Orchid of the day: Encyclia vitellina

Encyclia vitellina

This is one of our latest addition to our orchid collection, Encyclia vitellina, also known as The Yolk-Yellow Prosthechea - In Mexico - "Manuelitos". This orchid is found in Mexico, Nicaragua and Honduras. It is cool to cold growing in forest at altitudes of 1400 to 2600 meters. The wide open flowers are orange to deep scarlet in hue. 

A) Upon arrival, we observed a flower stem developing. Here's a picture from January 29th, 2017.

B) The flowers on January 29th, are very long lasting.

C) On February 5th, we have eight flowers in bloom,

D) A beautiful shot, highlighting the beautiful rich colour.

This is going to be another interesting Mexican orchid and with great care, we look forward to a wonderful relationship. I hope you have enjoyed my post today.

Have a good week everyone!

Orchid of the day: Angraecum sesquipedale

Angraecum sesquipedale 

The Angraecum sesquipedale is one of our favourite orchids. In the past years, this orchid has consistently produced two beautiful flowers but this time around, we are blessed with a third bloom. I have posted about this orchid at least three times, (Jan 27, 2014, Feb 21, 2015 and Jan 31, 2016). I really love Angraecum sesquipedale because of its unique look and the fact that in nature, only a particular night moth can pollinate it, the Xanthopan morganii.

A) Late December, we noticed three flower buds developing.

B) The flower buds clearly visible at the top left.

C) Close up of the flower buds.

D) One of the flowers beginning to open in January 2017.

E) Progression of the second flower opening. Beautiful difference in colour between the first flower to the next.

F) All three flowers in bloom today, February 5th, 2017. The spurs were close to 30 cm long.

G) The length of the petal, end to end is 16 cm. The first flower is showing some browning on the tips now.

H) The entire specimen today.

Our beauty for the day. I hope you have enjoyed viewing our Angraecum sesquipedale. Until next post, have a great week fellow orchid lovers!