House orchids 2011

[daveyp1970]

David as I indicated in my post I thought it might be a hybrid but no way of knowing what as it is one of those plants that bits have been passed on as it has been divided and it is now nameless and a long way from its original owner. I thought the flowers are too large to be a pure oncidium.

Sorry if i stated the same,i just thought i could at least show its hybrid origin,i didn't mean offend.

[Tony Willis]

David

I was agreeing with you.It takes a lot more than that to offend me. What a difficult language English is!

Thomas

thanks for that information it certainly looks similar.  We have no way of really knowing as its origin is unknown. I will pass it in though to the person who gave it me who will be interested to know.

[Graham Catlow]

Laeliocattleya Firedance 'Patricia'

I'm really pleased with this. I have persevered to get this to flower since I bought it six years ago. I had begun to think I should pass it to someone who new how to look after it properly. But here it is Probably not as floriferous as it could or should be but its in my house not an orchid house.

The first two are with a natural background the second two have a photoshop black background.

[Maggi Young]

Good grief... how utterly glamorous is that?

[Graham Catlow]

Good grief... how utterly glamorous is that?

It is isn't it

[Tony Garthwaite]

My word! That does look healthy!

Great contrast with the leaves, well done!

Well worth the waite!

[Graham Catlow]

Thanks Tony!

[Maren]

Very nice.

[Houseslippers]

The plant looks fabulously healthy, Graham. What a vibrant orange. Is it grown under lights?

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Tony Maren, - thanks

No artificial lights. On a windowsill in an west facing window in the lounge behind a net curtain. Has to live with the room temperature and the temperature behind the curtains when they are closed during the winter nights.

[Kevin]

Hi all,

Here is one of my Ceologyne cristata which grows outdoors for most of the year in full sun and only take in when the first frosts come along. I've had it for quite a few years now and it's very forgiving for some harsh treatment over the years. It has a nice fragrance around mid day and the flowers last about three weeks or so.





Oh, for scale, the plant is placed on a (full sized) upside down rubbish bin.

[Houseslippers]

Very nice, Kevin - a beautiful & big plant. Loved the 'Oh, for scale ... ' bit (I'm having to restrict myself - with difficulty & lack of space - to small or miniature plants).

It's the RHS London Orchid show tomorrow. Hooray!!!

[Graham Catlow]

Wow
That wouldn't fit on my windowsills!!!

[Kevin]

Thanks for the reply and for the heads up. I forgot all about the RHS show. I'm having to change my plans for the weekend to fit in a visit now.

Hope that those of you that can make it have a great time at the show.

Kevin

[Maren]

Hello Tony,

it was lovely to meet you today at the London Orchid Show. And there was another chum whose name escapes me at the moment (sorry), who exclaimed: "You are Houseslippers !", much to the bewilderment of bystanders. It's lovely to have a little hilarity.

These shows are such hard work, especially with pleiones. Every little pot has to be moss encased, very time consuming, but those are the rules. I didn't do very well this time medalwise, only a bronze, lacking in originality and difficulty of design. Seems the trimmings are judged to be more important than the plants. Reminds me of the times when there was judging in one of my orchid societies and if the pot wasn't black, the plant was marked down. You can tell from all this that I am a bit miffed, I admit it, but I'll get over it.

I was rewarded by the many people who took detailed photographs, who stopped by to read my hints & tips and complete strangers who greeted me like old friends (without telling me who they were) and thanked me for the advice I had given them. I wonder if they were forum members? Must have been, they were lovely.