Finally! It took forever for it to open all of the buds and unfurl the flowers enough for me to take pictures of them.
This is my little darling that I've had for about 1½ years now. This is its third flowering since I got it, so it seems easy to get to flower. The first time it had 3 flowers, the second time it had 2 spikes with a total of 7 flowers, and this time it has 5 spikes with a total of 14 flowers (it has a 6th spike with one single bud but I don't want to wait for that one, since it's so far behind the rest). It has increased its flower count by leaps and bounds.
Oh, and with 14 flowers the vanilla fragrance is much more pronounced than earlier flowerings.
The first picture is a comparison between how it looks today and when I got it. As you might notice, the bulbs are a bit wrinkled in the first picture. This is due to the Great Drought my orchids all experienced during summer. At least I didn't kill this one.
The funny thing is that I was worried when I got it because it didn't have that many roots... And, yes. It needs to be repotted.
The colour isn't quite right in this picture (the purple is too red):
This is better:
I love all those spots!
Dendrobium normanbyense
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