Gomesa Aloha Iwanaga

[mascia]

Hi everyone,
My Gomesa "Aloha Iwanaga" is blooming again, and finally all the flowers have opened, so I thought I'd share it with you.
This is probably one of my favorite orchids. The blooms are huge, last for at least 2 months and the plant itself is very resilient, having survived one of the hottest summers I can remember without any visible damage.

Here is it with its 40+ flowers:


And here's what it looked like in November (on the right):

[No-Pro-mwa]

Wow, that is beautiful.

[fishmom]

That's quite a spray of flowers, especially if it is one spike. Beautiful!

[estación seca]

Wow! Beautiful! How hot was it?

[mascia]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Wow! Beautiful! How hot was it?

Thanks! We had a heat wave in December with temperatures as high as 38C (100F) for several days, followed by january with highs consistently reaching 30C (86F). In February it wasn't as hot but it didn't rain for almost 3 weeks and we ended up only getting 1/3 of the average rainfall for the month.

Thank god summer ends tomorrow. Right now it's 65F and raining!