ROBORCHIDS!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Cattleya buds and more

Wow, for the first time. Chia Lin might actually produce a flower for me!
I'm starting to think that I need stronger growlights. This cattleya was grown on my window sill.

December 2nd, This picture is an update. Chia Lin flowered for the first time. It tried again but the flower aborted.

Port Royal Sound, to my surprise, is growing a flower bud. Its root system is small and the leaves on its new growth are tiny; yet it has a flower bud. I'm gona keep an eye on it to see if it actually blooms.

Good Ol' "Good Life" this time its producing maybe a possible 6 giant flowers! Whoopie!

My little yellow cattleya that I got from Hawaii. Its putting out flower buds. Since I cut it up into several plants and potted them together in clay aggregate, its doing well.

This dendrobium put out a new growth and now a flower bud. cool.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

What Happening

Oncidium Twinkle

I tried to transplant this dendrobium keiki but it died from too much moisture. blah.

I was surprised this yellow flowered after a pot transplant.

New Orchids purchased Nov 30th, 2008

above: Pot. Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose M.S.

Bought this larger plant to replace the seedling that died.

above: Pot. Hey Song 'Tian Mu' AM/AOS M.S.

This guy was $50. And it was kind of a small plant. I had expected a larger plant for the price.

I've seen photos of how wonderful this red flower is (below).

Blc. Taiwan Beauty Girl 'Red D M.S.

I'm worried I may have damaged this plant. Its a very nice red from what I can tell from the web sites.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Cattleya 'Good Life' Blooms!

Its been awhile since I last posted. Two of my Odom's Sweetheart died from moving them to the kitchen window; I am so bummed about this. I have only one plant left and it seems okay but very weak looking. I even looked on the web for another plant but they're not for sale anywhere. So I hope it survives to eventually flower. It definitely prefers living under the LED lights (as do the other cuttings it seems).
On a good note, My cattleya 'Good Life' has flowered (see pics) and I got a whopping four buds/flowers! Wow! They really love Ausie Gold.

More pics to follow.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Repotted Red Beauty Odom's Sweetheart

The roots weren't doing so well, so I repotted to smaller pots and hope they grow healthier.

Gosh, I swapped pots with Fortworth and Uncle Wang.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Updates

This is an update pic of the flowers from this tolumnia.

I was happy to discover a second tolumnia sending out two flower shoots! Can't wait to see if this guy is identical to my other Popoki. Though they should be clones.

Applied rooting hormone and waiting to see if this guy recovers. Gold Y2K lost its shoot and roots due to my over watering. I need to bag this one.

Two more guys I dipped in rooting hormone. Now I wait to see if new shoots pop out?
I put bags over it help it maintain some humidity since having no roots makes it vulnerable to drying out.

Chia Lin Red Rose lost its new shoot to over-watering rot. I'm so sad about this one. But as with the three above, rooting hormone, bag and wait'n'see.

though not pictured here. I found that BLC Hawaiian Passion has put out a new shoot. Will try to grab pic of it. Also, discovered that BLC. Chrissy Compton 'Mary Piazza' has long roots and its in the water. cool! Actually, though there were failures with the roots and shoots of some, others have shown great growth and roots that have grown into the water reservoir.