at our orchid show last weekend (cnyos), a nice phal equestris albescens that I posted recently was well-received! it received a blue ribbon for best phal species in class, received two trophies for best amateur species grown and best in phal hybrid/species class. the judges pulled it for consideration of a possible award, but it was decided to not have enough flowers yet for that. a few thought it was possibly a coerulea form (though I knew it wasn't), but when they took it outside to view in the (sun)sic , they realized it was just pale lavender. I happened to be watching the aos judging as I was waiting for awarded plants so that I could take the aos awards photos. it was odd watching them trying to decide what color it was and other things like that and not be able to say anything about it. I knew it wasn't awardable, though it was nice that someone liked it that much! another judge, however wasn't overly impressed and couldn't quite tell what the other judge(s) were making a fuss over (lol). this plant almost received best amateur species two years ago and almost died after flowering itself to death. I brought it back to life and got it to make a basal keiki, which has made yet another and both have flowering spikes. a few other plants are in flower, and I took some snapshots that aren't exactly high-quality, but they are nice as well (Phal hieroglyphica and Oncidioda Kilauea 'Hawaii').
Clark also wanted to see my phrag kovachii x longifolium that is in spike, so I took a group pic of my phrag ebb/flood tank.
equestris albescens from oak hill
my hieroglyphica has one flower on it, need to move it towards some more light!
I've checked the name of this a few times, but it seems that names keep changing. If it has a new one, please let me know... (Oncidioda Kilauea 'Hawaii') It flowered a few weeks ago with a few flowers, and a few this time. It perked up after I set it in my phrag tank for a few days where it got some epsom salts and fertilizer (plus more water; it's been a little dry this summer obviously). It does have a nice fragrance.
in my east-facing bedroom window I have a small watering tank that periodically has water pumped into it, which drains out after a half-hour. from right to left the plants are: phrag Memoria Dick Clemens (christmas party raffle prize), phrag besseae flavum (in front probably can't see), phrag ?longifolium (original compot was labeled this, but someone else flowered a plant a few years back and someone said it looked like the infamous phrag tetzlaffianum. so, I'm calling it longifolium until I can get it to flower), phrag kovachii x longifolium, phrag kovachii x Eric Young, three phrag schlimii divisions of same plant (need moister media). the k x longifolium hybrid is the one in the middle with the spike
ignore the lovely windowsills, they will be sanded and painted soon..
oh; not to be left out, in the tank pic there is a phal with spotted leaves all the way to the left. it's my phal lindenii that has 'mendenhall' hcc/aos as a parent, and I was told that if it had had more than two flowers (at the very end of flowering) that it had definite award potential itself! I may already have a pic of it here somewhere and the flowers are old now. the phal is mounted on bark and I was 'flooding' it today
Clark also wanted to see my phrag kovachii x longifolium that is in spike, so I took a group pic of my phrag ebb/flood tank.
equestris albescens from oak hill
my hieroglyphica has one flower on it, need to move it towards some more light!
I've checked the name of this a few times, but it seems that names keep changing. If it has a new one, please let me know... (Oncidioda Kilauea 'Hawaii') It flowered a few weeks ago with a few flowers, and a few this time. It perked up after I set it in my phrag tank for a few days where it got some epsom salts and fertilizer (plus more water; it's been a little dry this summer obviously). It does have a nice fragrance.
in my east-facing bedroom window I have a small watering tank that periodically has water pumped into it, which drains out after a half-hour. from right to left the plants are: phrag Memoria Dick Clemens (christmas party raffle prize), phrag besseae flavum (in front probably can't see), phrag ?longifolium (original compot was labeled this, but someone else flowered a plant a few years back and someone said it looked like the infamous phrag tetzlaffianum. so, I'm calling it longifolium until I can get it to flower), phrag kovachii x longifolium, phrag kovachii x Eric Young, three phrag schlimii divisions of same plant (need moister media). the k x longifolium hybrid is the one in the middle with the spike
ignore the lovely windowsills, they will be sanded and painted soon..
oh; not to be left out, in the tank pic there is a phal with spotted leaves all the way to the left. it's my phal lindenii that has 'mendenhall' hcc/aos as a parent, and I was told that if it had had more than two flowers (at the very end of flowering) that it had definite award potential itself! I may already have a pic of it here somewhere and the flowers are old now. the phal is mounted on bark and I was 'flooding' it today
