Masdevallia scabrilinguis - A cute little miniature grown by Mary G.
Ascocenda Suksamran Spots x Ascda. Golden Spots - Very pretty color and a large plant. Grown by Chaunie L.
Aerangis citrata - The plant had two of these elegant spikes covered with creamy flowers. Also grown by Chaunie L.
Phalaenopsis mannii. I love most Phalaenopsis species. They look so interesting pre-heavy-hybridizing to form commercial supermarket types.
Masdevallia Pixie Lavender. It is 50% decumana, 37.5% coccinea, and 12.5% estradae. Decumana gives the basic form with the large lower two sepals and small upper sepal + spotting, coccinea imparts the bright color, while estradae gives the long filaments at the end of each sepal. A beautiful Masdevallia grown by Mary G.
Oops forgot to get the tag. All I know is that it's NOT Dendrobium porphyrochilum (no sarcasm (seriously though, no sarcasm)). No doubt a lovely miniature.
This, on the other hand, is Dendrobium porphyrochilum.
Maxillaria tonsbergii. A beautiful species with these very large, colorful flowers that possess interesting forward-projecting petals. Oops forgot to get the grower's name.
Maxillaria sanguinea. A very nicely-grown plant with abundant flowers just above the stout pseudobulbs. Grown by Diane R.
Comparettia macroplectron. The attractive pink flowers were around an inch long. Imagine a specimen sized plant with multiple spikes that were longer! Grown by Chaunie L.
Sophronitis (Fine Cattleya) coccinea. Didn't get name of person.
Paphiopedilum affinis x self. A lovely flower grown by Dan W.
Paph. hainanense also grown by Dan W.
Laelia milleri x anceps 'Santa Barbara Sunset'. The milleri parent (a short rupiculous Laelia (probably a Cattleya now) from Brazil) imparts the deeper red color while the anceps (extremely hardy Mexican species) parent gives the plant taller spikes, increased temperature tolerance, and the base color for this plant (the cultivar 'Santa Barbara Sunset' is colored liked a "sunset" as opposed to the normal pink with purple lip). A lovely plant.
Chiloschista sweelimii, a leafless orchid. This plant photosynthesizes via its roots. Just like most other epiphytic orchids, the normally opaque velamen layer on the outside of these roots turn clear when wetted and reveal the green underneath. This is a clever way to conserve water as when the plant is dry, photosynthesis rates drop and so does the plant's metabolism, allowing for lowering of wasted energy. Grown by Mike D.
Eria pannea. The flowers are so fuzzy!!! Apparently the roots have this purplish fuzz too. Very interesting plant... Grown by Chaunie L.
Dendrobium aberrans. This cute, little miniature has been used in several different hybrids to create compact plants. Grown by Chaunie L.
Dendrochilum wenzelii. An interesting plant with grassy foliage and these curved inflorescences of bright flowers that need to be seen close up to be fully appreciated.
Pterostylis curta 'Kuen Hee' HCC/AOS. Pterostylis is a genus of summer-dormant Australian (also a few from New Guinea, New Zealand, and New Caledonia) orchids also known as "greenhoods" with very fascinating flowers. As my photography skills are mediocre at best, none of my close ups worked. This impressive display in a bonsai pot was grown by Anna C.
A nice selection of Neofinetia (Ugh Vanda) falcatas brought in by the speaker Ricky Wong. As these four non-blooming plants alone show, this species exhibits tons and tons of variation.
I don't usually care much for Cymbidiums but these two plants had stunning flowers. The first was an unknown hybrid with a really pleasant color combo while the second one was the species lowianum with beautiful golden color and lovely shape.
A showy, well-grown specimen of Odontocidium (likely a pure Oncidium now) Catatante 'Pacific Sun Spots'. Very impressive and grown by Pierre.
A cute little Lepanthes escobariana with stunning flowers. My phone just couldn't focus on the flowers....
Unknown pleurothallid grown by Mary G. Apparently just 3 years ago, the plant was 3 leaves. The conditions must have been perfect!
An unusual Stelis species. Unlike most Stelis', this one doesn't seem to close at night (most other species do, even when given the amount of light during the meeting).
Masdevallia triangularis grown by Mary G. The flowers have such a cool shape with lovely stripes.
Pterostylis beptistii 'Green Egret'. Another greenhood grown by Anna C. The flowers of this species showed some nice color which is hard to see in the picture.
Get.
In.
Focus.
