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Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on February 01, 2012, 04:04:48 PM
A couple of noid's possibly a wilsonara and a phaly.
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/PICT00102.jpg)
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Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 01, 2012, 06:21:21 PM
Hi Davey,
nice plants, the Phal looks like a Doritaenopsis to me  ;D ;D ;D
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: meanie on February 01, 2012, 06:28:11 PM
I'd forgotten all about this thread.
Fantastic orchids everyone!

Towards the end of 2011 I finally got one my Dendrobium "Berry Oda" to rebloom.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/Orchids/DSC_1620.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/Orchids/DSC_1508.jpg)

One of the babies from this is covered in buds in my conservatory at the moment, so cool nights suit it.

Around the same time this Paphiopedilum noid bloomed............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/Orchids/DSC_1618.jpg)

It was bought out of bloom (cheap!) last April.

Over the Christmas period the first noid Cymbidium opened...............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/Orchids/DSC_1673.jpg)

The second Cymbidium noid opened this week...............
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9972/dsc1740d.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/dsc1740d.jpg/)

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I've never paid more than £5.99 for my Cyms, preferring to buy them out of the bargain bin when they're done flowering. The next few weeks is a good time to look.

Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Pearl has been in bloom non-stop since the end of April!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/Orchids/DSC_1605.jpg)

Finally, this noid Vuylstekeara was bought for just £3 back in May. I'm really pleased with this as I've struggled to get these to re-bloom up until now - another one that seems to like the cool conservatory nights!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/Orchids/DSC_1731.jpg)

I'll leave the noid Phals until another time.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on February 01, 2012, 06:30:10 PM
Hi Davey,
nice plants, the Phal looks like a Doritaenopsis to me  ;D ;D ;D
Yes Maren i would go with that suggestion.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: JPB on February 08, 2012, 08:19:45 AM
Coelogyne cristata, for the first time flowering since I bought it five years ago :)
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on February 08, 2012, 11:01:43 AM
A long wait, Hans... but worth it, eh?!
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 08, 2012, 04:06:03 PM
Hans, now that it's flowered once, it should flower again every year. In my experience, Coelogyne cristata enjoys spending the summer hanging in an apple tree.

Here are some of my Coelogyne ochracea v. lemoniana, they fill the greenhouse with a most wonderful perfume.

Unfortunately the fan makes the flowers wobble, hence a little out of focus.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: JPB on February 08, 2012, 04:41:29 PM
Maren, I hope it does. I neglected it for a few years as I do not have the right greenhouse for it. The same for my C. cristata var. hololeuca and C. ochracea. They make lots of new pseudo bulbs, but haven't flowered here since i bought them. I keep them growing hoping one day I'll have cool and sunny greenhouse.

Lovely picture is that. Does lemoniana differ much from the normal C. ochracea? Mine is also strongly scented..
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 08, 2012, 06:57:19 PM
Hans, I definitely recommend a summer in the garden in semi shade. Keep them out as long as you dare. I took my x lemoniana indoors just before we were hit by the first frost and we had some cold nights. Now it's covered in flowers. I have that theory that the plant thinks it's going to die and therefore makes every effort to propagate itself through seed.  :) :) By the way, the difference is in the distinct deep yellow/orange band around the yellow fleck on the lip. :) A lovely plant but much sought after by scale and requires close supervision and drastic action all through the year.

If you want a piece, let me know. I had to re-pot it last year and I lost my grip (happens to the best) and dropped it on the floor where it split into five neat pieces. They are all growing like mad and I am taking my surplus to orchid society raffles.

The picture was taken in 2005, by last year it had trebled in size.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: monocotman on February 09, 2012, 01:43:14 PM
Maren,

that photo is just stunning. I'm very envious!

