The bud is still hanging on this morning… and it is looking good. Last time it bloomed I had it in the nano-vivarium, and the growing conditions in this vivarium are so much better, so I really cannot figure out what the problem is. At this point I am keeping both fingers and toes crossed hoping it will make it all the way. Stay tuned…
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This is the most frustrating thing ever… My Leptotes unicolor is setting bud after bud that inevitably blasts (shrivels up and dies) before maturing to flower. I have watched at least 4 buds go the past few weeks and there is currently a new bud on the way. It is at the critical stage when all the previous ones have failed and I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…I have mentioned this, my most faithful flower-machine before. I am not quite sure the Swedish expression “blommaskin” translates too well, but you get the point. This Masdevallia Aquarius Hybrid has been blooming non-stop since May of 2008! This morning I counted over 20 flowers on this thing and I just had to get a picture. I grow this one like […]
…because almost all of my Masdevallias are blooming now. I have an aquarius hybrid that has been blooming non-stop since May 2008! Another, a small Masdevallia guttulata – truly a perpetual bloomer – is working on on flower number 9 on the same inflorescence at the moment. Only the two winter blooming tovarensis are not in bloom right now. We’ve had a bit of […]
This lovely little orchid is blooming right now, and I must admit that that it is a pretty powerful sight. Aerangis mooreana is a small warm grower from Madagascar and the Comoros Islands where it grows at elevations of sea level up to 600 meters. I grow mine in the warm vivarium mounted on a clay pipe filled with water, and it seems quite happy with the arrangement. […]