NO ... well sort of! RIGHT!!
Today or tomorrow I must take some shots of the Orchids as it has gone as expected and then some!
May of the flower spikes have come along very well and even more have appeared to add to the surprise! Will make a good few shots when they are all in bloom.
The ones I was not sure were spikes are indeed just as I suspected. Some others that showed no signs of spikes now have started to produce them and I have not looked for a couple of days so there may well be more surprises by the time I am ready to take those pictures?!
So later tonight or tomorrow I will wade across to the table with the Nikon in hand and have a look but right now I have to quickly spray their roots before leaving the house on my fortnightly chores and it will be painful... hmm I think I will take more painkillers than normal today!
Watch out for that post and like I said tonight or tomorrow afternoon they should be up!!
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Friday, 9 November 2012
Sunday, 28 October 2012
Phalaenopsis and Trichoglottis pusilla NEW LAVES
New leaves on some Phalaenopsis species, Trichoglottis pusilla and an odd Miniature Phalaenopsis with unusual silvery and spotty leaves like that of err P. stuartiana or umm P. ... one of the others, LOL.
Of the new leaves are: Phalaenopsis violacea, zebrina, heiroglyphica and sumtrana while I am till watching the bellina?!
I think as well as two violacea seedlings and another Dendrobium victoriae-reginae in the Spring I will have to order another, or two, bellina as well!
Phalaenopsis sumatrana
Phalaenopsis zebrina
Trichoglottis pusilla
Phalaenopsis violacea
Of the new leaves are: Phalaenopsis violacea, zebrina, heiroglyphica and sumtrana while I am till watching the bellina?!
I think as well as two violacea seedlings and another Dendrobium victoriae-reginae in the Spring I will have to order another, or two, bellina as well!
Phalaenopsis sumatrana
Phalaenopsis zebrina
Trichoglottis pusilla
Phalaenopsis violacea
That miniature hybrid I referred to with the dark green, silvery and spotty leaves which was precisely WHY I bought it!
Bulbophyllum and Root Attachment
Look MA?! No wires?! LOL.
Well that is how it will be very soon, once the other batch of roots get a similar strong grip at the other end of this bog-wood.
I have managed to gradually work out the conditions this one loves and now there appears to be no stopping it?!
In warmer weather while mounted I will drench 3 to 5 times a day but with at least an hour, better two, between drenches. In colder weather once or twice a day several hours apart.
Well that is how it will be very soon, once the other batch of roots get a similar strong grip at the other end of this bog-wood.
I have managed to gradually work out the conditions this one loves and now there appears to be no stopping it?!
In warmer weather while mounted I will drench 3 to 5 times a day but with at least an hour, better two, between drenches. In colder weather once or twice a day several hours apart.
PHALAENOPSIS SPIKES & a KEIKI 28th October 2012
Here are those Phalaenopsis spikes again.
First the dual spike Pelloric Phalaenopsis...
Here I believe my tiny Schoenorchis fragrans, like a very tine Phalaenopis with 1cm leaves, is producing a keiki.This would explain the sudden shrivelling and dying of two lower leaves where it was putting all its energy into the feat. So I have laid it over the mister aquarium so it stays pretty humid!
This spike coming along...
The dual spiked Pelloric Phalaenopsis, the other spike on opposing side but will show itself in a few days time.
This is my Bulbophyllum echinolabium and possibly beginnings of a spike but leaning towards another bulb and leaf.
First the dual spike Pelloric Phalaenopsis...
The dual spiked Pelloric Phalaenopsis, the other spike on opposing side but will show itself in a few days time.
This is my Bulbophyllum echinolabium and possibly beginnings of a spike but leaning towards another bulb and leaf.
Podangis dactlyoceras NEW PLANTS or KEIKIS
Forgot to check images before POSTING, lol.
Busy day here a few visitors that were unexpected and yet the one I DID expect did not arrive. Ce la vie.
Anyway KEIKI is an Hawaiian word for baby and if these were Bromeliads or Air Plants of Tillandsia (also Bromeliads) these would be called Pups.
This Podangis did produce a number of new leaves and I am really unfamiliar with this type and noticed it was doing something ... new. I initially thought it was about to flower again and that they were spikes but I thought they were too thick so I waited to see what was being produced.
It is producing two, could be three and hope it was, extra young plants which is pretty damn cool as when these have several fan like plants in different angles their shape looks much better plus they can produce a great deal of flowers. Roll on Spring 2013!
So with the arrival of Carnivorous plants forcing the Nikon into action I took these shots of it so everyone can see.
Incidentally Carnivorous Plants are good to have around Orchids for pest control and they like pure water or rain water too! be careful though as I am waiting to see what happens with the Sundews as I do not have a great deal of luck with them indoors.
Outside in my garden, however, is another matter entirely and they flower profusely and produce millions of seeds!
Busy day here a few visitors that were unexpected and yet the one I DID expect did not arrive. Ce la vie.
Anyway KEIKI is an Hawaiian word for baby and if these were Bromeliads or Air Plants of Tillandsia (also Bromeliads) these would be called Pups.
This Podangis did produce a number of new leaves and I am really unfamiliar with this type and noticed it was doing something ... new. I initially thought it was about to flower again and that they were spikes but I thought they were too thick so I waited to see what was being produced.
It is producing two, could be three and hope it was, extra young plants which is pretty damn cool as when these have several fan like plants in different angles their shape looks much better plus they can produce a great deal of flowers. Roll on Spring 2013!
So with the arrival of Carnivorous plants forcing the Nikon into action I took these shots of it so everyone can see.
Incidentally Carnivorous Plants are good to have around Orchids for pest control and they like pure water or rain water too! be careful though as I am waiting to see what happens with the Sundews as I do not have a great deal of luck with them indoors.
Outside in my garden, however, is another matter entirely and they flower profusely and produce millions of seeds!
NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!
Today I was sparked into forcing my Nikon into action!
Well another area of plants I love but have not started up a blog for them yet, along with Acer palmatums )or Japanese Maple Trees which I have two dozen all different), are Carnivorous Plants, also known as Insectivorous Plants.
But today a brother knocked on my door while I was performing, abeit slowly, some household chores and presented me with four species of them. Saracenia and Drosera (binata and aliciae).
Two are Trumpet Plants of the sarracaenia
Well another area of plants I love but have not started up a blog for them yet, along with Acer palmatums )or Japanese Maple Trees which I have two dozen all different), are Carnivorous Plants, also known as Insectivorous Plants.
But today a brother knocked on my door while I was performing, abeit slowly, some household chores and presented me with four species of them. Saracenia and Drosera (binata and aliciae).
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