Encyclia summer bloomers.

[megrim]

Summer is well and truly in full swing in my part of Australia.

Temps have been between 35C and 45C most days, with the occasional day or two of relief. As always, my Encyclia/Prosthechea/Anacheilum and allied groups are loving the heat and putting on some lovely and incredibly fragrant displays.

Here's the latest to open up, still a bunch more in bud.

First up is Encyclia adenocaula. As always, the flower spike is big and heavy enough to warrant weighing down the pot to avoid falling over. Nice and fragrant, smells like a spicy honeyed perfume to my nose.









Next up is my Anacheilium radiatum. Strongly fragrant of black pepper and soap.







And finally my Prosthechea cochleata with its oddly short petals and sepals. Strong scent on this one too, but not quite as pleasant as the others. Somewhere between pepper, honey, latex and sweaty foot