Sunday, October 05, 2008

Flowering suddenly picks up Flowering really picked up after the Miranda exhibit, here are some samples:     Left: A nice Cattleya Aclandiae from Brazil. Right: Oncidium Millaki x Oncidium Ornitrryncum     Left: My very nice Cattleya Warnerii concolor from Brazil. Right: A nice Cattleya Lueddemanianna     Left: Chocleata Amazonica from Central Americana. Right: Cattleya Intermedia from Brazil    Left" First floweing of a very nice Cattleya Walkeriana. Right: Cattleya Lueddemanianna 7:34:18 PM    comment []

Miranda Orchid Exhibit 2008 The Miranda Orchid Society show was held two weeks ago. I don´t like using flash when I take orchid pictures and I only took my monopod and it was very dark. Most pictures did not come out very well, I salvaged these three:     Top left a Vanda Sanderiana, a species. On the right another Vanda. A very nice Cattleya Lueddemanianna coerulea from Venezuela 7:24:57 PM    comment []

Eduardo and Santos send some nice pictures Eduardo and Santos send their regular contributions. If my memory is right the top two, the two Waleriana´s belong to Eduardo and the remaidner to Santos.    Two spectacular Walkerianas, the one on the left lloks like a coerulea and an alba on the right.     Cattleya Bicolor from Brazil on the left, on the right Encyclia Atrorubens from Mexico     On the left the famous Cattleya Walkeriana White Heritage. On the right Cirropetalum Medusae and a nice specimen at that.     On the left, Cattleya Trianae alba from Colombia. On the right, Dendrobium Infudibilum from Asia.     On the left a primary hybrid of the statrange combination of Cattleya Schilelraiana x Pescatorea Lemmanii, likely to ahve been made by Carlos Garcia Esquivel, sounds like the type of combinations he likes.On the right Lc. China Queen. A hybrid after my own heart, Cattleya Schilleriana x Cattleya Aclandiae 6:45:14 PM    comment []

Sunday, September 07, 2008

One Species, One Hybrid    8:45:34 PM    comment []

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Flowering begins to pick up Flowering picking up, hopefully not too early for the September Miranda Exhibit. On the left top, my awarded Cattleya Jenmanii, larger flowers and more flowers than ever before. On the right a nice alba, but I have no clue what it is. On the left a very nice and out of season Cattleya Lueddemanianna and on the right a Cattleya Percivaliana Huevo Amarillo x Sonia 8:48:47 PM    comment []

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Three species as flowring is apparently picking up Top left: This Cattleya Mossiae does not appear to know that it should have flowered three months ago. Not bad for its firest time, note the solid lip and the flaring. On the right a Cattleya Percivaliana named Gabriela. On the left a Phalenopsis species, Phal. Cornu Cervi, anyone in Caracas that wanst one I have a few to trade. On the left a hybrid of Cattleya Broughtonia with Cattleya Bicolor. 9:56:47 PM    comment []

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Eduardo sends a nice set of mostly species My flowering has really slowed down, but Eduardo sent some really nice pictures of species: On the left, Paillonante Pendiculata. On the right a very white Cattleya Walkeriana Alba. On the left, a nice Stanhopea Grandiflora. This species can be found in the East of Venezuela and to me ius one of the most beautiful orchids there is, I used to have one when I lived in Los Teques, but it died when I moved to Caracas. It blooms for three days and has a spectacular scent, its adaption to the short flowering time, you have to attract that insect fast!. On the right a Stranticornia Saccata. On the left, a Catasetum Pileatum from Venezuela, our "Flor de Nacar". On the right Catasetum Penang 12:35:37 AM    comment []

Monday, July 14, 2008

Grammatophyllum Scriptum A year ago I thought this plant of Grammatophyllum Scriptum was going to die as it started losing leaves and turning brown. I moved it more into the sun, much brighter light and then I started using a fertilizer with Magnesium and Calcium that seemd to do the trick. It has 8 shoots, each with 50-54 flowers, you can see all eight on the top two pictures. In the bottom two pictures a close up of the individual flowers. 12:28:53 AM    comment []

Friday, June 27, 2008

Two nice Purpuratas Two nice Laelia Purpurata from Brazil, very similar, with petals and sepals which are pinkish. Love them both. 6:59:35 PM    comment []

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Three Species and a Hybrid On the left is a very nice Cattleya Walkeriana from Brazil. This is the first flowering of 24 plants a friend brought me about two and a half years ago from that country. Very Promising! On the right another Cattleya Aclandiae, notice how it is much darker than last week´s On the left another one of my Laelia Purpuratas, On the right a very nice flared yellow hybrid called Blc. Dora Louise Capen 6:40:01 PM    comment []

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Mostly species, taken in full sun light Today I decided to try to take the pictures of my orchids in full sun. Results are cool, hope you like them. On the left, a nice Laelia Tenebrosa from Brazil, I love the contrast betweem the Lip and the sepals and petals. On the right my faithful Cattleya Aclandiae. On the left another nice Laelia Purpurata from Brazil. On the right, Schomburgkia Thomsoniana from from the Cayman Islands. On the left a nice blue Cattleya Walkeriana from Brazil, on the right, an Equitant Oncidium hybrid. 8:03:02 PM    comment []

Sunday, May 25, 2008

It's Purpurata time, time for great pictures!!! Took some pictures right after watering today, which always gives a nice appearance to the plants. The Laelia Purpuratas from Brazil have started flowering, they are not only spectacular, but they are incredibly photogenic as seen below.    An overall view of Laelia Purpurata Carnea on the loeft and a single flower on the right. Love them!     I love these Laelia Purpurata Werkhauseri, they are so elegant and the sun gave them an almost spectral quality. A very nice Catlleya Jenmanii, this one is Color x Kathy, looks a lot like the other one I have, but this is a first flowering 8:27:48 PM    comment []

Eduardo M. sends a bunch! Eduardo sent a whole bunch of pictures, from his rochid room to his plants: On the lfet his orchid, room, no wonder he sends so many flowers, on the right a specimen of Cattleya Gaskelliana concolor, magnificent! On the left Cattleya Dowiana, I seem to kill it, on the right Den. Globuliferum On the left, Akermania. On the right, Meryacylum Tenuifolium On the left Cattleya Violacea, on the right Cattleya Violacea Icabaru. On the left Cattleya Lobata from Brazil, on the right a very nice Cattleya Warnerii coerulea from Brazil On the left, a flower of Masdevalia Tenuifolia, on the right a Vanda. 7:11:56 PM    comment []