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.

Orchid of the day: Tolumnia Tequila Sunrise

Tolumnia Tequila Sunrise

A) Tolumnia Tequila Sunrise, December 31st. 2015

This miniature orchid has brightly coloured flowers. The name itself is not registered as the parentage of this hybrid is unavailable. This is one of our orchids cultivated on cork, and it grows very well. These photos were taken outside on December 31st, 2015 and amazingly, the flowers are still in bloom and new ones have developed. We featured this orchid last year, in May.

B) The structure of the flowers from below.

C) The main plant attached to the cork.

D) The colours of these flowers are a combination of bright yellow and blood red.

E) At this time, we had at least 4 buds pending to open.

F) Today, February 14th, 2016.

G) The 4 flowers upclose today.

Until next post! Happy Valentines Day!

Orchid of the day: Tolumnia Tequila Sunrise

Tolumnia Tequila Sunrise

We bought this orchid in 2014 and it came in a pot. It didn't take long before Arne transplanted it to cork and it has thrived since then. Today more new flowers are in bloom. 

A) January 12, 2018. 

B) A close up of the flowers.

C) The entire plant doing well on the cork.

Above are photos of the same plant. Above left is from 2014 , when still in the pot, and to the right is two years (2016) after being transplanted to the cork.

Until my next post, have a good week!

Maryland Home and Garden Show March 2014: Maryland Orchid Society Exhibition

On March 7th 2014, Arne went to the Timonium Fairgrounds to check out the Maryland Orchid Society exhibition. He said there were fewer orchids this year and he was informed that the extreme cold weather had affected the orchids. But he took some photos so I can put them up in the blog.

A) Arne bought several orchid plants from this Pennsylvania company. He bought his Tolumnia Golden Sunset from them. 

B) Dendrobium & Laelia purpurata, among the many flowers that caught his eyes that day.

C) An assortment of Cattleya orchids.These are rupiculous Laelias, meaning they are rock dwellers.

D) More gorgeous orchid arrangements. See if you can identify which is which!

E) Another company from Lancaster, PA., exhibiting their variety. 

F) Phalenopsis, Paphiopedilum, Leptotes, and Cattleya to name a few that I recognized.

G)  Phragmepedium, Cymbidium and more Phalanopsis exhibited.

H) More orchids to feast your eyes on!

I) Initially I thought this was a Paphiopedilum but Arne pointed out it is a Phragmepedilum. Long story ensued...they look very similar. See my earlier post on Paphiopedilum.

J) This is a Cattleya and Arne had to take a picture because it was ~8 inches across. I took his word on that.

K) Final photo for this posting. A gorgeous array of orchids.

That is all for Arne's visit to to Maryland Home and Gardening Exhibition this year. He bought 4 more orchids. He said he had to so I can continue writing this blog. He bought Rhyncholaelia glanca, Aerangis fastuosa, Aerides houlletiana and Tolumnia Tequila Sunrise (finally a name I could type out easily). I'm looking forward to these new orchids flowers. Kind of exciting, I have to admit. Until next time, enjoy the photos.