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.

[Leucadian]

Thanks for all the photos. I especially like the Gongora, and I can't believe what they've done to the Oncidium (Lophiaris??).

[estación seca]

Those are great!

Could you post a photo of the Trigonidium plant? I bought a Trigonidium latifolium and I'm trying to figure out how to repot it.

[SFLguy]

It's definitely one of the Anacheilium, probably radiatum since they look green instead of grey like Anacheilium chacaoense

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[SG in CR]

Originally Posted by Leucadian

Thanks for all the photos. I especially like the Gongora, and I can't believe what they've done to the Oncidium (Lophiaris??).

Yeah I have a bunch of old pictures that have different names. I found this distribution map that helped me ID which species I have.
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[SG in CR]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Those are great!

Could you post a photo of the Trigonidium plant? I bought a Trigonidium latifolium and I'm trying to figure out how to repot it.

Here's a picture of the T. egertonianum. It's only been tied up for a few months in this spot so it may not really be a great example.

[SG in CR]

Originally Posted by SFLguy

It's definitely one of the Anacheilium, probably radiatum since they look green instead of grey like Anacheilium chacaoense

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Maybe this info helps with IDing it. I have two different types. The flowers on both are nearly identical in indiviual appearance. But the one in the picture has lots of flowers on each flower stalk and smells of honey. The other only gets a single flower and has no scent. The plants look identical otherwise and come from similar areas.

[estación seca]

Thank you. My Trigonidium latifolium has a lot more space between pseudobulbs. I may mount it on a branch.