Orchids

Link to grex page: [https://www.orchidroots.com/detail/information/?pid=100044826&role=pub](Brassocattleya Nakornpathome Silver)

Arpophyllum in blooming season.

Seen in the wild

Dendrobium Singapore Changi Airport

Guarechea Black Comet = Guarechea Miva Etoile Noire × Prosthechea cochleata

Guarechea is a hybrid genus of Guarianthe and Prostechea.

I've posted a picture of this orchid before, but it is with more flowers.

Yet again, from the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden. They say that there are distinct male and female Catasetum plants and that they can be recognized by their flowers. But I don't know which one this is.

Another orchid from Hortus Botanicus Leiden

Another pic from the Hortus Botanicus Leiden

syn. Gastrochilus retrocallus

After a difficult time because I had underestimated the morning sun during a hot spell this little orchid is doing well again 🥵

3 flowers and many buds 🥰

I've waited many years to see a female flower in my plant. I hope it gets pollinated.

I'm particularly happy about this one flowering, because they say that Renanthera monachica only flowers when it gets sun from both sides.

Flowers are fragrant. They smell somewhat like cloves.

High resolution image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bulbophyllum_ipanemense_2023_Hortus_Botanicus_Leiden.jpg

Another species with green flowers.

Guess the species

I saw the flower and couldn't resist buying it! It's a hybrid between Paphiopedilum "Fred's Wonder" and Paphiopedilum "Presidential Moon" which are themselves hybrids of hybrids.

I bought it from Emerald City Orchids in Tacoma, Washington.

I repotted a Phaelenopsis into fresh bark about a week ago. It's a small plant and evidently doesn't weigh very much, because as the roots are growing, they're pushing the stem of the plant up out of the pot. The tops of the roots are emerging above the bark, too. I realize now I could have pinned it in place while the roots restablished, but too late for that.

Should I repot it again, reburying the roots and pinning it down? Or should I just let it go and not worry about it? I'm inclined towards the latter; after all, new roots grow from up the stem and their tops are inherently exposed above the potting media. So that makes me think it's probably not a big deal for it to be up out of the pot a bit.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/518987

I've been getting into orchids lately and reading a lot about them. I have a few, but thought it would be fun to get some more to learn about how to care for them best.

I posted on my local buy nothing group (a neighborhood facebook group where people give away stuff they don't want anymore). I asked if anyone would give me an old orchid that wasn't flowering and said I'd return it if I could get it to bloom again. Well, I had to cut the post off after 18 hours because so many people responded!

The picture shows the first 7 plants I received, but not the 4 I already owned or the 3 more I picked up the next day! I assigned each one a number so I can keep track of whose is whose.

Most were in pretty good shape, just dusty and a few dehydrated. I looked them all over and gave them a wipe down and a watering if they needed it and assessed their needs. One needed to be repotted right away, I think it had been kept too wet and it had a lot of rotten roots. I'll repot a few of the others in the next few days. Otherwise they're off and growing around my house! I'm excited to see how it turns out.