It's Miltoniopsis time!

[silken]

A few of my Miltoniopsis are in bloom at the moment. The largest one is a NOID that I got from Safeway last fall out of bloom for 1/2 price. It had 10 spikes but 1 is behind and the other bloomed early. I came home the other day from being away and the blooms had opened and were filling a large area of the house with perfume The others are all scented as well. Most of the others are just 1 or 2 blooms and are on fairly small plants.

The first 2 are the NOID, next is Milt. Isler's Red which I can never find as registered and yet is sold that way. 4th photo is Milt. Newton Falls and 5th is Milt. Hawaiian Waters. Both of the last two are somewhat different looking than their blooms from last year!
The Hawaiian Waters (last photo) had part of the lip petal very stuck under the pollen cap and wouldn't come out on its own. So I freed it, but tore the petal in the process!

[Bud]

You have beautiful blooms. My Milts are sulking....it didnt flower last year....hopefully it will remember to spike for me this time

[ronaldhanko]

Gorgeous photos and beautifully grown and flowered plants.

[RosieC]

Wow, gorgeous!

[Lana]

Ahhhh, such beauties! Great growing!

[nenella]

WOW! They are very pretty!
I Love the pics of the noid with all those blooms Great growing! they obviously like your conditions.

[silken]

Thanks everyone! Funny that my NOID is the largest and most successful of my Milts to date My culture leaves a lot to be desired, but it is a work in progress. I'll figure these cuties out yet!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by silken

Thanks everyone! Funny that my NOID is the largest and most successful of my Milts to date My culture leaves a lot to be desired, but it is a work in progress. I'll figure these cuties out yet!

Your NOIDs look like one of Ivan Komoda's hybrids. I have never bought directly from them yet, but they have some pictures and I saw one just like yours.

They claim their hybrids are more heat tolerant, so maybe that's why your NOID is performing better than others. Well, I also noticed that your NOID is a larger plant, which could also be why it's doing better as far as flowering and surviving the heat.

I read that leaving miltoniopsis as large specimen help them endure stress better, not to mention flower better and more.

All of mine are bought as rather large siced plants. They are now sending up many many new growths and I have no clue how to keep them all because they will get really really large with the way they are making new fans. hmmmmm

[silken]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Your NOIDs look like one of Ivan Komoda's hybrids. I have never bought directly from them yet, but they have some pictures and I saw one just like yours.

They claim their hybrids are more heat tolerant, so maybe that's why your NOID is performing better than others. Well, I also noticed that your NOID is a larger plant, which could also be why it's doing better as far as flowering and surviving the heat.

I read that leaving miltoniopsis as large specimen help them endure stress better, not to mention flower better and more.

All of mine are bought as rather large siced plants. They are now sending up many many new growths and I have no clue how to keep them all because they will get really really large with the way they are making new fans. hmmmmm

I never found one on Ivan Komoda's site that looked exact. Similar tho. I think Ivan is considered one of the best or possiblyTHE best Miltoniopsis grower and breeder in North America. If I lived in the U.s. I would definitely have some of his plants.

I agree, if they are larger, which none of mine are except the NOID, they do seem better able to sustain themselves. Likely because multiple new growths produce multiple new and vigorous roots. Also each new growth usually blooms so lots of showy spikes as well. I can't wait till some of my others grow larger

[WhiteRabbit]

Fabulous!