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Posted by smwboxer NYC (My Page) on Fri, Oct 30, 09 at 15:02
| Love fall. My small collection of plants has a nice burst of flowering going on:
Bulb. echiolabium
Ancistrochilus rothschildianus
Phal. violacia
Phal. bellina
Phal. mannii
Epid. nocturnum
Milt. roezlii
Ang. dideri
B. David Sander
B. nodosa
Max. picta
Notylia barkeri
Zygo. mackayi
Zygo. NOID
How about everyone else? |
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| We want photos! :D Is it typical for ang dideri to be blooming right now? Mine is definitely only interested in growing roots. My ancistrochilus is also only making a new growth...no signs of spiking. It's quiet for me right now-
Aerangis kirkii
Coelogyne fimbriata
Dendrobium frosty dawn
Dendrobium garrettii
Phal equestris |
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| My dideri pretty much blooms at any time of year. Ancistrochilus blooms soon after the new growth mature, no matter what the season is. |
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| Same answer I gave on the how many do you have thread - too many to count. Brooke |
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| My Ang. didieri blooms mostly in Sept. My Ancistrochilus is generally too busy clinging to life to have time to bloom. Aerangis biloba -- still has a few flowers left on the spike
Aerangis mooreana
Angraecum firthii -- also has two seed caps for Troy Meyers Conservatory
Barbosella handroi
Barkeria palmeri
Brassavola cucullata
Brassavola nodosa 'Mickey Mouse'
Brassavola nodosa 'Mem. Rick Johnson'
Cattleya jenmanii v coerulea
Chroniochilus virescens - tiny flowers smell just like Twinkies!
Cleisostoma simondii
Cryptocentrum latifolium
Dendrobium dichaeoides
Dendrobium oligophyllum - blooms most of the year
Dendrobium toresse
Dyakia hendersoniana
Encyclia bracteata - bloom most of the year
Gastrochilus acutifolius - buds
Gastrochilus dasypogon - buds
Hexisea bidentata
Jumellea confusa - another on and off bloomer
Lepanthopsis astrophora 'Stalky'
Pelatanthera insectifera
Phalaenopsis bellina
Phalaenopsis (Kingidium) deliciosa
Phalaenopsis venosa
Pleurothallis corniculata
Restrepia striata
Taeniophyllum biocellatum - leafless orchid with tiny sequential blooms
Thrixspermum centipeda - bud, finally
Trichoglottis bataanensis
Vanda lamellata - wonderfully fragrant
Ascocenda Chocolate Con Queso
Barkeria Marsh Melton
Bc (C. jenmanii x B. nodosa)
Bc Star Ruby
Bl Golden Glory
Brassavola Crazyarachno
Bepi Janette Reder
Catasetum Durval Ferreira
Catasetum Francis Nelson -- think it's going to blast
Catasetum Splendens
Cattleya (harrisoniana x Okami)
Cattleya Rembrandt
Clowesetum Raymond Lerner
Ctna Keith Roth 'Mem. William Fouraker'
Lc Beauty Holiday Utuado
Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Bluebird'
Paph Lemonade
Phal (Venus x celebensis)
Phrag Silver Eagle
Renanetia Sunrise
Rolfeara Creole
Schombocattleya Cinnamon Tower
Tolumnia Elfin Gem
Tolumnia noid
Vascostylis Precious
Vascostylis Viboon Velvet - flowers finally fading after almost 4 months |
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| I keep my Ancistrochilus in a shallow pot. The bottom half of the pot is tree fern fiber and the top is a coco/sponge rock/charcoal mix. I never let it completely dry. |
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| Watered on Saturday and now I get to add these to the list :) Dracula lotax
Masd. mejiana
Phalaenopsis schilleriana |
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| Just two, but nice, at that. This is the first time I've had any orchids in bloom in the fall. Maxillaria variabilis (dark red with old gold trim--first blooms in my care) Chocolate scented Oncidium like Sharry Baby (this spike is deeper red than those which bloomed in summer) sweetcicely |
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after much brain drain, i finally remembered the name of the dark blue/purple vanda type which is still blooming - it is "john de biase, blue". also in bloom are onc. ornithorynchum, bllra peggy ruth carpenter morning joy. & a couple of phals. in spike/bud are a number of catts, cyms, couple of more phals, gastrochilus acutifolius, aerangis modesta, aerides lawrencianum, psychopsis, the 2 sobrailias and a couple noid oncidiums.
sue |
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| Currently in bloom or spike, grown in the house in west windows. Aerangis articulata (just starting to spike, so excited!)
