my indoor garden

2009 Southern Ontario Orchid Society Valentines Show

2009-02-14T21:48:00.024-05:00

Valentines Day, 2009. A brisk day, but a day better than last year for sure. Valentines Show 2008 was a freezing day to travel. Nonetheless, there was a wide range of genus represented and my favorites are definitely the paphiopedilums and phragmipediums.

However, even though there were many paphiopedilums, there were good representations of parvisepatums. I love the Paph micranthum and Paph malipoense hybrids. Truly the definitely of a slipper orchid.

Without further delay, enjoy your viewing. The names are listed under each of the pctures.

Ancistrochilus rothschilidanus

Angraecum sesquipedale

Cymbidum Mendenhall x Olyilus Ivy Elf

Dendrobium Yukidorama King x Golden Sunset

Dendrochilum latifolium 'Emily'

Dracula species

Lycaste Leo 'Patrick' AM/AOS

Lycaste schilleriana

Miltonia Lady Jean

Odontioda Rockridge

Paph Angela

Paph Bianca

Paph bullenianum

Paph delenatii

Paph Delophyllum

Paph Deperle

Paph fairrieanum

Paph gratixianum

Paph Hsinying Helen

Paph leucochilum x Hsinying ConCon

Paph malipoense

Paph Memoria Larry Heuer (malipoense x emersonii)

Paph malipoense x hangianum

Paph fanaticum 'Crystal Stars'

Paph Maudiae (Clair de Lune) x philippinense

Paph Oberhausens Diament x St.Switin

Paph Oto

Paph Petite Fleur (barbigerum x primulinum)

Paph Rosy Dawn

Paph spicerianum

Paph Valerie

2 different clones of Paph Vanguard

Phal Tetrasambo

Phrag besseae

Phrag Memoria Dick Clements

Phrag schulimii 'Black Dragon'

Phrag Sedenii

Phrag Twight 'Rising Rocket' AM/AOS

Pleurothallis linguifera

Rhynchostylis gigantea

These are group shots or ones that I don't know the names of.

These are the Best in Show. Paphiopedilum Hampshire Treasure 'Yvonne' AM/AOS.

Paphiopedilum spicerianum 'St.Albans' HCC/AOS x self

2008-12-25T17:35:00.004-05:00

This beauty is quite the bargain for sure. I bought this HCC/AOS with a total of four growths (one blooming, one bloomed, and two unbloomed) for $28 total as a Christmas gift for myself. I just love the frilliness of the petals and intense detailing of the stigma. The leafs are about 12" in length, and the flower is 3" wide and 3" tall.

Here are the pics, enjoy =) and happy holidays

Oncidium Twinkles 'Fragrant Fantasy'

2008-11-06T11:52:00.009-05:00

And so after a lot of patient waiting she finally bloomed for me. Last time it bloomed was when I about it--I picked up this little beauty at the 2008 SOOS Valentines Orchid Show.

The little flowers are lightly fragrant especially if they are in the sun--smells like baby powder as one of my friend says. There are currently 18 flowers and 49 buds that are still developing, this is going to be definitely an interesting show. The flowers natural span is about 1.25 cm and long 1.5 cm.

I hope you all enjoyed the flowers, not to mention the awesome 20*C weather at the beginning of November.

...Edit 2008 December 25th, 2008...

Here are two very long overdue pictures with all the flowers of the five spikes all open:

Aerangis kirkii

2008-09-19T19:04:00.002-04:00

So, I cannot take full credit for bringing this little bebe into bloom, but nonetheless, I'm sure I can bring her into full blooms with even more flowers next time. Only two at this moment since it appears that the previous owner damaged the growing spike from before, so only two buds were able to develop.

The flower spans just over 1" and is tall about 1.5". Also, it has a spur, like orchids of the genus Neofinetia, which measures up to approximately 2.5" long.

This flower is extremely fragrant! It smells like a those so-called unscented hand-creams.

My Growing Space

2008-09-01T09:39:00.008-04:00

Alright, so one of my friends told me that he was waiting for me to post some pictures of my growing space. Okay, I guess it is some good time to be posting some since today is Labour Day, I technically don't have much to do and most importantly it is a nice and sunny day. Sunny days are always the best days to be taking pictures since its el naturale.

well to start, the first two pictures are taken at the entrance of my indoor garden.

this is my Dendrobium Honey 'White', and this sits on the window sill pretty much since spring comes along until it gets too cold at the window.

Now, this is pretty much my Phragmipedium table--there are three there. In the foreground, the one closest to the window is a Phragmipedium Sorcerer's Apprentice, which is a primary hybrid of the two species Phrag. sargentianum and Phrag. longifolium. The next on in the foreground is a Phragmipedium Conchiferum, which is a hybrid of the two species Phrag. carinicum and Phrag. longifolium. Lastly the one in the background is the newly aquired Phrag. Maria Glanz, which is a hybrid of the two species Phrag. besseae and Phrag. wallisii.
In this picture you can see what is on my bottom shelf. The very big and tall one sticking out is the Phrag. Giganteum--I posted the flowers in a previous post. In the foreground is a small Phalaenopsis mannii, a species.

