Coelia Bella - this year's flowers
 

Hey everyone :)

I've been a quiet on here lately as I've had so much going on, it's been hard to keep up with orchidboard-life!

It's also been quite hard to find time to take some snaps of all the chids (especially as it's been so gloomy here lately, the light hasn't been good for indoor snapping). Anyway, I finally managed to get some pics of the lovely Coelia Bella in bloom again this winter :) I really like this one - it's so easy to grow and is a nice reliable bloomer (her flowers also smell like marzipan).

I had 7 flowers this year (last year only 6). I've included the link to last year's photos as I wasn't able to get a good picture of the whole plant his year. It's bigger now it's got another p/bulb and leaves but those of your who don't know the plant can get an idea. One thing of notes it that last year, she bloomed on Christmas day, this year the blooms started to open at the beginning of Nov (perhaps [?] due to the milder temps this year compared to last year when we were under 4ft of snow!)

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...lia-bella.html

PS I've included the last picture as it shows how sparkly the flowers are

Beautiful!
Joann

Thanks :) The only problem is that she does take up quite a lot of room as the leaves are long and arching, but I seem to have a spot she likes :)

This is a new one for me and its gorgeous!

Beautiful! And smells like marzipan??? :cloud9: ;)

It is so beautiful. I love the diamond/fairy dusting.

Thanks everyone :)

Sonya - Yes, it's not overpowering (i.e. it'll scent a bright little corner, not a room) but altogether very *yum* ;) It's a shame the flowers don't last very long, now I have to wait a whole year for the next ones!