Orchid blog
This blog is dormant at the moment, but it is still getting a lot of visitis so I will keep it up for you guys as a resource. My future adventures will be published on my new blog, hope to see you there!
My focus… if pressed to name favorites it would have to be orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance. But a Paphiopedilum was the first orchid I ever fell in love with so slipper orchids will always be close to my heart, and while we are on the subject I might as well disclose a love affair with Neofinetia as well.
Psygmorchis pusilla – say that 5 times fast…
The name may be quite a tongue twister... and it sounds like it could be a creature in a Guillermo Del Toro movie, but this little orchid is really adorable and not the least bit creepy. I think "pusilla" basically means "tiny," which is a fitting name. I bought this orchid from Schwerter in April of this year and it is now blooming for the first time. The nice thing, beside its willingness to bloom, [...]
Dreaming of remote Peruvian cloud forests
Mmmm... German grower Orchids & More just returned from Ecuador and Peru with a huge shipment of orchids - and there are a lot of really cool orchids on their new list. I just have to get my hot little hands on a few of them! Luckily I am not the only one feeling this way, and in no time at all I had found an order to piggyback on for this town... I picked [...]
A fan-tastic upgrade
The shelves in my orchid growing window have gotten notably more crowded lately... hmmm wonder how that happened... The four fans on the right side of the window don't quite manage to push enough air across anymore. There are simply too many orchids in the way. So, this weekend dear husband helped me install four matching fans on the opposite side. The are 140 mm computer fans that push 38,6 CFM (cubic feet per minute [...]
Miltassia – a magnificent marvel of intergeneric hybridization
Sorry, I had difficult time thinking up a title for this post... why the exorbitant choice... This lovely Miltassia is blooming right now. I think it looks a lot like Miltassia Charles M. Fitch 'Dark Monarch', but the tag on mine only said Miltassia so who knows. I have nothing against man made hybrids, many are quite stunning - like this one. I only wish dealers would demand to know what hybrids they are selling [...]
A princess in blue
The beautiful little princess is blooming again. I bought this Ascocenda Princess Mikasa v. blue from Roellke in October last year and it bloomed just in time for new years 2008/09 (I even had to bring it along for our ski vacation...). Now it is in full bloom again. I just love this hybrid. Compact growing habit (for a vandaceous orchid), really eager to bloom, and such gorgeous long lasting flowers! It is not unusual [...]
Finding true beauty in Eau d’Sweatygymsocks
Alright I confess... there is nothing beautiful about three-days-old really sweaty and stinky gym socks. But this lovely Mastiphyllum Louis Sander orchid happens to smell just like it - and it is beautiful! This time I was rewarded with two flowers at the same time so luckily the, ehm fragrance, is not so potent that it fills the room and ruins the experience all together. No, the stench stays pretty close to the flowers, so as long [...]