Regards,

David
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 10, 2012, 11:12:02 AM
Just off to my allotments to water my Cymbidiums, which I keep in a gas heated greenhouse there, no room at home. I have a large cistern inside the greenhouse where water is at house temperatures. But when it comes to replenishing, I have to use my favourite mattock to get water out of various frozen butts. Let it be spring soon, please.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Ulla Hansson on February 10, 2012, 12:44:03 PM
Maren Wow, what an amazing Coelogyne, I get a little jealous and wish it was mine. But I have no good place to grow them on.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 10, 2012, 05:37:17 PM
Thank you, it was a good plant. We counted 27 spikes and a total of 180 flowers plus many buds.

Its daughters are also growing very well. I have four left. Every time I enter the greenhouse, I am hit by this very pleasant but also very strong scent of vanilla.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on February 10, 2012, 05:43:39 PM
Mmmmmmmm...... vanilla scent....yummy.  8)
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: ronm on February 10, 2012, 05:53:22 PM
Coelogynes are by far my favourite orchids. I used to grow a number of species over 20 years ago and found them incredibly rewarding. Since 'coming home' I vowed not to grow anything  that needed some heat in winter. You are making me rethink my strategy Maren! Lovely plants, beautifully grown! Will you be posting anymore in the future? Can I resist?
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: JPB on February 11, 2012, 07:53:35 AM
Hans, I definitely recommend a summer in the garden in semi shade. Keep them out as long as you dare. I took my x lemoniana indoors just before we were hit by the first frost and we had some cold nights. Now it's covered in flowers. I have that theory that the plant thinks it's going to die and therefore makes every effort to propagate itself through seed.  :) :) By the way, the difference is in the distinct deep yellow/orange band around the yellow fleck on the lip. :) A lovely plant but much sought after by scale and requires close supervision and drastic action all through the year.

If you want a piece, let me know. I had to re-pot it last year and I lost my grip (happens to the best) and dropped it on the floor where it split into five neat pieces. They are all growing like mad and I am taking my surplus to orchid society raffles.

The picture was taken in 2005, by last year it had trebled in size.

Yes, I keep them outside in summer under semi-shade and that works well. But the cold nights may have triggered flowering in my C. cristata too. I kept it at 5-10C in my greenhouse this winter instead of in my living room. Maybe I'll have flowers on C. ochracea too this year? Still I was never worried of keeping these cooler Coelogynes alive. That is quite easy too my surprise and they divide prolifically! Flowering is another thing, but I'm getting closer and closer :)

Great picture of your lemoniana! Stunning. And Yes I very much like to have a piece :) I'll send you a PM today.

The attached picture is my C. ochracea just after I aquired it, a few years ago. The difference with lemoniana is clearly visible
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 11, 2012, 08:16:42 AM
Hans, very nice plant with clear markings. Here is a shot of my plant one year on from the other picture, as it sits in my overcrowded greenhouse. Picture quality not good, I'm afraid, I blame it on the fan ;) ;) ;)
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on February 11, 2012, 10:34:09 AM
here is Holcoglossum flavescens in flower with me. I have it in a tiny pot of cat litter at the moment but I am going to mount it on a piece of bark when I can get one.

Picture quality not good I am afraid,I blame it on the camera
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 11, 2012, 11:34:44 AM
Hi Tony,
your camera takes much better pictures than my fan. ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on February 11, 2012, 11:47:26 AM
here is Holcoglossum flavescens in flower with me. I have it in a tiny pot of cat litter at the moment but I am going to mount it on a piece of bark when I can get one.

Picture quality not good I am afraid,I blame it on the camera
Very very nice Tony,any perfume on your little star?
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on February 11, 2012, 12:38:40 PM
David

I do not think so but I have almost no sense of smell so not a good indicator.
Title: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 14, 2012, 11:59:29 AM
Dendrobium infundibulum has just opened up its first flower after a long wait of 4 weeks in bud. This is one of my great favourites. Its paperlike petals are of such brilliant whiteness and the flowers large in comparison to the plant. Having seen it dripping from frost encrusted trees in freezing fog in northern Thailand, I now grow it cool, with my Pleione praecox.

