my indoor garden

the Cirrhopetallum makoyanum has finally bloomed and started to align the blooms. the previous pictures were taken right before i left for work today. the following pictures are ones that i took after i got home around 1800. by then, the flowers are completely erected and aligned



blooms of the Cirrhopetallum and Bulbophyllum genus are known to have very awkward smells... this one's scent isn't unbearable, but it is definitely something one doesn't want to be smelling all the time... it is slightly repulsive...

I recently purchased this Cirrhopetallum makoyanum at the beginning of June 2008. Currently, it is blessing me with a bloom. There is a second spike coming; however, it is too small to photograph. The buds have yet to open, but I expect them to bloom in a few more days, there are eight buds on the umbel.