This wonderfully showy Paphiopedilum American Hybrid is blooming now. From the impressive coloration I bet you can find at least one parent in the Subgenus Paphiopedilum, not unlikely from gratrixianum.
The big and glossy flower is a joy to behold and a real treat only about 3 months after transferring this plant into semi-hydro leca. You can see the amazing response […]
In reflecting upon my recent vivarium build it occurred to me to what great lengths us hobby growers from all corners around the globe will go through in order to create a little bit of tropical heaven, or Ecuadorian cloud forests in our homes. Through the wonders of technology and sheer ingenuity we manage to bring some of this magic home.
We do it […]
I don’t know how it happened, and I can’t remember where, but I fell in love with phal bellina about a year ago and have ever since dreamed about a vivarium for warm growing species. Now that I have one, I finally came home with my beloved bellina. I am soo happy!! I had ordered it from Marita Åkesson […]
This lovely (un-named) paph hybrid just opened up. It is the second flower on the same plant blooming right now, but it is quite obvious that I have two different kinds in the same pot… here is the “older brother”. They are equally stunning flowers, although this one looks feminine and soft, while the other one resembles a predator. It is […]
Now, all interior for the new vivarium is finished. I am just going to run it overnight to check how hot it gets in there with the ceramic heatlamp (60W). Tomorrow a few orchids can move in. I am plannign on hanging some orchids on the sides and back wall then keep pots on the bottom.
Mother and child (and grandma) are doing fine. (keiki >>)
Time for another update on the flask baby project. Yesterday was a big day! The first few teenagers got to move out of the community pots and into a little pot of their own today. 🙂 Granted, I still placed them in sphagnum moss and keep them in a […]
It is slowly starting to open and the colors are really intense, and the flower looks really waxy and fleshy. I can’t wait to see the whole creation when it is open.
It is my first maxi, so it’s special.
Enjoy!
Roellke in Germany usually has a sale on young plants for xmas and the more plants you buy the better the price… this year a few people on the forum i frequent decided to go in on an order together. We all ordered a bunch of plants so they only cost 5 euros per plant which is a pretty good deal (almost half price). Two species we all got as a common project. […]
My lovely little mini, Ornithocephalus manabina is blooming. It has actually been blooming for quite som time but the darn little thing is near impossible to photograph!! Of course it doesn’t help much that it is living in a half-meter wide tube (the nano)…
I fell in love with this specie at the Gothenburg international Orchid Show in October, but the grower was all out of […]