming, and now this is the 4th blooming in just under 2 years.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41017&ppuser=8681><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41017&size=1 border=0></a>
Cattleya lueddemanniana var alba
My only white of this species. Usually comes in light to medium lavendar.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41018&ppuser=8681><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41018&size=1 border=0></a>
Cattleya lueddemanniana
This is a little darker than the normal lavendar. Shape sucks!

The Hollyberry Lady
03-23-2011, 05:14 PM
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/2.gif





Yug, what http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/eyecandy.gif


: )

Linda_GER
03-24-2011, 01:41 PM
Here`s my favourite Dendrobium (pic from last year).

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41039><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41039&size=1 border=0></a>

saltydad
03-24-2011, 04:00 PM
Gorgeous, Linda!!!

Yug
03-24-2011, 08:27 PM
Here`s my favourite Dendrobium (pic from last year).

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41039><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41039&size=1 border=0></a>

Looks well grown! How was the scent?

I don't have Den. amethystoglossa, but wish I did.

Linda_GER
03-25-2011, 04:02 PM
How was the scent?
There should be a scent actually, but I couldn`t smell anything. :(

I love the scent of my Dad`s Sobralia macrantha, but it seems to disappear very soon...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41054><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41054&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
04-01-2011, 09:44 PM
There should be a scent actually, but I couldn`t smell anything. :(

I love the scent of my Dad`s Sobralia macrantha, but it seems to disappear very soon...


I love the sobralias, I just wish the blooms lasted longer.

Here are a few more 'chids in bloom today.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41310><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41310&size=1 border=0></a>
Phalaenopsis stuartiana 'Larkin Valley' x self


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41309><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41309&size=1 border=0></a>
Phalaenopsis Hilo Lip


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41308><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41308&size=1 border=0></a>
Phalaenopsis No ID


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41307><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41307&size=1 border=0></a>
Phalaenopsis Green Joe 'Green Yellow' (I don't like the name on this one)

I'm not sure, but I think it is phalaenopsis season.

Yug
04-18-2011, 11:00 PM
Here is Vanda Mimi Palmer. Great scent (unusual for a hybrid vanda), and frequent bloomer.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41919><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41919&size=1 border=0></a>


Here is a 'mini' phal, but the name is not certain just yet.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41915><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41915&size=1 border=0></a>


Phalaenopsis Hybridizer's Dream - less and less common, but mine is a dependable bloomer so I'll keep it around.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42351><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42351&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
05-04-2011, 08:46 PM
Laelia purpurata var schusteriana with 7 blooms on one stem. Lightly scented.

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42447><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42447&size=1 border=0></a>

justjoan
05-05-2011, 01:12 PM
How beautiful, this one takes my breath away, congratulations:03:

Yug
05-05-2011, 03:32 PM
How beautiful, this one takes my breath away, congratulations:03:
Thanks! I can't grow all the different types there are, but I do good with these.

Yug
06-10-2011, 08:18 PM
Cattleya dowiana
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43409><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43409&size=1 border=0></a>

Cattleya warsciewiczii
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43408><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43408&size=1 border=0></a>

Cattleya gaskelliana var semi-concolor
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43411><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43411&size=1 border=0></a>

Laelia purpurata var carnea
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43410><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=43410&size=1 border=0></a>

Linda_GER
08-21-2011, 04:27 PM
This is another type of Sobralia macrantha, but I prefer the pink one...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44983><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44983&size=1 border=0></a>

Dendrobium nobile, very easy to cultivate...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44991><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=44991&size=1 border=0></a>

Miltonia flavescens: not very colorful, but I like it, though. :)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45239><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45239&size=1 border=0></a>

oakshadows
08-22-2011, 08:26 AM
Thanks! I can't grow all the different types there are, but I do good with these.

Thanks, they are all beautiful.

Yug
10-07-2011, 02:59 AM
This is one of my 'overflow' orchids that I keep out at my garden plot on a nearby military base. It is a Vanda luzonica. Usually they have large pink blotches near the outer edge of the petals, but this variety is unique in that they have spots instead. Unfortunately, all of this species are unscented.