The in situ picture is not out of focus but taken in thick fog. Allow your eye to adjust and you will soon pick out the masses of white flowers.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on February 14, 2012, 12:19:29 PM
The habitat shot is great even with the fog, Maren.
Is this flower scented?



(just spotted that we needed a new 2012 thread... so here we are!)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 14, 2012, 02:01:39 PM
No it isn't as far as my nose is concerned. It's just quietly beautiful. :) :)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on February 14, 2012, 03:40:18 PM
Maren that is a beautiful flower
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ronm on February 14, 2012, 05:03:24 PM
Maren, i used to find that using a ultra sonic humidifier in my greenhouse created just the right environment for growing the 'tropical' cool growing species of plants. Is this something you use / or have tried and decided against?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 14, 2012, 06:06:33 PM
Ron,

I too used a fogger, called a Hydrofogger, but only in my intermediate greenhouse (it's broken now and the greenhouse doesn't seem to miss it).

In the cool house (which is really my office and pleione store), I have a de-humidifier. This is switched on only in the winter because, at low temperatures, the air gets laden with humidity, which could cause fungal problems. I run fans everywhere all year round.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ronm on February 14, 2012, 06:12:36 PM
Thanks Maren, I was probably fooling myself that it helped. It did used to be so good though, seeing a cloud in the greenhouse on a hot summers day. Wandering in and immediately being chilled by the fog. Another 'boys toy'?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 14, 2012, 07:00:56 PM
I don't do that - it would ruin my hair ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ronm on February 14, 2012, 07:55:43 PM
It did for mine! u r so right Maren! :-[ :-[
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on February 15, 2012, 08:20:47 AM
At this moment i also have a fragant flowering Osmoglossum pulchellum,and some miniatures. one of my favorite group is the odontoglossum,but some of these have change to Rhynchostele .
Flowering now is R maculata .
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 15, 2012, 12:08:14 PM
That's lovely, Sarmienta. :) I too love the odontoglossums, not sure whether I'll ever get used to the name changes.
I'm amazed that your O. pulchellum is in flower already. Mine are yet to show spikes. But they flowered like crazy last year, maybe they are taking a rest. I grow them very cool, together with the Dendrobium infundibulum I showed on the previous page.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on February 15, 2012, 07:53:14 PM
 Some others i have (flowering last autum) are O grande and O crocidipterum.
A small one R rossii is almost in flower. ;)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on February 15, 2012, 07:56:40 PM
 ;D...........sorry forgot the pictures
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on February 15, 2012, 08:39:37 PM
Beautiful, you're such a good grower. :)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on February 24, 2012, 01:55:26 PM
Thanks Maren............ ;D i think were all excellent growers  ;)
Besides garden orchids i also keep busy with (sub) tropical species.
Some of them are not really easy form me,but a challenge worth.Tropical miniatures i keep i a terrarium,along with some small poison frogs.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on February 24, 2012, 02:00:31 PM
The Orange orchid is a Sophronitis cernua.The frogs in my terrarium are about 3 cm ,so there not ruin my plants ;D
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on March 03, 2012, 05:33:26 PM
Another "cold" growing one Rhynchostele rossii with flowers of just  :) 4 cm
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: monocotman on March 04, 2012, 04:05:42 PM
Sarmienta,
nice plants. I like the terrarium.
This is another sophronitis -coccinea, a recent purchase and first flower.
The plant is small - no more than 3-4 inches high.
The plant was bought as a 4n( tetraploid) form.
The flower should be bigger for a 4n form but this may be because the plant is not yet fully established.
The wild species is difficult to grow as it likes bright light, cool temps and high humidity, not an easy combination.
The Japanese took it and line bred it as well as converting it to 4n status. The resulting plants have much larger flowers and are supposed to be easier and more vigorous growers,
Regards,
David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: BryanEmery on March 05, 2012, 04:49:16 AM
Well just had a great weekend at my local orchid show! Managed to get my third AOS award! Very excited to get an HCC on my bulbophyllum refractum. Now bulbophyllum refractum 'Phillip and Alistair' HCC/AOS. Named after my 2cats...

