Ndove I’d love to see the mage #4133 in natural light and also know it’s ID. Due to my age I’ve trimmed my collection of orchids drastically and have come to appreciate the phals more, simply because they give me long lasting blooms.
Love the egret photo. We raise cattle here in SC Texas and have many of them, but have never thought to check them with my binoculars. Are the other three Sandhill Cranes?
I only have one complex Paph and it looks remarkably like your bloom. She is Paph Freckles ‘White Sapphire’. She has been blooming about a month and has morphed to almost pure white.
Beautiful blooms. I think my fav is the Sierra, love white blooms. Do you have an ID on the lovely soft pink flower, posted right before the Mexipedium?
Congratulations on the well deserved award. I’ve never seeen a phrag hold so many blooms! Just beautiful.
Years ago my hubby and I house/dog sat for a family on the Big Island. Her instructi9lns to me re her orchids were to water if there had not been a shower that day. Her plants were...
Love your blooms! Also the plant looks large and blooms nestled close tto the foliage. I have a young plant of this in bloom, two Infloresences. But my plant is still very compact, looking more like my B. nodosa But with longer stems.
Yes,love this flower! Love the color….corerulea color has always puzzled me. I have a canhamaniana (?sp)in my small collection that I hope blooms this next year. I’m curious to see it’s ‘blue’ color.