Early Summer Blooms - Orchid Board

Junebug · #1 06-30-2011, 08:32 PM

Some of my chids are blooming a little ahead of schedule for early Summer. Enjoy!

1. Myrmetonia Firefly
2. Bc. Nodata 'Maili'
3. Prosthechea cochleata

tucker85 · #2 06-30-2011, 10:48 PM

Wow, beautiful! I am totally unfamiliar with that first orchid. Never even heard of it but I sure like it. Your shade house is excellent.

Zoi2 · #3 06-30-2011, 10:56 PM

All three are just beautiful!
Joann

WhiteRabbit · #4 06-30-2011, 11:56 PM

awesome! all are quite beautiful!

silken · #5 07-01-2011, 12:18 AM

They are all lovely but I especially love the Myrmetonia Firefly! I too have never heard of it. Anyone know where to find one?

CTB · #6 07-01-2011, 02:02 AM

Nice group, everyone looks happy. The spike on the first one looks like it has some schomburgkia in it, new to me also, I like. Good Growing!

silken · #7 07-01-2011, 03:31 AM

I think it does have schomburgkia in it.

cday2inflorida · #8 07-01-2011, 06:27 AM

Just beautiful, June! I love them all... but the Bc. Nodata 'Maili' is irresistible! I think I might have to look for that.

Junebug · #9 07-01-2011, 01:28 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments.

The Myrmetonia used to be classified as a Schombonia, and for all I know it might have been reclassified again. It's a cross of Schom. thomsoniana and Bro. sanguinea. The plant in the photo has 12 spikes. I have a 2nd smaller division that has 6 spikes of unopened buds.

The Nodata 'Maili' was a small baggy plant that I purchased from Walmart about 6 years ago. It's always grown well but early on the flowers either aborted or they didn't open well and had bad form. Those issues mysteriously vanished last year.