From the previous picture, if you noticed, there is indeed something that is hanging from the shelf above--it is a small Neofinetia falcata that fell off the parent plant I repotted months ago. Also, Neofinetia in Japanese is 富貴蘭 (fukiran) or 風蘭 (fuuran), which is techincally the url of this blog.

This picture is of my bottom shelf too. On the left also a Neofinetia falcata, and is parent plant in which the smaller one fell off of. The one to the left is a Phalaenopsis equestris. There are pictures of both plants in bloom in previous posts. Lastly the one in the back is a Paphiopedilum lowii, a multiforal slipper orchid.

The following picture is the wide view of my top shelf.

This next one is a Oncidium Twinkles 'Fragrance Fantasy'--it is currently in spike with five flower spikes. Yes, I know the leaf tips are brown... I'm trying to figure out why (they are picky I say, doesn't mean they are hard to grow though).

This one is the Loblaws No ID Paphiopedilum.

And yes, you are not seeing things, this is the same Phalaenopsis cornu cervi in bloom since late June... Long lasting aren't they?

This is the Cirrhopetalum makoyanum that I have pictures of in the previous post; there's a new lead coming!!! Hurray!!!

This little guy here is one that I saved from the scorching heat of the lunchroom at work. I cannot tell you what this is exactly, but considering that it has the silver mottling of the leaf, I can say it can be a species or a hybrid of Phalaenopsis celebensis, phillipinense, sanderiana, schilleriana, and/or stuartiana. Since, outcrossing to a nonmottled leaf will cause the offspirngs to lose the mottled leafs.

The following is a Paphiopedilum delenatii x moquetteanum. Yet to flower, but I'm hoping someday soon.

This is a Pleurothallis restrepioides. Hasn't bloomed yet before, but definitely growing, and that is always a good sign to start.

Lastly, this my very first orchid, a Walmart No ID Phalaenopsis. My reliable free bloomer.

I hope you all enjoyed the quick tour around my indoor garden. Hopefully more postings in late September when my Oncidium Twinkles 'Fragrance Fantasy' blooms. Until then, later!

Cirrhopetallum makoyanum

2008-07-07T21:00:00.000-04:00

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...

Cirrhopetallum makoyanum

2008-07-05T17:36:00.004-04:00

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.

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi

2008-06-26T21:45:00.002-04:00

This is one of my Phalaenopsis species, Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi. I bought it in December of 2007. This is one very good plant--very strong and healthy. It is growing roots, its second leaf of the season, and a second spike. On top of that, it is developing new buds on the first spike and holding all the bloomed flowers all at once.

This is definitely one specimen in which I can expect more and more future blooms in the years to come as it gets more and more mature. These flowers are representative of its first blooms.

Neofinetia falcata

2008-06-26T15:00:00.003-04:00

The last time this orchid bloomed for me was mid-June of 2007. This time it blessed me with eight flowers. The scented blooms remind me of coconut. The flowers only lasted 3-weeks this year. I wish it was longer, but I'm very happy that I can rebloom it. I'll definitely be waiting for next year's bloom.

Phalaenopsis equestris

2008-06-26T11:05:00.000-04:00

Another fairly easy to grow Phalaenopsis species. This is the first blooming of this plant and it has 6 spent flowers, holding two more and growing a new bud at the moment. I'm hoping for about 10 flowers before the spike gives up.

Phragmipedium Giganteum

2008-05-16T13:32:00.002-04:00

This is Phragmipedium Giganteum, a hybrid cross of Phrag. Grande (Phrag. caudatum x Phrag. longifolium) with Phrag. caudatum. Unfortunately, I could take a picture with all three blooms open. Nonetheless, it is ok since these two blooms were very impressive.

The long hanging petals are about 15-16" long, and the leaves on the fan is about 15" too. This plant having the genes of two large Phragmipedium species has definitely earned its cross name--Giganteum.

Paphiopedilum (Loblaws) Noid

2008-05-08T20:00:00.002-04:00

This is a Paphiopedilum Noid meaning No ID. I adopted him from Loblaws in July of 2007, and almost a year later, it's thanking me. It might not look like anything special, but it is the second orchid I ever rebloomed from my collection.

2008 Toronto Artistic Orchid Society Spring Show

2008-04-19T18:59:00.004-04:00

When compared to the SOOS Valentine's Show that occurred 2-months earlier, there are a lot more displays of Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium. I'm thinking that April is when most of the slipper orchids bloom, so there were more displays at this show. It was another enjoyable experience. This is my second ever orchid show that i attended.

2008 Southern Ontario Orchid Society Valentines Orchid Show

2008-02-10T22:02:00.007-05:00

This is the 2008 Valentine's Show which the Southern Ontario Orchid Society held at the Toronto Botanic Gardens. The variety of orchids that were on display were absolutely stunning. I saw orchid which were classified in genus that were common and uncommon.

The Best in Show went to a Dendrobium speciosum var. compactum. It was absolutely stunning--it was sooo big that one cannot even hug it completely. The pseudobulbs of the dendrobium were probably 2-3" thick in diameter, talk about a heavy load... Huge plant it was, a well earned title of being the Best in Show.