Why not grow orchids?

[Axel Amsterdam]

On 5/20/2024 at 12:56 AM, Fukuoka Scott said:

There are quite a few orchids, both native and introduced, that do well in temperate parts of Japan. These Dendrobium mobile are on a tree in my next door neighbor's yard. Lowland, inland, just shy of zone 9 (the next little valley coastward is a solid 9 and is snow-free when we get accumulations)

Hi Scott, from the climate data it would seem Fukuoka is quite wet and humid throughout january and february. Is that correct or is the dendrobium growing in a dryer part?

[Axel Amsterdam]

I found this picture on another forum of a dendrobium nob hybrid possibly with moniliforne (cassiope) also growing in a colder part of Japan

Picture by LostinJapan

 

[metalfan]

Aerides odorata is popping into bloom

[Fukuoka Scott]

On 6/1/2024 at 11:32 PM, Axel Amsterdam said:

Hi Scott, from the climate data it would seem Fukuoka is quite wet and humid throughout january and february. Is that correct or is the dendrobium growing in a dryer part?

It's fairly wet year round with slightly drier spells in May and October, and a lot of rain in June and July. It's a fairly mild winter climate; not a lot of warmth but no deep freezes and only 7-14 days of frost per year.

[Axel Amsterdam]

i mounted one more kumiko

[Axel Amsterdam]

a song bird

[Axel Amsterdam]

And an akatsuki

[Axel Amsterdam]

since these dendrobiums are all hybridised, mostly in Japan i read, i wonder if the parents of the above cultivars are known? 

[metalfan]

Bulbophyllum pardolatum blooming today

[metalfan]

Bulbophyllum micranthum ex Brown River, Papua New Guinea is blooming today

[metalfan]

Double spike on this Vanda. The anthurium is my young cupulispathum Thai Constellation in the corner.

[Tracy]

A couple of flowers on a good grower, but inconsistent to flower for me orchid.  It is an Epidendrum falcatum.

[metalfan]

Ooh I like that one!

[Tracy]

On 5/26/2024 at 9:12 PM, Tracy said:

I have been waiting since 2021 for one of my two Vanda tricolor plants to bloom and patience has been rewarded now on the younger of the two.  Patience makes the reward a little sweeter.

A couple of weeks later and the Vanda tricolor now has all its buds open on this inflorescence.  It is nice to know that the flowers are also long lived.  I read that they are fragrant, but despite checking them in the early morning late in the evening and all points between those hours, I still haven't noticed any scent.

[metalfan]

Chiloschista parishii and this Pholidota blooming today 

[metalfan]

Vanda today

[Tracy]

On 2/19/2024 at 10:00 AM, piping plovers said:

Snow on the roof and a cheery Den. Chrysotoxum var Susvissimum blooming indoors.

 

I remember commenting that it seemed very early for a Dendrobium chrysotoxum to be blooming in February.  I'm guessing that the grow lights and being indoors have a role to play in that bloom timing.  Mine still has one more spike to open flowers with three already in full bloom in June.  Last year it was a little later in June to bloom but only a week or two deviation.

[metalfan]

Tracy you still have SNOW on your roof? I think its like 95 outside here right now

[Silas_Sancona]

8 minutes ago, metalfan said:

Tracy you still have SNOW on your roof? I think its like 95 outside here right now

I think you're thinking of @piping plovers post from February..  Snow, in coastal San Diego county, esp. now,  would be a definite sign of the apocalypse, lol

[metalfan]

Uh oh you’re right lol. Missed that. No, the apocalypse has hit South Florida. I’m really feeling for some folks down there who are currently under water 

[piping plovers]

On 6/12/2024 at 7:47 PM, Tracy said:

Last year it was a little later in June to bloom but only a week or two deviation.

