Monthly Status Reports - January 08

[Ross]

Originally Posted by quiltergal

Ross when are you going to post a pic of your Project 4 plant? I'm dying to see it. A double spike must look amazing.

Later today. I've been waiting for more of the blossoms to open wide. Looks pretty good now, though. I'll post a seperate thread.

[cb977]

Who's idea was it to make this a monthly thing?

Here I go:

In spike:
one Phal stuartiana
Phal Maraldee Brother - 3 basal keikis and 2 spikes
Phal violacea x (violacea x BeTris)
V Chao Praya Sapphire x Ascda Bangkhyntian Gold - 2 spikes - 1 in bloom so far
Ceratostylis rubra
Sophronitella violacea
NOID Epidendrum
Phaiocalanthe Kryptonite 'Chariot of Fire'
Degomoara Winter Wonderland - 1 spike blooming + 4 spikes in bud
Mtdm Hawaiian Sunset - 2 spikes
E cochleata - 2 sheath / 1 in bud
Phal equestris Hillbrook

In bud:

Phal Taisuco Verve x Summerfield Rose
Bl Yellow Bird
Paph venustum (Abby)
Rynchostylis gigantea 'Big Spot x Spotty'
C aurantiaca
V Manuvadee
Bulb lasiochilum
Cym Florida Flamingo 'Pink Passion'
Misc mixed Cyms
Den Singapore
Den Sonia
Den Spring Dream 'Kumiko' (resting)
Ctsm Rebecca Northen 'Pink Fragrance' (resting)
Den amethystoglossum
E livida
L reginae
Ryn (formerly Bc) Daffodil

In bloom:

Den Zengyo Pink
Den Coleman x 'The Green' (NOID because tag is wrong)
Phal Bedford Innocence x Kaala Snow
Phal Tinny Gladgirl
C Chocolate Drop 'NOK' - 3 old blooms and 1 new
Sc Dream Catcher
Max variables
NOID Den
Onc Aloha Iwanaga
Tuberolabium kotoense - blooming on 3 spikes
V Pat Delight
Bark Marsh Melton
Lockhartia Gold Speck - 2 blooms - just a "fluke"
Phal equestris 'Blue Too x Three Times A Lady' - 3 spikes
Phal bellina

New growths and/or leaves:

Neostylis Lou Sneary, Aerangis rhodosticta, Pot Susan Fender, Phaiocalanthe Kryptonite 'Ursula', Bulb Jersey, Sch fragrans, multiple Den oligophyllum, Soph cernua, multiple C skinneri, C intermedia v orlata x intermedia 'Coronado', Rhyncholaelia digbyana, C luteola, Liparis condylobulbon, Den tetragonum, Spathoglottis kimballiana, Den Norma Jackson, Brassia Rex 'Lynn', Sc Cosmos, C schilleriana, Pl teres, Lc Mini Purple, C Easter Lily x Easter Treasure, C bowringiana, Ctna Why Not 'Roundabout', (2) Smbc Jewel Osment, L Santa Barbara, Diaca Chantilly Lace 'Twinkle', Iwan Apple Blossom, Epc Siam Jade, Slc Hsin Buu Lady, Bc Little Mermaid 'Janet', Blc Oconee x Fred Stewart, multiple Blc Hawaiian Passion 'Carmela', multiple Pot Miya's Radiance 'Red Beauty', Den Maiden Charlotte, Epi piliferum, Den senile (resting), Den aggregatum (resting), Den smilleae (resting), Den Banana Royale, Rhynchovanda Herbert Kurihara, Den filiforme, Max tenuifolia, Lc Stephen Oliver Fouraker, Den Awilda, Den New Bangkok x Thailand, V Fuch's Cheers x Betty may Steel, Den Little Green Apples, mystery Catt, Bc Binosa, Den Kiyumi Sabin x udomsri, B nodosa, B cordata, B cuculatta, Blc Beauty Girl, E Hereford Jewel, E cochleata 'John', C Celia, l Pacivia, C Caribbean Orange Bowl, Blc George King 'Serendipity', Paphinia Majestic, Mtssa Dennis Kleinbach, Onc papilio, Bulb Doris Dukes, Paph Stone Isles, Paph Shin Yi's Pride, Paph St Swithin, Paph Odette's Spell, Paph Stealth

In terrarium - new growths:

Neo falcata
Dinema (Encyclia) polybulbon (multiple sheaths)
Leptotes bicolor

See ya in March!!!

[shakkai]

That's one heck of a list, Sue!! I don't have nearly as many plants, so monthly was do-able for me. I think it would take me all month just to check on each one if I had as many as you! You've listed more than I have in total... Great collection! You've got some really great things there!

[cb977]

I was bored today...too cold to go out and do anything we normally do so it was the perfect time to make a lit...except for the fact that ALL the plants from the lanai are in the orchid room waiting for the freeze to pass and it's a little difficult to get around in there

[Ross]

But easier to see them all?

[quiltergal]

Sue,

[shakkai]

Well, my ONE flower on that Epidendrum opened today - and its let me identify just what one it is! It was ordered as Epidendrum pseudepidendrum var. album, however, when it arrived it was tagged Epi. paniculata. It is in fact IOSPE PHOTOS
Epidendrum xanthoianum (which used to be Epidendrum pseudepidendrum var. auratum Rchb.f. 1885)

It seems a bit silly to only have 1 (small at that) flower on a plant that's nearly 3 feet tall and several canes!! But here it is! Pretty nice colour combo - just wish there were more of them!!

[Ross]

Originally Posted by shakkai

It seems a bit silly to only have 1 (small at that) flower on a plant that's nearly 3 feet tall and several canes!! But here it is! Pretty nice colour combo - just wish there were more of them!!

Why do you suppose there is only one flower? Is this the way the species is? Or is there some growing need to fill? Or is it just a jouvenile that will one day display the rafts of flowers the genus is famous for? Just curious.

[shakkai]

I don't think it is that young a plant, as one previous cane looks to have flowered. I think next season I will not grow it so cool - now that I know what species it is. Maybe with a bit warmer temps, I'll get more flowers. Though IOSPE says "carrying 3 to 4 simultaneous, resupinate flowers" so I don't think 'rafts of flowers' are on the cards... My only hope is for more canes to flower!! But if that's the case, then this plant needs to get HUGE.

[cb977]

Okay, I was finally able to put all the "regular" plants back out on the lanai where they belong! I was able to get to a few 'chids that I missed on my original monthly list:

In spike: Phaius tankervilleae
In bud: Den Spring Bouquet

New growths:
Den Chasrai Gold
Blc Mediatation x Blc California Girl
Blc Dora Louise Capen 'Lea'
Lc Dinard 'Blue Heaven'
and
Blc Murray Spencer 'Armroy's Dark Star' x Lc Royal Emperor 'Wade'

That's it for now