House orchids 2011

[Graham Catlow]

One in flower from me today.
I thought I had a name for this but a search around the pot came up with nothing.
I bought it at a Scone Palace orchid festival about three years ago.

The scent is really wonderful.
I took it outside to photograph it and there was a swarm of hoverflies around it within moments, (see the second photo).

[WimB]

Very nice orchid, Graham.

One in flower here now:

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi

[Tony Willis]

On a visit to a garden centre yesterday got this lovely phalaenopsis from the reject corner for £6 but resisted a 'blue 'one even though it was voted best new product in Holland for 2011,one wonders why!

[daveyp1970]

Tony what a cracking buy,i bought a white one from a market for £3.50 today.

[LarsB]

Here are some Masdevallias flowering now.



Masdevallia schmidt-mummii



Masdevallia saltatrix



Masdevallia rigens

regards

Lars

[Anthony Darby]

I had a quick visit to the Howick (East Auckland) orchid show yesterday.

[Anthony Darby]

Second batch from Howick orchid show.

[Anthony Darby]

Last batch, plus two I purchased for NZ$35 each.

[LarsB]

Thanks ANthony. Really beautiful plants. It is strange how there are still reginal differencels. You'd never see that many CYmbidiums in Denmark

[Graham Catlow]

This Paphiopedilum was purchased from Marks and Spencer a few years ago. Apart from the obvious amazing flower there were, and still are, two varieties in the pot. This flower comes from a very dark almost plain leafed plant. The second plant has the mottled leaves but the flower isn't quite as impressive. They never flower at the same time.

[Maggi Young]

Super photos, Graham. With leaves like that the second plant doesn't need such impressive flowers 
The dark glamour of the shapely bloom from the plainer foliage is pretty special.
How unexpected to be able to find such treasures in M&S.    Always worth checking out any plant  sales area, isn't it?

[Graham Catlow]

Super photos, Graham. With leaves like that the second plant doesn't need such impressive flowers 
The dark glamour of the shapely bloom from the plainer foliage is pretty special.
How unexpected to be able to find such treasures in M&S.    Always worth checking out any plant  sales area, isn't it?

Thanks Maggi,
It really is very difficult to pass any plant stall or garden centre without looking. Just difficult to keep the wallet in the pocket sometimes.

[angie]

Wow Graham, that's so lovely 

Angie 

[Graham Catlow]

Wow Graham, that's so lovely 

Angie 

Thanks Angie

[monocotman]

Graham,
very nice - that is a really dark one.
These very dark (vini) coloured maudiae hybrids were all the rage in the orchid world in the 90's selling for high prices. Now they're generally available as un-named pot plants.
I bought one at the same time as you did and that too had two nice plants in it. I'm still on the look out for more.
They were all developed from some newly collected very dark plants, one of which was called paph callosum 'Jac'.
Up to this point the main breeding effort had been in the albino white and green maudiae types.
Plenty more on the web if you're interested,

Regards,

David