Seedlings on live spaghnum

These are the phal seedlings planted in live spaghnum moss previously. The containers are cut at the sides to make sure the water level doesn't drown the moss and seedlings. These are placed below the fern bark mounted orchids and the covers have 2 square cuts opposite each other to allow the water run offs to get to the seedlings and to ensure there is enough humidity. Other than the occasional fungicide and fertilizer sprays its almost maintainence free. Just the ocassional weeding when the ferns start to make the grow area look crowded.

2 out of 4

I pollinated 4 of the nicer and healther looking blooms, these 2 looks like they may work while the rest faded away with the rest of the flowers.  I last time I did the selfing, one made it initially but eventually did not developed into a mature seedpod. Hoping this time they will !

Malaysia boleh !

Pahang Phalaenopsis appenducalata in bloom with 2 spikes. Have this for over a year now. One of 5 that I bought, 2 perished and 3 going strong.

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.