Bulbophyllum Baccarii

The largest orchid specie...   Bulbophyllum Bacarrii. I had one of this several years back and grew it tied to my palm tree. Didn't do too well....now I am growing it very wet with lots of dried and live sphagnum moss. Sitting on the live moss is a Bulbophyllum Spiesii back bulb and a split orchid seed pod which I decided not to send for germination.

Bulbophyllum Baccarii

Bulbophyllum Macrobulbon Section

The macrobulbon family ....  Bulbophyllum Spiesii = Bulbophyllum Fletcherianum and Bulbophyllum Orthosepalum = Bulbophyllum Hashimoto

Bulbophyllum Spiesii var Vanautu

Bulbophyllum Phalaenopsis

Bulbophyllum Agastor

Bulbophyllum Macrobulbum

Bulbophyllum Orthosepalum

Paraphalaenopsis Denevei successful selfing

one and a half monh later ...... seed pod is developing nicely.

Phalaenopsis Bellina......   this one's a real beauty !!

Phalaenopsis Chen Ming Stephanie

Phalaenopsis Ambonosa var alba X Phalaenopsis Teck Whye Secondary School. My new hybrid which flowered earlier this year. Nice good size fragrant blooms white petals and sepals with splashes of yellow.

Phalaenopsis Chen Ming Stephanie

Bulbophyllum Macrobulbon Section

I have always like the large Bulbophyllums and on a few recent trips managed to find some of the rarer ones to add to the garden. I found a few online sellers after a long search and got the following Bulbophyllum Agastor ,  Bulbophyllum Macrobulbum, and very nice specimens of Bulbophyllum Spiesii (Vanuatu)  and Orthosepalum.  Missing the Bulbophyllum Cruentum which is cool growing and a real challenge to grow here in the tropic.

Paraphalaenopsis Denevei

Found this by chance while visiting Song Orchids. There were a few left from a shipment brought in and this one was in pretty good shape with new roots already showing. It was quite pricy. I had it remounted on cork bark and it seems pretty happy with the new growing environment.  It bloomed after about 6 month of growing and I managed to do a selfing. The seed pod is now about 1 month and looking good....   fingers crossed !

Paraphalaenopsis Denevei