B
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on March 05, 2012, 06:57:18 AM
Congratulations, Bryan, can we see some pictures, please? of the plant?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on March 05, 2012, 07:01:08 AM
David,
your Sophronitis coccinea is adorable, the quality of the flower is outstanding.

I'm a bit of a sophronitis nut, having seen whole hillsides covered with them in the Brazilian Organ Mountains, flowering in the canopies of trees. However, the individual flowers were much smaller than yours, of course, you can't beat a 4N for size. :) :) :)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on March 05, 2012, 12:42:43 PM
Well just had a great weekend at my local orchid show! Managed to get my third AOS award! Very excited to get an HCC on my bulbophyllum refractum. Now bulbophyllum refractum 'Phillip and Alistair' HCC/AOS. Named after my 2cats...

B
Congratulations, Bryan! We'd love to see it........ 8)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on March 22, 2012, 04:24:18 PM
How about this for a weird and wonderful cymbidium?
It's called Vogel's Magic, more like the leopard's spots.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ThomasB on April 02, 2012, 10:00:23 PM
A small Paphiopedilum I recently bought is flowering for the first time with a flower just 6 cm across.

Spring Moon is the cross of Pinocchio x P. micranthum
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on April 06, 2012, 02:25:03 PM
Hi, this little charmer surprised me today but alas, he had lost his label in my rather overcrowded tropical greenhouse.
Does anyone know his name? :-[
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on April 06, 2012, 03:12:00 PM
Not an orchid, just an ordinary New Guinea Busy Lizzie, but such a good companion plant in the tropical orchid house. Here it nestles among the free dangling vanda roots, enjoying the shade and humidity and providing colour all through the year, especially welcome in the winter.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on April 06, 2012, 04:17:32 PM
Hi, this little charmer surprised me today but alas, he had lost his label in my rather overcrowded tropical greenhouse.
Does anyone know his name? :-[

Maren cannot help on its name but lovely and interesting to see how they hang their flower spikes down when allowed to grow in a natural manner
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on April 06, 2012, 05:03:08 PM
Thanks Tony, I agree, they look better when they hang as they do at home (theirs). It's not always possible, though, space constraints etc. Here is a quick peek into my rather untidy greenhouse:

Tolumnia hybrid (used to be equitant oncidium) - I love the colour
Odontoglossum crispum now called Oncidium alexandrae ??? ???; the flowers are always a bit untidy but massive and spectacular;
Miltoniopsis Roqueberg.

More later.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ronm on April 06, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
Beautiful Maren. :) :)
Nuff said.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: sottych on April 06, 2012, 08:13:53 PM
very beautiful Oncidium color , and Miltoniopsis with spoted (orchidée pensée in France)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on April 06, 2012, 09:43:38 PM
i love the waterfall miltonopsis,i chap i used to know in the sheffield orchid society David Binks used to breed them, he named one after his wife Nancy Binks.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ThomasB on April 06, 2012, 09:50:27 PM
Maren,

your unknown orchid reminds me of Cuitlauzina but it does not quite look like C. pendula.   ???

Regards Thomas
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on April 06, 2012, 09:55:42 PM
Mtdm Bartley Shwarz
(http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/ae121/davep1970/MtdmBartleySchwarzHighland.jpg)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on April 07, 2012, 01:16:39 PM
Hello ThomasB,

I should have said the flowers are only 1 cm wide, I think that rules out Cuitlauzina. Thanks for the try. I hope someone will come up with the answer. :) :) :)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on April 11, 2012, 12:47:29 PM
I wonder if any of you clever people can help me with this problem. The leaves of this Zelenkoa onusta (formerly Oncidium onustum) are covered in lesions. One or two look like blisters. What could it be? and how to treat the plant? obviously the lesions will not repair, but I would like to protect the healthy new growth from this. Any suggestions most welcome.

