The kinky one

Vanda tricuspidata...  an old plant. Vanda specie, nice blooms and easy to grow indentifiable by the kink at the tip of the leaves..

Arrived yesterday .....

Arrived yesterday.....  6kg Be-1 , 2 kg Hb-101 ....  good to go. They should be enough for the next 12 months.

It just keep blooming !!!

Phal cornu-cervi chattalade, the blooms just keep going......

Anselia africana alba

Its flowering for the first time here. Simple plain flowers, translucent light green almost yellow. Not large in fact smaller than the non alba version. I think I prefer the non alba version with its more unusual colours and markings.

The wait begins... Tacca integrifolia

Repotted some Tacca integrifolia aka nivea, bought and brought back from the US some time ago. I tried buying seeds to germinate.... lots of seeds from different reputable vendors but non worked.  I finally found some plants on ebay and bought 3 small pots, 2 survived the trip. I separated them as they grew and produced side growths. These few are now almost ready to bloom.  I am waiting to see the flowers to confirm they are integrifolia.  The smaller pot is a side growth removed from one of the larger plants.

Its autumn....

Found a small potted maple to replace the bigger plant that didnt quite make it 2 years ago. Some nursery must be propagating them in large numbers ......  I am seeing them everywhere. Not a bad thing, they are a lot more reasonably priced. The multiple pots create insulation with layers of air in between to prevent the media from drying out too quickly in tropical weather and gives added stability.