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Welcome! Your photos are really stunning!

Beautiful!

Thank you. The main factor I think is that it is growing in a very bright location, almost full sun during winter mornings.

Seven flowers open now, one bud to go.

Thank you Leslie!

This Cattleya leuddemanniana is mounted. The inflorescence has snapped and unfortunately fading. There are still a few buds to open.

It most probably is the lower temperature during cooler winter months. The inflorescences start developing during July and August, which is our winter. Our night time temperatures during that period range between 1 - 7 degrees C and daytime temperatures 14 - 18 degrees C. We live on an estuary...

Thank you for all the comments and likes. Here is the Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii

They grow outside in my greenhouse, which has a polycarb roof and shade net sides and only come indoors when in flower. Both the Sarcochilus harmanii and Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii flower easily. Will post a photo of the Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii tomorrow.

One of my favourite non-slipper orchids.

Paphiopedilum Conco-bellatulum - First time flowering.

My greenhouse has a polycarb roof with shade net sides. It is placed about half a meter from the southern side, towards the center, which is darker here in the Southern Hemisphere. In the summer I add an extra layer of shade net above the paphiopedilum. It is planted in a mixture of bark...

Natural light in our garden.

This photo was taken in my greenhouse.

Sorry, it was a late afternoon photo. Will redo it tomorrow morning.

One of my favorites. Always look forward to it flowering.

Love the sheen!

I have only owned it since February and it is still growing in the bark and perlite mix in which it arrived. It started sending out an inflorescence a couple of weeks after it arrived. All my slippers get fertilised mainly on the foliage, with some sprayed on the potting media, using either...

It has reflexes considerably, both the upper petal margin and the petal tips.