Orchid of the day: Tolumnia tequila sunrise

Tolumnia tequila sunrise

Once again, another orchid that does well cultivated mounted on the cork. There is a lot of love and labour involved in the cultivation of mounted orchids. Arne really devotes many hours on these mounted orchids and their successful flowering is the reward we both enjoy. I think it it worth sharing with other orchid lovers.

A) Dec 14, 2014. a flower stem was emerging.

B) The side profile of the young flower stem.

C) January 18, 2015. The stem elongating and small flower buds were developing.

D) March 1st, 2015. Clear development of the buds.

E) March 29th, 2015. We noticed at least five flowers breaking through.

F) With patience, on April 12th, four flowers were opening out, displaying their brilliant colours.

G) The beautiful flowers up close. They give the impression that they have a velvet texture.

H) Three buds still waiting to burst.

I) On April 26th, only three buds  left!

Today, all seven flowers are open. I really enjoy the intense yellow and deep red shades of this orchid. The similarity in shape to Tolumnia popoki 'Mitzi', also known as 'Oncidium Dancing Lady' is striking (post dated June 11th, 2014). But the colour of this Tolumnia tequila sunrise is so much more intense, in my opinion, of course.