a couple of blooming noids
 

Cymbidium - this one got hailed on - minor damage to blooms. 6 spikes total, but for some reason I couldn't get a photo of the whole plant that I was happy with.

Miltassia (?) this one had no tag when I got it - I'm making a guess it's Miltassia. It's been a reluctant bloomer, despite growing like a weed. I've had it almost 3 years (was in bloom when I got it), has had lots of new growth, but this is only it's second spike since then, and the first (fall 09) blasted all but one bud. I also don't recall it being this color - I remember it more a dusky purple, but I could be mistaken, or it could be having been exposed to cooler temps while in spike (it was out side all winter while in spike). I like this color better anyway ;) I also found interesting that when the buds first begin to open, they were so dark, they were nearly black, and then they slowly fade.

Thanks for looking :)

Your noids are beautiful.

I love Cymbidiums, but I hesitate to add them to my collection for fear that my climate won't agree with them. It gets so hot down here.

Congrats on getting your Milt. to bloom. What you've described reminds me of my 3 divisions of Wilsonara. The plant/plants grow exceedingly well but they're a disappointment when it comes to blooms. One of the 3 finally spiked last winter, but the spike was a shorty with only 3 blooms. This year I plan to grow them indoors where it's cooler during the hot summer months. They'll go back outside in late Fall/Winter and stay out there unless it freezes. I'm hoping this strategy will encourage some spikes. It's frustrating to grow space hogs that don't bloom.

Nice. Great color on the Cym.

Kim

absolutly stunning sonya!!!!!!
i love the cym, so dark and 6 SPIKES!!!!!!!!!
great growing :)

stefan

thanks Junebug, Kim, Stefan :)

Junebug - I don't know what the temps are like there - cyms CAN tolerate heat quite well - especially if they are shaded during the hottest part of the day. We get periods of extremely hot, dry weather, but even during the worst, the temp does drop quite a bit at night, so that may be helpful to my cyms.
So, idk - maybe try an inexpensive noid cym ? I do know of one member in Florida (tho I don't know what part of Florida) that grows a lot of cyms.

Good luck with the Wilsonaras - I too have one that I haven't been able to rebloom yet - it, too, spent the winter outside, and is growing better now than previously, so I am hoping it may bloom this year. This Miltassia just doesn't seem to want to spike indoors - perhaps not enough light. We'll see how it does growing outside year round.

Stefan - I love this cym, and was very happy to get so many spikes on it!