Orchid of the day: Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom Carmela

Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom Carmela with Anthony

Here's a little background on our Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom Carmela. It is a cross between  Neofinetia falcata x Ascocentrum ampullaceum, is a compact vandaceous type orchid that can be easily grown in bark or moss in pots or basket. 

Neofinetia falcata, is a native orchid of Japan while Ascocentrum ampullaceum, another mini vandaceous orchid is native to the more subtropical to tropical rain forest regions such as, Central China, Western & Eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam and Laos to name a few countries. More details from my post from May 26, 2014.

A) Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom Carmela on May 6th, 2016.

Once again with great care, our orchid produced more flower stems than it did the previous year. We saw three flower stems developing as early as mid March. We are fortunate this year as we have close to one hundred and four flowers this year. Below are photos I took to chronicle the development of the three flower stems.

B) March 27th, 2016.

C) The three flower stems on March 27th.

D) Flower stems close up.

E) Our vandaceous orchid blooms opening by April 17th, 2016. 

F) Some buds still holding on.

G) By May 1st, most of the flowers had bloomed.

H) Today, our Anthony assisted by providing a size comparison with the Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom Carmela.

I) Today we have about 104 flowers from all three stems.

J) A different angle of today's orchid.

Once again, I hope you orchid enthusiasts and friends enjoyed my post for the day. Have a good week and since it is Mother's day in the USA, I wish you all Happy Mother's Day.