Early Summer Blooms

[Junebug]

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]

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]

All three are just beautiful!
Joann

[WhiteRabbit]

awesome! all are quite beautiful!

[silken]

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]

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]

I think it does have schomburgkia in it.

[cday2inflorida]

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

[Junebug]

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.