Arne bought Tolumnia popoki 'Mitzi' from Carter and Holmes 5 years ago. Reading up on this orchid, I found that it is also called "Oncidium Dancing Lady". This orchid is a miniature oncidium and commonly called equitant oncidium.
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| (A) Tolumnia popoki 'Mitzi' with six flowers om June 11th 2014. |
It came in a small pot and was not doing well. So Arne put the orchid on a bark and it has been flourishing since then. This year, there are 6 flowers with intense dark purple to red shade. The earlier the flower bloom, the more intense the color appears and it gradually fades the longer it blooms.
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| B) April 4th 2014. A flower stalk appears (left side). |
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| C) April 7th, the flower stalk elongating in our orchidarium. |
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| C) May 16th. The flower stalk with about 5-6 buds. |
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| D) Three flowers appearing from the buds so far on May 28th 2014. |
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| E) Close up on June 7th 2014. The remaining three buds are opening up. |
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| F) Flowers up close today June 11th 2014. |
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| G) Our Tolumnia popoki 'Mitzi' today, June 11th 2014. |
There is only 1 bud that hasn't opened completely. But I decided to post this today before I miss out and the very first flower would fade away! I hope you enjoyed post.
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