Dropping off an (overdue) update:
The encyclia fowliei has been opening for 3 weeks, and still not one bud has fully opened (too many rainy/gloomy days, I guess)...
Two sophronitis opened up in the meantime and have been open for over two weeks now (which I was not expecting - my friends who also have been growing sophronitis here in Portugal reported theirs would only last a few days before fading); the smallest one (wittigiana) is my mother's, she purchased it when we went to her first orchid show together 2 years ago, and the bigger one is the unidentified bargain - not really sure what it is, as the petals seem too round for a brevipedunculata but the plant itself does not really resemble any coccineas I've seen. Either way, both gorgeous in their own fashion!
Laelia rubescens is also opening its buds now (only 1 fully open so far, but hopefully the others will follow shortly).
There's also at least 2 trianaes with buds, 2 maximas with swollen sheaths, 1 quadricolor with a bud and another with a new sheath (though my quadricolors hate me and their leaves are just gradually burning for some reason...), a psychopsis with 3 buds on the way and a paphiopedilum fairreanum with 2 buds almost opening up. Oh, and a random pineapple xD
Enjoy!
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