What's blooming today.

[SG in CR]

Quite a few things are in bloom at the moment.
I have several Vanilla planifolia that I grew from cuttings collected from an abandoned Vanilla planting.last year the first of them bloomed. this year 3 of them are blooming.

Here's a Lycaste that I think is L. bradeorum. It was found on the forest floor on the south west face of the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano at about 800m elevation. It has a lemony scent. The flowers are kind of beat up. not sure if it's the bees or something else that's responsible.

My Lophiaris crispiflora has been blooming now for a couple weeks and will probably soon be done till next year. Though I have one I mounted last year that is about to bloom too

My Gongora claviodora is going for a second round of blooms. you can see the seed pods from the first bloom in the picture too. I'm really surprised how strong this has gotten in the last year. It was kind of struggeling for a few years and last year it got 4 new pbulbs from each of the previous years'.

While these Trigonidium egertonianum aren't very colorful they keep blooming for what seems to be a bout half the year.

And then there's this one that I haven't ID'd because there are so many that have similar flowers. Maybe Prosthecea chacoensis or Anacheilium radiatum. It's fairly common here near rivers and creeks and has a strong but pleasant smell of warm honey.

And lastly a few non-native orchids that are blooming at the moment too. 2 Dendrobiums and a Phal.