I have been wondering if it could be sunburn. The plant hangs in the top of my greenhouse with minimal shading, as was suggested by the supplier. I used to run a mister and perhaps droplets formed on the leaves that burnt the leaves when the sun hit them?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on April 20, 2012, 10:31:17 AM
This is the first time I have grown a paphiopedilum and so I am pleased to get it to flower. I think it is one of the easier less spectacular ones and has grown okay on a windowsill in my cold kitchen

Paphiopedilum appletonianum
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on April 20, 2012, 11:13:46 AM
This is the first time I have grown a paphiopedilum and so I am pleased to get it to flower. I think it is one of the easier less spectacular ones and has grown okay on a windowsill in my cold kitchen

Paphiopedilum appletonianum
You are joking,Tony that is superb and interesting to note this was grown in a cold kitchen,i had this paph for about tens years in my intermediate greenhouse ??? i could have saved myself some money,the leaves are pretty special as well.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on April 20, 2012, 11:30:22 AM
Davey,

your intermediate greenhouse may have the same temperature as Tony's cold kitchen. You'll only know for sure if you compare maximum and minimum temperatures, and that's only approximate as well because:


 ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on April 22, 2012, 10:58:14 AM
A miltonopsis rescued for £5 last year before it went in the skip.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Anthony Darby on May 02, 2012, 06:07:28 AM
I suppose this Epidendron ibaguense would normally be a house orchid, but it's growing in a garden not far from my house. I have some smaller ones of various colours, ranging from orange through red to pink.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on May 02, 2012, 09:01:06 AM
Hi Anthony, now I understand why you moved to New Zealand.  :) :) :)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Anthony Darby on May 02, 2012, 09:48:51 AM
I still miss my cyps, but the posting of pics keeps me happy. ;D
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: sottych on May 05, 2012, 04:47:07 PM
Hello ,
This is my PHALAENOPSIS Sweet Memory or same ? (orange and pink) ,   and MUSA with Bananas !
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on May 13, 2012, 12:39:14 PM
Today a cool growing one   Euchile citrinum, with the smell of  :P......whats in the name.
Formely known as catleya citrina  from Mexico
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on May 22, 2012, 08:37:29 AM
Hello Sarmienta,

beautiful  Euchile citrinum; I lost mine in the cold winter when we had an overnight power cut.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on June 29, 2012, 12:41:29 PM
On a rainy day like today it's nice to take refuge in the greenhouse and look at what's blooming now.

In the intermediate house:
Sophronitis coccinea (I refuse to change its name)
Trichopilia tortilis x coccinea
Vanda Fuchsia Magic

In the Pleione house:
Epipactis veratrifolia

Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: monocotman on June 30, 2012, 10:58:57 AM
Maren,

nice plants - were you tempted to acquire one of the tetraploid S. coccineas from Europe this year?
Mine seems to be loving the cool weather so far this year and is sending out new shoots with gay abandon!

Regards,

David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on June 30, 2012, 09:31:00 PM
Hi David,

I did and it seems very happy.

Where do you keep yours?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: monocotman on July 01, 2012, 09:50:51 AM
Maren,

it is in the greenhouse with the tomatoes.
The cool weather has suited it, lots of air and the light intensity is good enough.
It receives plenty of rain water plus the odd feed.
There are 7 new growths although I don't expect any to flower.
That seems to be the job of the autumn/winter growths,

Regards,

David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Tony Willis on August 20, 2012, 09:36:32 AM
Paphiopedilum 'King Arthur'

A benefit of forums,I swapped this for a some pterostylis tubers from a member of the Uk Orchid Forum
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on August 30, 2012, 04:12:06 PM
Laelia  lucasiana or is it cattleya now  ??? one thing for sure..........its growing the whole summer on the roof in full sun(if shining) .
Next  to some cacti
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ashley on August 30, 2012, 08:43:03 PM
Magnificent orchids everyone 8)

