More Bloomers - Mine & not Mine + Yet to Come

[voyager]

OK, I've got an Epic. Hainying Orange 'Ching Hua" in bloom right now:

It lost its buds 2X before.
It has finally succeded in blooming.

Then, this is one of the brown weed Vandas.

It is not mine.
This one is actually in the neighbor's tree just over the property line.

Then, 2 upcoming bloomers that I am very excited about.

Den. aggragatum

You can just see a spike developing on the lowest PB on the RH side.

I tried and tried to bloom this species in AK.
I could not get any of these at any time to form buds.
My suspicion is that no matter how I manipulated its moisture and temperatures, It just couldn't get enough light in the winter to stimulate budding.
4-1/2 hrs of daylight @ winter solstice just didn't cut it.

Then, this one sat dormant for over a year as I added 2 more plants to the mounting and fretted over it month after month.
it has finally begun to grow new PBs along with an inflorescence.

Next, what was sold to me as a Den. cretaceum but IOSPE says that it is actually a D. polyanthum.

You can see buds forming at the nodes. They're not just near the tip of the PB but are at the nodes along almost the whole length of the PB.

Several sources say that this one may be cospecific with Den. primulinum.
They both do have recessed areas at the nodes where the buds emerge from.
I've never seen that on any other Dendrobium.
I'm looking forward to seeing this one bloom.
Does it look like a D. primulinum
Dendrobium primulinum(?)
or, the one pictured on the IOSPE:
http://www.orchidspecies.com/dencretaceum.htm
Or, is it going to be totally different.
Can't wait to find out.

Then, got a Den. crystallinum just beginning to swell at the nodes, plus a Den. antenattum 'Maku'u' with new spikes growing, and finally a yellow with brownish freckles Vanda hybrid getting ready also.

It appears that my spring bloom is far from over.

[WhiteRabbit]

Excellent!

[No-Pro-mwa]

There looking good.

[voyager]

Wandered around the yard again this afternoon.
While taking another look at the D. aggragatum, I found 2 more inflorescences have begun for a total of three so far.
Now I'm hoping that more will be showing up soon.
After all my failed efforts to bloom this species, I find that all I needed to do was throw it outside and treat it like a barn cat.
Who'd a thunk?

The D. polyanthum's buds are growing quickly.
We'll be getting a look at them before much longer.

The 3 young D. pendulums are still looking as if they may put out some flowers, but don't seem to be very enthusiastic about it.
One 'bud' has turned into a keiki, others look to have stalled but have not died or keiki'd yet.
At least one looks to be headed towards becoming a flower.

After all the work and attention expended trying to bloom orchids in AK, I am like a kid with a new toy, even after 3 years here.
I am so absolutely amazed, that I get excited every time one begin to look as if it might bloom.

[brianwstephens]

Great collection it must be so nice to grow orchids in a climate like Hawaii's

[Tindomul]

Very kool. Awesome stuff.