My bloomers

[SaraJean]

Some more things that have been in bloom over the last few months

Dendrobium macrophyllum. I’ve had this for a few years now and it’s finally blooming. This is medium-large Latouria type that likes A TON of water. More so than any of my other Latouria types. It is grown in sponge rock and medium orchiata bark, gets watered every day, and in the summer it sits in a little saucer of water. I tried watering it every other day in the winter and every time I did the leaves would start to get yellow splotches, get black tips, and die back. The orchid it’s self looks like crap because of this but it will look better in time as long as I can keep it damp






Dendrobium amethystoglossum. Old faithful, my most reliable bloomer that I’ve had for a few years. I swear, this has to be one of the easiest Den species to flower. As long as I give it plenty of bright light, water, and food in the growing season, it doesn’t seem to care what I do in the winter. It will bloom no matter how I treat it.





Dendrobium Australian Robbie McInnes, an Aussie Den hybrid from SVO. Had some spider mites so I lost several of the flowers unfortunately. It’s a pretty cross though and rather easy. Not really any special care just bright light year round and reduced water in the winter (particularly on colder nights). Last year I kept it in slightly intermediate temps in the winter and it bloomed fine. This year I left it outdoors all year (had lows of 34°F) and it did just as well.



Dendrobium convolutum. A great Latouria type that is in spike or bloom constantly. I think this one has bloomed 7 times in the last 12 months. Grown slightly damp and moderately bright light year round.






Coelia bella. This is a nice colorful terrestrial that smells like snickerdoodle cookies fresh out of the oven. It’s a great fragrance (and just a heads up, I think H&R has this listed right now). I just kept it slightly damp most of the year in moderately bright light, did fine with my hot temps in the summer and kept it intermediate in the winter with slightly less water. The grassy foliage and fat olive green pseudobulbs are also very attractive.







Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann ‘Buckleberry’, FCC/AOS. I finally got this to bloom! Got three spikes on it (none open at the same time, *sigh), and I love it. It sparkles, it wiggles, and the flowers are huge! I gave this more light and moved it up by my Cattleya walkerianas which seemed to do the trick.








Scaphosepalum breve. I just posted this one back in January but it has such a cool flower and is doing so darn well that I had to post it again. This is it’s third bloom since then and has simply exploded with new growths. This is currently kept in my intermediate/cool terrarium, though it has done fine in warmer temps. Just needed that consistent humidity that I can easily provide in a tank.