Maren and Sarmienta, I see various tillandsias in your photos too.  Besides T. usneoides, what are the others?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on August 31, 2012, 06:18:11 PM
Hello Ashley
 I have to look for the names ,becausse its a long time anybody asked for it ;)  It was a big hobby of me ,but now i have just a few left .
I keep them al summer outside .  do you have some?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Sarmienta on August 31, 2012, 06:20:28 PM
Also flowering now ....Trichophilia tortilis
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Anthony Darby on August 31, 2012, 10:10:10 PM
Magnificent orchids everyone 8)

Maren and Sarmienta, I see various tillandsias in your photos too.  Besides T. usneoides, what are the others?
I don't see usneoides in the first picture?
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: ashley on September 01, 2012, 02:27:17 PM
Thanks Sarmienta.  That looks like Tilllandsia aeranthos flowering profusely in your first picture; most of the others I can only guess at.  Fascinating and beautiful plants. 
Yes I have a small collection, mostly at work on the wall of my office near a big sunny window.  That way I can take a short 'gardening break' whenever the urge arises ;D 
Yours look really happy outside; where do you garden?

I don't see usneoides in the first picture?
Anthony, I was referring to Sarmienta's Euchile citrinum pictures he posted on 13 May, and Maren's picture of her Trichopilia hybrid (mid-right). 
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Hans J on September 03, 2012, 10:59:34 AM
Here is flowering a Masdevallia hybrid ( it is from the Neon series )
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: monocotman on October 27, 2012, 10:46:33 AM
Hi,

a recent ebay acquisition from Germany.
Continuing the experiment to find orchids that will grow and bloom easily in the house and aren't called phalaenopsis.
Always nice to buy something 'on spec' and receive something you're happy with.
There was a time when these were as rare as hens teeth.
This flower is about 6 inches across and has only been open a few days so may reflex a bit more.
The first smaller flower came in bud in the post but the new flower developed in it's new home and is much bigger.
I thought that these plants wanted high humidity, but this one is growing in the kitchen/diner in front of the patio windows so apparently not.
I've another Lycaste, a hybrid, which is doing similarly well.
The new bulb has developed well during the last 6 weeks and there is a fourth flower just starting. Maybe I'll cut that one off to save strength.
The older backbulbs are all pretty small.
I've tried to photograph the plant on the kitchen hob underneath the hob lights. Not too much natural light but a nice background-I think I need a tripod,

Regards,

David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: daveyp1970 on October 27, 2012, 11:34:56 AM
David i am sure Lycaste was a favourite of victorians because they make such good house plants but because of modern heating fell out of favour(so we have been informed through books ect) another case of misinformation.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maggi Young on October 27, 2012, 12:28:22 PM
Is that Lycaste virginalis alba, David?
Has it a scent? Looks like it might!


Quote
Continuing the experiment to find orchids that will grow and bloom easily in the house and aren't called phalaenopsis.
  ;) ;D Yes, I can understand that need! ;D
Title: Lycaste virginalis alba
Post by: monocotman on October 27, 2012, 01:31:49 PM
Oops sorry Maggi - forgot about the title.
You're right about the name of the plant.
At least that is what I bought it as.
I just wonder about some of these plants nowadays whether there is a bit of hybrid blood in there somewhere.
The flower is big and the plant appears to be fairly vigorous.
However it could just be another couple of generations of selective line breeding.
Regards,
David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: monocotman on October 28, 2012, 05:45:34 PM
Maggi - no scent to this plant.
Davey - the only problem I can find with these plants is that the leaves grow so big!
Next up a plant acquired in bud about 3 weeks ago from Ratcliffes and comes from their current list of phragmipediums.
It comes from the Eric Young Orchid Foundation on Jersey and is one of their 'spares'.
The natural spread is 11cm.
The cross is Beauport x Dalessandroi.
The plant is fully mature with a tall spike and has naturally split into two over the years.
The flower at the base of the plant is the first one - as usual with these plants they drop one flower
when the next opens,
Regards,
David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Roma on October 28, 2012, 09:33:22 PM
Flowering now 2 Phalaenopsis
and
Encyclia vitellina on a north facing window