NOW. Ok I give up.
Stelis microchila. Those flowers are tiny and I think they're closed.
Masdevallia niesseniae. Apparently the taxonomic status of this orchid is quite disputed.
Masdevallia Peach Fuzz 'Golden Giant' FCC/AOS. This highly awarded plant has gigantic flowers with brilliant orange color. Additionally, there is (gasp) fuzz which is much more noticeable in real life. Brought in by Anna C.
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| A sepal-peloric Cymbidium |
Another sepal-peloric Cymbidium. Forgot to get grower name.
Apparently this is a division of the same Laelia milleri x anceps 'Santa Barbara Sunset' above.
Well that's a showy flower on a giant plant. It is a Dendrobium keithii from Thailand. The flower is barely visible on this miniature and apparently the plant eventually grows "huge" while getting covered with them, although they are not easily seen. Grown by Mike D.
Some beautiful Odontoglossum (Oncidium) hybrid that was apparently earlier exhibited at the Pacific Orchid Expo.
Anyways that rambling montage thing took way too long and the moral of the story: Choose only the best pictures / pictures that are decent enough to be exhibited to the general public. Anyways, the speaker, Ricky Wong, gave a fascinating presentation about Neofinetia (Vanda) falcata and how they are judged in Japan, with literally everything about the plant being of consideration including: flowers, leaves, root tips, stem color, leaf texture, leaf color, tsuke (place where leaf meets stem and the shape of it), etc. as well as presentation of the plant (artistic representation of how the plant would look in nature with a certain element of balance). Oh yeah and of course the pot matters along with how the plant is potted. Apparently in Japan, it costs an upward of $100,000 US DOLLARS to ENTER a plant into a show. And also apparently, a single chip in the pot, error in potting the plant, etc. can lead to disqualification. However, to those who win, fame comes practically overnight. Weird. So glad that this system is not the system that the AOS uses however I do like the concept of the plant being presented in an artistic fashion (although it is certainly not my forte).
After the talk, there was the usual raffle at the meeting, with this month's table being provided by Dennis Olivas (oh yeah, he also sold me my awarded Phragmipedium Peruflora's Cirila Alca so a big shout out to him!). I won two plants: a Holcoglossom kimballianum and Masdevallia coccinea 'alba'. Additionally, Anna Chai very generously gave me a division of the aforementioned Pterostylis curta 'Kuen Hee' with two buds as a reward for my recent awards at the Pacific Orchid Expo. This is my first Pterostylis so it will be a fun, new experience (hopefully). Thank you so much Anna!
Anyways, as this was originally intended for me to post about recent blooms in my house, here is the list of what orchids are opened in no particular order:
1. Phragmipedium Peruflora's Cirila Alca
The plant as of now
I think this flower is actually conscious as the first flower that opened about 2 weeks ago fell today, exactly a day after being shown yesterday at the POS meeting, which is likely the last time it will be exhibited for this bloom. Like most phragmipediums, the flower falls off in practically perfect shape (althought the left (from our perspective) petal is slightly blemished on the side). RIP to this flower I would like to thank this plant so much for being cooperative!!
2. Paphiopedilum Hsinying Leopard x (Rafael Garcia Orraca x Nightfire)
Too much unnecessary background haha
3. Paphiopedilum Memoria Richard Steele 'High Round Arch' x St. Gratrix 'Golden Aussie Spots'
Awkward picture with cluttered background. There are still 2 unopened buds!
4. Pleurothallis asaroides
Such a cute, little plant with succulent leaves. In real life the flower is somewhat darker.
5. Masdevallia veitchiana 'Sol'
I really wish this guy would bloom with more flowers at a time because the plant is pretty big.
6. Sedirea japonica
It's awkward because my friend wanted me to hold onto his plant while he went on summer vacation elsewhere and still hasn't taken it back. Well, it's now blooming...
Masdevallia Orange Delight in bud. Along with a few other Masdevallias, I have moved this guy back outside after the cold crisis we had in early December. Even normally tough orchids like this one suffered severe frost damage. It's good to see the revitalization of the plant. Remember: Orchids are tough and they often recover.
A hummingbird for the second year in a row is nesting on my Vanda coerulea! Unfortunately, despite good summer conditions, the orchid did not bloom so I hope that the hummingbird is not that detrimental to the plant's health.
Not an orchid but I love the icy blue color on this hyacinth!
Woohoo 11:58 PM!!! It's still Saturday!
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