Feeding

There were some enquires about what i use to feed my orchids.  My main fertilizers are still Gaviota 63/67 and in addition i supplement with HB101 and Japan Orchids BE-1. I get them online and shipping can be expensive if you don't have a friend to help. I have tried making BE-1 into a spray and its effective but your neighbours will complain about the smell so now i just use those small fertiliser baskets or tea bags. HB101 is great ... you get nice shinny and lush green leaves. For rooting Lush Gro Roots and Tubers.  HB101 and BE-1 can be found on Rakuten and Lush Grow can be bought at Eco City Hydrophonics.

Bulbophyllum spiesii var Vanuatu

Having missed several of the fletcherianums on ebay, i searched the web for quite a while before coming across Windy Hill Gardens. i got in touch and managed to get a Bulbophyllum spiesii. From the way the specimen was packed for shipping. You can tell the amount of TLC that went into caring for their orchids. This one is adapting well and the 2 lighter coloured leaves are new growths. The longer is close to double the length of the longest leaf when i got the plant. i have removed a back bulb and its sitting on spaghnum moss.....

Bulbophyllum spiesii var Vanuatu 

Bulbophyllum orthosepalum

Another member of the macrobulbon. Got this from machiela's orchids on ebay. The plant was in great condition. He has put up Bulbo fletcherianums for sale but the biddings were always quite crazy.

Bulbophyllum orthosepalum

Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis

Member of the macrobulbom family. They can become really large. I have 3 specimens local specimen from Woon Leng and 2 from the US which were ftom Bill Thoms and Big Leaf.
Bill is an expert on bulbos and he has a fantastic collection.

Here is the link to Bill's online shop : https://bulbophyllums-com.myshopify.com/

Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis violacea WOC

Bought this some years back during the WOC. Then violaceas and bellinas with strong even colours were popular and pricy.  I got a few of them from the taiwanese and malaysian vendors.

Phalaenopsis violacea 

Phalaenopsis chen ming stephanie

Another first bloom from Phal cm stephanie. This one shows a lot more of the Phalaenopsis teck whye characteristics.

Phalaenopsis chen ming stephanie

Dendrobium prenticei

A mini Dendrobium specie with very nice bloom.

Dendrobium prenticei