Bl. Yellow Bird
Blc. Raye Holmes 'Mendenhall'
Brassavola nodosa
Brassia Sunrise Glow 'Aloha Gold'
Den. Muang Thai
Epc. Voila 'Susan'
Lc. Interceps
Lc. Tokyo Magic x Blc. Memoria Helen Brown
Lc. Beauty Holiday Utuado
Masdevallia floribunda
Maxillaria variabilis 'The Bug' (dark red almost black flowers)
Onc. Twinkle 'Fragrance Fantasy'
Paphiopedilum exul
Paphiopedilum spicerianum
Paphiopedilum henryanum
Paph. Pinocchio
Paph. Rosy Egret
Rangaeris amaniensis
Stanhopea graveloens (just about done) BN |
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| My cymbidium has a fat flower spike growing horizontally out of the pot; how can I get it to develop upwards as I think it will be safer attached to a support ? |
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| Perhaps your Cymbidium has a "downwards" (pendant) flowering habit? In which case you might be better off letting it do its thing. Does your Cymbidium have a name tag? . |
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| No, it doesn't; but it was given to me two years ago in flower; the flower spike was vertical attached to a cane. Now it is budding the first time in my care. |
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| Sorry, i am mostly only an observer of Cymbidiums. Lots of them. Most of them you see at shows are staked. Sometimes with a stake like a ridgepole and one wag said they look like holly-hocks. Anyway, the danger is that you might snap the growing spike off, especially if you fiddle in the early stages. I've only got four left (hopefully soon to be none) and i do not bother with staking, i just let them do their thing. But something like this has to be staked to present the flowers properly and to stop the spike breaking. The "staking material" used was strong wire at the flowering end and a bamboo stake lower down.
You might get a better response if you repost on the Cymbidium thread.
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| Hi Arthurm, you sound a bit sniffy about Cymbidiums. We are not all expert orchid growers. |
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| Well that's a bit sad, i wrote that post in a way to tell you that you were getting advice from a non expert Cymbidium grower. |
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| "sniffy" I haven't heard that word for years! Reminds me of the good ol' time movies with Margaret Rutherford! arthur -- sniffy? indeed! :) --Stitz-- |
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| Birding nut - Love to see photos of your rangaeris if you managed to snap some shots. I have this one in flask! |
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| Calvin, Here is a pic I took in 2005 (this years blooming is already done now). The plant is considerably larger now and had 5 spikes this year. Entire plant growing in 6 inch basket 
Close up of flowers 
The flowers smell similar to jasmine and gardenia. BN |
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| at the moment: In Bloom:
Cattleya Angel Bells 'Susie' AM/AOS In spike:
Cycnoches barthiorum
Phal Kuntrarti Rarashati
2 noid phals, one dark purple/red, one sunset
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Tricolor'
Tuberolabium kotoense
Dendrobium Sea Mary 'Snow King'
Angraecum Veitchii
Phal Sogo Gotris 'Flora Ark' -MINIATURE phal!
Potinara (BLC Miami Gold 'Mendenhall' x SLC Final Touch 'Golden Fleece')
NOID (for the moment) Bulbo |
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My list (Southern Hemisphere)
Too many to list Tolumnia Hybrids. Encyclia tampensis (in bud). Is this the latest name?
The last few spring flowering Cattleyas
A cold growing Vandaceous. Temps down to 5C. and none of this daily spraying stuff. Yeah! Vasco. Five Friendship x Ascda. Peggy Foo A couple more pictures in the Cymbidium Spike decision. Sorry if they are repeats. Large Standard pictured in a post above. Lovely orchid and a bit more difficult to grow the flower spike arched than straight up. The grower does not own a computer.
There are many of these guys here in Cymbidium paradise . True experts in the art of presenting the flowers for judging approval. This orchid was Champion Orchid at a medium sized orchid show. "Positively Downwards". Those with Australian Native Cymbidiums as ancestors. Each of those pots in a display at a late spring show was on a stand.
 Look better arching but maybe you could grow them up. Cymbidiums with medium sized flowers.
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RE: Bloom/Bud now
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| You have inspired me, Arthurm; I'm gonna try to get the flower stem to grow in an arch like your picture. . . just have to keep it from getting trodden on. |
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