Amorphophallus titanum awakening

After more than a year of hybernation...its finally peeking out of the ground again. It will grow up to 2 m  or more within the month, also known as the corpse flower because of the smell. It is ocassionally featured in news whenever there is flowering in botanical gardens around the world.

Phalaenopsis mituo king

A Taiwanese hybrid. Bought from Song Orchids last year....  second blooming since I got it. Intense colour, thick petals....   relatively flat. Somehow the original vibrance and colour intensity of the blooms seems diminished when posted here....  it looks much better on the Samsung OLED screen.

Phalaenopsis valentinii

Have this for quite a while probably more than 5 years....  it was struggling to survive.  Finally found a sweet spot for it to grow and flower.

A new first bloom

Phalaenopsis grace chen...  moved from compot to cork bark. I have a few of these tied to a large piece of bark. This is the first to cross the finish line. This one seems rounder and more colour intense. Love the purple tinge.

A surprise bloom

Found this flower spike growing on the Bulbophyllum beccarii while spraying fertiliser this morning. I grow this orchid almost horizontally so I probably will not get to see the full glory of this flowering. Still it is a nice surprise !   This is the second specimen that has flowered for me. The first was a much smaller specimen which i grew mounted on a wooden board and tied to a palm tree. It didn't grow as well and I think there was not enough humidity and wetness to grow well. This specimen grown horizontally tied to cork bark and placed on cut styrofoam boxes grows much better. I could provide more moisture and humidity by covering the the sides with wet spaghnum moss.

Golden cycad

A not so common golden cycad growing new leaves after hybernation.....  I found this at chaktuchak market long time ago. Those were the days when you could find really good specimens. These days its mostly just nursery propagated plants and orchids.

Vanda and Cattleya

Both loving the current heat spell....