Angraecum longicalcar in flower

[OrchidGuru]

Hi everyone,
I'm pretty excited about this one as I've been waiting a while to see this in bloom.
It took a while for me to track down a decent sized plant, and then I had to wait a couple of years for it to bloom.
Unfortunately the tip of the spike got damaged by a rogue snail (which crawled all the way into my house!) so I didn't get as many flowers on the spike as I would have liked, but just the same I am very happy!
I have self pollinated the blooms (as I don't have another plant to cross-pollinate it with) and have several capsules swelling up nicely.



Cheers, Jess

[Paula Frayne]

Very nice! Congratulations on the first bloom!

[shadytrake]

Damn snails!

Lovely blooms!

[calvin_orchidL]

Bravo!

[Tropicgirl]

Good job, Jess! Beautiful flowers! Keep us updated on the seed pods. Are you going to flask them yourself or send to a lab?

[justatypn]

Good job, have one of the same family almost popping. Been waiting for a few years for it to show it's true bloom...WTG

[RosieC]

Great blooms, congratulations.

[nenella]

Super flowers! Congratulations

[OrchidGuru]

Thanks everyone! As for the seedpods I will try flasking them myself. I still get some issues with contamination at times, but I'm getting better at it. Cheers, Jess