At the Cruickshank Botanic Garden on Friday  the biggest inflorescence I have ever seen on Epidendrum ibaguense
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on October 29, 2012, 09:30:25 AM
A vanda with a silly name but terrific performance. Has been in flower for 2 months already:

Vanda Orange Spotty.
Title: a couple of christmas blooms
Post by: monocotman on December 31, 2012, 06:02:51 PM
All,
first up a species - cattleya labiata.
First flowering seedling from a german vendor last year.
Grows pretty well in the kitchen in winter and the greenhouse in summer.
The scent is knockout.
Next up is a named paphiopedilum clone from  Ratcliffe's - puddleham 'doolittle'.
It is a slow grower and not too big even now - the plant is only about 8 inches across,
Regards,
David
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: brianw on December 31, 2012, 11:30:56 PM
I noticed in Tesco's supermarket, just before Christmas, other orchids than Phalaenopsis are appearing in the £5 special offer racks. I bought a nice white Dendrobium nobile with 4 stems, 2 flowering. Yes I know I can't abuse it as much as the Phalaenopsis but at that price not much to lose.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on January 01, 2013, 02:02:17 PM
Too true, Brian, what other highly decorative flowering pot plant can you get for a fiver? :) :) :) I have a whole houseful of Phalaenopsis 'rescues', which get better every year.

When they are at their worst, I take them for my talks to garden clubs, where I demonstrate how to turn a neglected plant into something worthwhile by re-potting, staking, trimming, treating etc.. Always goes down a treat - it must touch a nerve. ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Pete Clarke on January 01, 2013, 07:37:14 PM
There seems to be some tropical orchid experts here, so can anybody identify this for me?
I am told it is a Pleurothallid. The flowers are very small and unusual.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: SteveC2 on January 01, 2013, 08:57:06 PM
I'm thinking Mediocalcar, possibly M. decoratum.  Saw one many years ago at a show, covered in flowers, obviously made an impression.  Apologies if Im wrong, I'm really a hardy man!  it wouldn't surprise me if it's a pleuro as a lot of our society members are into them, but again I'm no expert.
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Pete Clarke on January 01, 2013, 09:21:28 PM
Thank you Steve. Checking the name you suggested on Google sites, shows that you are spot on. Well remembered.
Pete.
Title: Re: House orchids 2013
Post by: sottych on January 31, 2013, 01:08:55 PM
Hello everybody !

Here are my orchids blooming in De now .
A little sunshine into house throu sky !
Cymbidiums 2 species

Cordialy
Christian
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: sottych on January 31, 2013, 01:20:16 PM
2 Zygopetalum species ,   
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: Maren on January 31, 2013, 07:49:55 PM
Very nice, Christian. :)
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: sottych on February 01, 2013, 07:10:44 AM
Thank you Maren !
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: sottych on February 09, 2013, 03:12:22 PM
Hello !
Here it's gray and white it's snowing ! it is the winter in the garden !  (seen picture in 2012)
Appy  day  with my orchids ;  Vanda , Oncidium
Title: Re: House orchids 2012
Post by: sottych on February 09, 2013, 03:19:57 PM
(Picture with snow today and picture with sun in 2012)


............... and  Phalaenopsis
Title: Cattleya mossiae alba
Post by: monocotman on March 24, 2013, 03:20:11 PM
Hi,
Something to brighten the day during this cold and miserable spring?
This is a seedling flowering for the 2nd time.
It was bought off ebay from the guy at 'Orchid Alchemy'.
 Last year the flower was hopeless and nowhere near as nice as this one.
 Hopefully it will have more than one as bloom at a time as it matures.
 I can just detect a scent but maybe this will develop as the flower matures.
 Over time the list of orchids that seem to do well for me indoors with no special attention seems to be dominated by two types - cattleyas and phragmipediums. Neither seems to be bothered by cooler winter conditions and are happy to spend the summer in the cold greenhouse amongst the tomatoes,
Regards,
David
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