Vanda luzonica - unusual type with spots
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46150><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46150&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
02-22-2012, 01:08 PM
Vanda Rothschildiana - should have better shape once the blooms mature some.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47972><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47972&size=1 border=0></a>

NoID Vanda - Can't find the nametag, and can't remember what it is.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47971><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47971&size=1 border=0></a>

Ascda. Summer Delight 'Susan' - easy bloomer, one of my oldest 'chids.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47970><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47970&size=1 border=0></a>

Phalaenopsis Timothy Christopher - cute and dependable bloomer
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47969><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47969&size=1 border=0></a>

Cattleya loddigesii - good color, but shape could be better.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47968><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47968&size=1 border=0></a>

paulorph
02-22-2012, 01:16 PM
Vanda Rothschildiana - should have better shape once the blooms mature some.


Still look very nice to me. Showed them to my mom and she loved them lol.
Paulo

sunfish
03-10-2012, 12:16 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48086&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48086&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48085&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48085&ppuser=2868)

saltydad
03-10-2012, 03:13 PM
http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/saltydad/Picture003.jpg?t=1331409407

Phal. Baldan's Kaleidoscope 'Golden Treasure'

Yug
03-10-2012, 09:12 PM
Love the Cym's and the Phal!

Yug
03-14-2012, 11:50 AM
Cattleya violacea 'H & R Giant' 4n

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48099&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48099)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48097><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48097&size=1 border=0></a>

Bch Grl
03-14-2012, 11:23 PM
What beautiful pics of beautiful orchids!

For anyone in the Jacksonville, FL area this weekend....March 17 and 18, it's the Jacksonville Orchid Society's yearly show and sale!

IT'S FREE! WITH A DOOR PRIZE RAFFLE! AND LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS FOR SALE!

It's one of the best shows in Florida, please come and enjoy all the beautiful orchids!

Jacksonville Orchid Society, Annual Show (http://www.jaxorchidsociety.org/show.htm)

Yug
03-15-2012, 01:24 AM
Nice offer, but a little far away for me :D

Linda_GER
04-17-2012, 03:48 PM
Took these two pics today. I got this plant as a small plantlet some years ago.

In my opinion, P. vitellina is one of the most beautiful orchid species you can cultivate. No greenhouse required. I love it. :)

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48489><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48489&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48490><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48490&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
04-18-2012, 05:05 AM
Nice orange, reminds me of an Epi, but colored like C. aurantiaca.

Yug
07-10-2012, 05:29 AM
Vanda JVB - reliable bloomer, big plant
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49621><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49621&size=1 border=0></a>

Cattleya Hardyana - same plant as my avatar/icon
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=49620><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=49620&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
08-10-2012, 09:22 PM
Cattleya violacea 'H&R Giant' 4n
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50061><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50061&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
09-22-2012, 08:00 PM
Two that are blooming.

Ascda. Motes Hot Chestnut 'Mary' I accidentally snipped this while trimming a fern. I hate when that happens.
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50649><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50649&size=1 border=0></a>

Miltonia moreliana
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50648><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50648&size=1 border=0></a>

Linda_GER
09-26-2012, 12:58 PM
(...) I accidentally snipped this while trimming a fern. I hate when that happens.

I know that only too well... :ha:


Here are two of those that have been blooming this summer.

Pleurothallis quadrifida

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50688><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50688&size=1 border=0></a>

Oncidium incurvum

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50689><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50689&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
10-01-2012, 01:29 AM
Blc. Chesty Puller 'Tucan' AM/AOS
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50760><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50760&size=1 border=0></a>

Dtps. Sinica Cherry
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50761><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50761&size=1 border=0></a>

Yug
04-01-2013, 03:45 AM
Phais NoID

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww51/Hugo_Mossner/P1010003_Phaius_zps121b3309.jpg

Phalaenopsis Wiganiae

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww51/Hugo_Mossner/P1010004_Phal_Wiganiae_zps7e721827.jpg

Yug
01-25-2015, 05:52 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57073 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57073)

Beautiful and 'floofy'! :08: