Some blooms I haven't had time to share.

[camille1585]

I haven't had many orchids in bloom lately since most of mine are fall and winter bloomers.
My Den aphyllum finally bloomed early april. I got this one as a little baby nearly 2 years ago, and for it's first blooming it only put out one flower, but what a beauty!

And the orchid I am most pleased to see bloom, my big Cym! I got it 4 years ago and it hadn't bloomed since then. Turned out that I was being too nice to it. Last summer I stuck it outside where it gets full sun all day and forgot about it except for an occasional watering, and told the poor plant "Bloom or fry!". The plant got so much sun that it was nearly yellow, but the result was 8 beautiful spikes!(There were 10, but 2 blasted early on) The first ones started blooming in february and it's still going. You can't see all the spikes in the photo, 4 are hidden behind and not blooming yet. The plant is huge, it's in a 12 inch pot!

I also had 2 more phals in bloom, but forgot to take photos before leaving for the USA.

[Roly0217]

Camille they are both beautiful !!!! I really like the colors of the dendrobium. Only one flower but it's a cutie and that cymbidium sure read your mind...LOL It looks awesome !!!! Congrats on the blooms !!!

[grasshopper]

Fear of death certainly worked in your case! I absolutely love cymbidiums, but Dallas gets too warm for them...I've never had any luck with them. Yours, however, is beautiful.

[WhiteRabbit]

Nice going with the cym Camille! I love the color and the plant looks so nice and healthy!

[nutgirl]

I love that Dend.

I'll bet you're very pleased with both of them.

Maureen

[camille1585]

I'm really glad to have finally figured out the Cym. It's a space hogging monster and I was getting ready to give it away. My mom didn't want to, she thought that it was a great foliage plant! When I get back home in September I'll have the daunting task of repotting the thing. I pulled it out of the pot last summer, and it's nothing but a solid mass of roots! Time to move up to a 14 or 15 inch pot!

The den is putting out 2 new canes, hopefully that means I ca look forward to lots of blooms next spring.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I'm really glad to have finally figured out the Cym. It's a space hogging monster and I was getting ready to give it away. My mom didn't want to, she thought that it was a great foliage plant! When I get back home in September I'll have the daunting task of repotting the thing. I pulled it out of the pot last summer, and it's nothing but a solid mass of roots! Time to move up to a 14 or 15 inch pot!

The den is putting out 2 new canes, hopefully that means I ca look forward to lots of blooms next spring.

yup - always fun repotting cyms! Leave yourself enough time

[Junebug]

Aphyllums are hard to photograph and your shot is spectacular. Your Cymbidum is lovely. It's too hot to grow Cyms. where I live.

[isurus79]

Very nice Camille! Your aphyllum looks really nice and that Cym is just awesome! Really nice looking plant and flowers. Great growing!

[Tropicgirl]

Beautiful display of flowers on that cym! And just love that den!