Memoria Michael Lawless

This is an orchid I've had for 10 years and it is now flowering for the first time. It is a primary hybrid between randsii and philippinense. You can see the randsii influence in the petals -- with their slightly bow-legged stance.

Odontoglossum Rawdon Jester

2 Flowers on a small young plant. Think it will be quite impressive as it gets older. Flowers are very heavy and shiny -- and it was difficult taking a picture where the reflection from the flash didn't distort the appearance of the flower. Photo is badly out of focus -- but didn't realize it until flower was gone. So this is the pic I have to remember it by -- until the next time it flowers/

Slc Chian-Tzy Regalia "Stunner"

Another recent acquisition. Plant is relatively small. 4 buds on one sheath. Hopefully this will wind up making a nice specimen plant.

Phal. Mini Mark 'Holm'

A cute little miniature phalaenopsis here. The cross is Micro Nova X philippinensis. The picture doesn't do it justice. My plant had two spikes -- one with three flowers and the other with four. The orange lip is particularly nice.

Phal. I-Hsin Black Jack 'Shi Hua' AM/AOS

A recent acquisition. Got it last year when it was in spike. The spike got too long -- and fell over -- snapping off. Arggg! Anyway, nice to see it finally back in flower. A large flower -- and with very heavy substance.

Paph Landmark

This is glaucophyllum X sanderianum. This is a nice dependable plant for me. I think it has bloomed 3 times already. This flowering, it had three flowers. Not as impressive as some of the other sanderianum hybrids, but still very likable.

Have not had a laptop for the last couple of months -- and I seem to have lost some pics that I thought were OK on my digital camera. But hoping to get things back on track here with regular posting when plants are in flower.

Paph Julius

Recovered one of my "lost" photos from earlier this year. This would have flowered for me around May of this year.

Paph Julius is a primary hybrid between rothschildianum and lowii. While the lighting on this particular shot isn't very good (someone took a picture of it for me since I had it in my office at work), plus this is a scan of a photograph, the color of the flowers are very bright. While the flower size is just a bit below award-size, I'm hoping that future flowerings will be even better.

Phal Everspring King X Dtps Palm Rose - King Hsing Beauty 'OX'

I actually haven't flowered this one (yet). And it's my intent only to take pics and post them of ones that I have actually flowered. But this is an exception. I was fortunate enough to get a stem prop from Taiwan earlier this year of this particular plant. It is still really tiny, and definitely a couple of years away from flowering. It is the most expensive orchid I have ever purchased -- so hopefully it won't go and die on me.

Anyway, I am SO looking forward to flower this plant. I'm wondering how many other people in North America have it (if any). For now, I just have to enjoy the pic and make sure I take care of it properly.

Paph Bill Werntz

Paphiopedilum Bill Werntz is a cross between an awarded Greyii and an awarded Psyche. Actually have about 5 or so of these and they are all more or less the same with very little variation. This particular flower is quite nice -- but just a little smaller than the awarded ones. I think all these siblings have nearly all flowered for me with 2 flowers at a time on the same stem, so it is nice to get that type of flower production from a small little plant.

Once you get them past that initial small seedling stage, they almost seem indestructable, albeit slow growing. They can really withstand the media getting quite dry for as long as a week or more, which makes sense because of the brachypetalum genes. However, they don't seem to become specimen plants, as they don't throw off multiple growths from the main growth.

A horrible pic here -- but a nice flower.

Phal Nobby's Shadowy ' Nobby' BM/JGP

Just recently got this plant -- and I discovered it was in spike after unpacking it. This is a cross between Golden Peoker and Nobby's Fox. I actually had this same mericlone about 8 months ago -- and it somehow died on me a month or so back, so I was glad to find out my source still had it available.

Only three buds on its first flowering. So hopefully it will be more impressive as it matures.

Paph Mishima Elf

This is a cross of Elfstone by Skip Bartlett 'White Pepper' HCC/AOS. Elfstone is a large green/white complex and Skip Bartlett is FC Puddle X godefroyae. This type of cross seems to be extremely popular today in complex white breeding. The flower from this particular plant is what you would expect from this breeding, although the very best of this cross should have a larger dorsal and be larger overall in size, and perhaps have a flatter presentation. The flower opened with a very green-ish tinge and changed to a creamy yellow over a week or so later. The flower is a bit overwhelmed by the bright sunlight in this picture and is actually not as dull as it appears here.

I just got this plant from Orchids Unlimited about a month ago(http://www.orchidweb.com) and was luckily enough to receive it in bud.

A couple of these were also listed in the recent AOS Awards Bulletin, although there were no pics provided. Plant is relatively small -- with two new growths -- and while it doesn't seem to be of award quality, I'm hoping that the next flowering will be larger on a more mature plant that didn't have to endure shipping while bareroot and in bud