delenatii

Today we awarded a new color variation of delenatii … white (faintly striated blush pink) with a normal colored staminode. I’ve never seen one before. It got HCC 78 points from AOS. The label was for a vinicolor! I’m curious what others think?

It would appear to be a single bi-floral spike, approximately 10.5" tall at this point. But wait, what's this on the other side? A two leaf growth, the largest leaf is about 3" long.

A whole bunch of delenatiis are in spike! This is the first to bloom. Supposedly a vinicolor form from Hung Sheng line. But as you can see from flower and leaves, it is likely a half vini. Maybe the other 2 HS ones will bloom darker 🤞.

Just picked up this beautiful division from John. Received an AM from AOS at the Toronto show in 2018. Flowers are quite large at almost 11 cm. And very voluptuous lol. Interesting that when slightly backlit, most of the normal type and vinicolors show pink colors in tepals.

Well, tis’ the season and all three delenatii plants have decided to bud in sync, heralding the start of the holidays!

I inherited back this plant from a buddy after he moved out west. I originally called him ‘Dumbo’ (the plant, not my friend lol) because the petals reminded me of said ears, big and floppy! He is the first to bloom and following not far behind are his mates, an album and a semi-dunkle, both...

I just got this seedling delenatii for a week now. I grow it in temperature between 21c (70f) at night and up fo 31c (89f) during the day. Humidity is between 30% at night and normally goes up to 60% sometimes 70-80% during the day. I also run a fan close to the orchid but not directly to it And...