Orchid of the day: Laelonia Dave's Dapper Dandee

Laelonia Dave's Dapper Dandee

I thought it would be most appropriate to conclude 2016 with the same orchid I started the year with, Laelonia Dave's Dapper Dandee. My first post for 2016 was on January 2 (click here). I am happy to report our specimen produced seven flowers again.

For those curious about the background of this orchid, it is a primary hybrid between Broughtonia negrilensis x Laelia crawshayana.  See my posts from November 10, 2014 and  December 15, 2014.

A) On Dec 7th, the flower stem was once again shooting upwards. Making it rather tight in our basement orchidarium.

B) At the top of the stem, we see the seven buds developing.

C) The flowers are still in bloom but some of them are wilting. At least two of the flowers were blooming by Dec. 17th.

D) This is the only Laelonia that have ever received an award and probably the only Laelonia registered. We are very fortunate to have this specimen in our collection.

With this post, we bid farewell to 2016. May the new year be a good and promising one.

Happy New Year!

Gott Nytt År!

Selamat Tahun Baru!

Orchid of the day: Phalaenopsis lindenii

Phalaenopsis lindenii

We have been quiet for a while as a few of our orchids are not in bloom yet. Then I realized, I had saved some photos during the summer because we had many to post at the same time. Well, I hope you will enjoy our Phalaenopsis lindenii. We posted about this orchid last year, September 20, 2015 (click here).

A) In August 7th, two of the flowers were blooming. There were about seven buds at this time.

B) The entire plant, mounted on cork. We managed to also have a fern growing on top!

The flower size is between 2.5 cm to 3.75 cm. This cool loving orchid is native of the highlands of the Philippines (1000 m to 1500 m elevations). This year we manged to have about 12 flowers although not all of them flowered at the same time.

C) Another close up of our flowering Phalaenopsis lindenii.

We hope this beauty helps to cheer you all during these dark wintry days. Until next post, have a great week!