what's your favorite?
 

I was wondering what is your favorite orchid? well mine right now is my Vanda "sansai blue":twocents: so what is yours???:gh

Depends on the week. ;)

Depends on the hour! :coverlaugh:

(sigh) how very true.:Tup:

Ok...this is a hard one to narrow down, even after having just gone out to review my collection...at this very moment I have 4 favorites.
One is my Home Depot recue plant, Den. Burana Charming ‘Blue Lip’. When I purchased it, it was a beat up little single cane dendrob with a broken spike that had one bloom (white with a purple/blue lip). Today it has about 6 tall canes and 5 arching spikes full of blooms, probably about 60! I've had the plant for 2 years now.
Another is my V. Mini Palmer. A small Vanda with olive, brown green tessellated petals and sepals, with a bright blue lip and a scent that is a cross between juicy fruit gum and grape cool-aid...yummy!
I have a Rhy. coelestis that has 3 spikes of beautiful white blooms with blue edges on the petals and sepals and a bright blue lip...this one also has a delightful fragrance.
The 4th is my Ascps. Irene Dobkin ‘York’ HCC/AOS, which is blooming for its second time this year. The spike is about 10 inches tall and contains about 30 perfect blooms that are an orange/peach coloring. I won a gold ribbon for best hybrid at my local Orchid Society meeting with this plant last month.
Here are quick pics I just took of these four favorites:

dgen those are BEAUTIFUL! only a few of my 'chids are blooming size. I'm mesmerized:drool:

Stunning blooms :drool: :drool:
My mother didn't have any favorites - she said it wasn't fair ;)
So, I don't have any either :evil:

i do agree lagoon :iagree:

I agree. No favorites. But there are a couple that peak my interest more often than others: Dendrobium anosmum, Gastrochilus somai, all Angraecoids, Haeralla odorata, and a few intergenerics.

OK, to narrow it down a little, I guess I really like the Cattleya alliance. Laelias especially. I don't go for the frilly as much as the odd and interesting. Species mostly, but I love the hybrids too.

I'd have to say Laelia tenebrosa, although I've never seen one in person. I have a baby one with two new growths that should help me make my mind up next spring.

Kim

Catasetum pileatum... no discussion about that :D

but of course, there is then a list plants I really like and compete for the second place: Cattleya violacea, Neofinetia falcata, Cypripedium calceolus, Pleione formosana, rupiculous Laelias, different Cycnoches, and almost all sort of minis...

I'll give you 3 guesses.:rofl:

Wow dgenovese1, those are really beautiful :drool:

hey kavanaru i look catasetum pileatum up that is one neat orchid!:lol:

Thanks Rosie!

David your orchids are beautiful...I especially love the HD Den rescue..I recently purchased a HD Den rescue, the tag says Den C.M. ??? I have no idea what it WILL look like in bloom, but she is presently recuperating from neglect!..Your pic gives me very much hope!..thank you Eileen

Psyguy, I have no problem picking a favorite. :biggrin: It is my Ascda Flamboyant Mary Motes. See :photo:

OMG!! It's BEAUTIFUL!! Thumbs up to that...I hope my phal can become as beautiful as that - keep up the good work! :bowing

I would never part with my Neofinetias.. so I guess that would make them my favorite orchid (family).. :evil:

that is nice*:cool: *

for me, it's a great plant.. it grows near the house of my parent and was the orchid I started with in my addiction since I was a child... I have a white form here (not yet bloomed as imported last year as a plain PB) and 'Oro Verde'.. I continue looking for a mottled one and for "Imperialis"... and any other form I could get in Europe (unfortuneatelly, Catasetinae don't seem to be very popular here :()

Susie...Incredibly beautiful...I'll have to try one of those in the future!..

hey kavanaru, i looked at your gallery, you have some awesome plants! i really love your amorphophallus bulbifer, that thing was huge!

Picking one favorite is like a mother chosing one from her many children .. I just can't do it :bua:
I love them all ;)

:coverlaugh:

Cattleya walkeriana will do it for me!

:scratchhead: I can't decide!!!!:roll:

All Angraecoids...hmm...just a couple of them :rofl:
Adam

David. I have a secret to tell you.The first flower in your list is first found in Sri Lanka .It was a hybrid done by Sri Lankan orchid grower .Many Many years ago . about in 1975.
He is Mr. Wanigasooriya. He was the Sri Lankan Orchid growers Chairman .

Ascps. Irene Dobkin
 

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but can you give me any and all details on the culture you have used for your Ascps. Irene Dobkin? I believe mine were going downhill when I purchased them, but I think I am resolving it. However, I want to learn any and everything I can from those who have been successful growing this gem! Lighting, potting media, watering routine (how dry do you let it get?), fertilizing routine, anything else pertinent? And anybody else want to chime in on this?!