Laelia reginae (Project 5 - Spring 2007) - Page 14 - Orchid Board

cb977 · #**131** 05-26-2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by khill

Here is my bloom---It opened yesterday! I have to say it is so adorable. Sorry the picture quality isn't the best.

Yay!!!

Karen!

cb977 · #**132** 05-26-2008, 12:24 PM

Karen is the first person to get our Quickie Project plant...
Laelia reginae ... to bloom!

Way to go, Karen!

Could you please post a

here too?

khill · #**133** 05-26-2008, 01:01 PM

Thank you Susanne! This is such a little cutie.

I'm usually all about the big frilly showy flowers, but I love this little one. I probably would never have purchased this particular plant, had it not been for a member project, so kudos to you and everyone involved in our projects. That's what makes them so neat.

Here are a few photos......very hard to photograph this one......

Becca · #**134** 05-26-2008, 01:15 PM

Congrats Karen! I love the pictures! I can't wait for mine to bloom someday! Would you mind sharing your growing conditions you provide for this one?

khill · #**135** 05-26-2008, 01:25 PM

Thanks Becca!

I grow this orchid outside on my lanai. It gets some late afternoon sun and very bright light. My lanai is not screened. I water twice a week and fertilize about every week or so. In the cooler weather over winter I would water less and not much fertilizer. (for SW Florida, a cool snap is days in the 60's and nights in the 40's with low humidity).

Usually the days are in the 80's and nights in the 60's. Humidity generally is around 50% or higher.

Dorothy · #**136** 05-26-2008, 02:54 PM

Bravo!

Congratulations on a job well done!

I love these rupicolous Laelias!

Bird Song Farm · #**137** 05-26-2008, 03:58 PM

Congratulations! What a pretty little flower!
Did you notice the new growth too?
Well done Kathy.
AL

Chubidubi · #**138** 05-26-2008, 06:13 PM

Beautiful plant. CONGRATULATIONS.

gmdiaz · #**139** 05-27-2008, 06:25 PM

Here's an update on my little rocker. . Laelia reginae.

The new growth is getting "tall, you know, relatively tall and is still red in hue. Do I dare raise it higher into the light?

I THINK the little flower bud is drying up in the sheath. I can't really tell for sure but it doesn't feel fat in there. Why does this happen? See second picture. . .with the sunlight behind the sheath you can sort of see through it.

Good thing Karen was able to bloom hers. Might be some time before I see one of my own blooms, but maybe next year! LOL

Edited to add an "upon arrival" photo back on 10.26.07

kiki-do · #**140** 05-27-2008, 06:49 PM

Hi Gwen, You've got alot more action going on than I do. I look at my purchase time pictures and look at it now, and I can't see any change here. That rather large growth is the one with the sheathe you mentioned? It looks very interesting. I see little sheathes on the little bulbs on mine...just like yours, but that is the way mine came. Your doing something right!