Panther loves the chills.....

This Phalaenopsis pantherina is one of two that I bought during the 2011 WOC in Singapore. This  was bought a seedling and the other a keiki which I have posted before here. While the keiki panther has flowered before this is the first flowering for the seedling panther. I think the recent chilly  weather did help. The first bud didn't  managed to fully develope but this second bud did and the bloom is good size.

More rainy day blues

Phalaenopsis sapphire's galah, this was from a Taiwanese vendor during one of the orchid shows.

Phalaenopsis tetrapis C1

When I bought this orchid, it was tagged as Phalaenopsis tetrapis C1 blue ,  the colour was pretty intense and even. This bloom is squeezed against the mounting fern bark and orchid is just recovering from a mealy bug infestation. Still it looks pretty good despite not being 100%

Rain , rain , more rain.....

Lots of rain these couple of weeks but  the rain sensors are doing a good job cutting off the waterings whenever it rains. Found this old Eria specie flowering as I was clearing the garden this morning. Hidden amongst the ferns at the base of my red palm cluster. I trimmed of the leaves to get a better picture of the blooms.

Hello 2018

First post for 2018.....what better start than the full bloom Paraphalaenopsis denevei. I did some selfings after taking this photo.

First bloom, clean lines

A first bloom for this seedling, clean white petals with yellow concentric markings.

Second blooming

Both the Paraphalaenopsis denevei and the Bulbophyllum agastor are reblooming into the year end...   quite a few of the others are blooming as well thanks to the cooler weather these couple of weeks.