Wow, quite the show with your specimen! Wish I could grow em outdoors like you zone 9/10-ers.  Mine actually bloomed again in May after its early February bloom.  Yes, it must have been the indoor lighting schedule; they are on 12 hours a day .  I like to pretend I live Ecuador, even though it’s far from the truth 😳

[piping plovers]

19 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Snow, in coastal San Diego county, esp. now,  would be a definite sign of the apocalypse, lol

Be Watchful and report to authorities any signs of saber tooth tigers, mastodons and other ice-age beasties being revived at La Brea/tar pits.

[metalfan]

I used to love going to the La Brea Tar Pits

[Axel Amsterdam]

 

I found this really useful when, for example, i am looking for registered hybrids with moniliform. 

https://orchidex.org/dendrobium/moniliforme/1025

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, Axel Amsterdam said:

 

I found this really useful when, for example, i am looking for registered hybrids with moniliform. 

https://orchidex.org/dendrobium/moniliforme/1025

Good link  ..Sans any pictures of the crosses.

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, piping plovers said:

Be Watchful and report to authorities any signs of saber tooth tigers, mastodons and other ice-age beasties being revived at La Brea/tar pits.

I say clone em'   ..since we killed em'..

Just don't try jumping into the pits...   Promise they aren't a portal to another world.

[metalfan]

What was that creepy movie with James Spader and Rob Lowe where Rob Lowe dumped a body into the pits?

[Silas_Sancona]

18 minutes ago, metalfan said:

What was that creepy movie with James Spader and Rob Lowe where Rob Lowe dumped a body into the pits?

Bad influence?
 

[metalfan]

That's it. Creepy

[Silas_Sancona]

46 minutes ago, metalfan said:

That's it. Creepy

Not sure about creepy, but would've been messy.  Believe Mr. terminator himself was dunked in the " Make believe " tar pits too in 93's Last Action Hero.

Creepy might be visiting the Boardwalk ( Santa Cruz ) a day before some of the scenes from " The Lost Boys " were filmed.

Been inside the comic book store featured in the movie before it was destroyed in the 89 quake as well.  Rebuilt now.

 

[SubTropicRay]

Rhyncostylis retusa 

[aztropic]

On 6/17/2024 at 4:34 AM, SubTropicRay said:

Rhyncostylis retusa 

Love the smell of those highly scented flowers! 😍 

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[piping plovers]

A new purchase from Alan Koch of Gold Country Orchids in California.  He visited our orchid society meeting last week in Cape Cod, MA. Very knowledgeable grower and gave an interesting talk on Angraecums and their Relatives for the
Home Grower.

He brought many intriguing miniature orchids for sale.  This Procatavola Key Lime Star (C. Lime Sherbet x Brassavola nodosa) was certainly not the most rare of offerings but one I wanted for awhile. Night fragrance is pleasant citrusy but not as remarkable as the actual nodosa. I do like the color contrast though.

[aztropic]

Species ID's?     Any guesses?

I've had both of these,what I believe to be terrestrial type orchids, about 20 years. Both were originally bought without any ID,and it's finally time to repot. Lava/pumice, coco coir,or soil? Both plants are literally as strong as steel. First one in pics is flowering now. Second one (fat pseudobulbs)  has a similar flowering habit on long sprays,but colors are more blue/purple. 🤷‍♂️ 

 

aztropic 

Mesa, Arizona 

[SubTropicRay]

Cattleya tigrina

[piping plovers]

2 minutes ago, SubTropicRay said:

Cattleya tigrina

Very nice!

[aabell]

On 6/19/2024 at 12:59 PM, aztropic said:

 

 

This one is a Eulophia, maybe E. petersii

[Tracy]

Sobralia season opened a couple of weeks ago with my Sobralia macrantha blooming and today the first flower of the season on one of my Sobralia xanthaluca.  The large flowers ate always a hit when people see them.

[John hovancsek]

These are some of my favorites 

[piping plovers]

1 hour ago, John hovancsek said:

These are some of my favorites 

Beautiful specimens.  And that Bulbophyllum—-So nice to see it growing on a trunk!