Blooming today - Orchid Board

Frdemetr · #1 03-31-2007, 05:00 PM

These pics (I toke this morning) show two Bifrenarias (these little ones are formerly called Stenocoryne or Adipe)

Bifrenaria leucorrhoda (leukos=white; rhodon=rose, color of the rose, pink). leucorrhoda is the biggest 'stenocoryne', and this one is blooming since november/2006.

Bifrenaria vitellina (vitellinus=egg yolk color). First blooming, and I think the plant was wrong labeled, appears like Bifrenaria stefanae, similar but not 'egg yolk colored'; but I'll wait til the flowers have been fully opened. Two spikes and four buds, for the first blooming its very good!

This is NOID Cattleya (C. Portia like) that I posted in the "Identification Forum" but unfortunately nobody could help.

Frederico

cb977 · #2 03-31-2007, 05:35 PM

Nice pics...thanks for sharing

That Catt is gorgeous!

justatypn · #3 03-31-2007, 08:47 PM

Love the purple catt, nicely grown

blueovalgal · #4 03-31-2007, 09:27 PM

I like your Bifrenaria flowers. The flowers look so fragile. And the catt is pretty! Barbara

Frdemetr · #5 03-31-2007, 11:20 PM

In the case of former Stenocoryne group, the flowers are in fact fragile, and I lose a spike of Bifrenaria charlesworthii two weeks ago, due excess of heat and sun ligth; the plants are epiphitic in Mata Atlântica (atlantic rain forest) and demand semi-shadow light and high atmosferic humidity, but are tempertaure tolerant (infortunately the buds are not tolerant!). The Bifrenaria 'itself' group are bigger and have very resistant blooms (they are rupiculous and live under full sun).
Frederico