Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Cattleya trianae v coerulea bud



 Cattleya trianae's bud always comes in winter on the bulb that grew during the summer. Interestingly despite common opinion that cattleya needs lots of sun for blooming - this one blooms beside the north facing window that never gets sun. Few more weeks before bloom opens, hopefully it doesn't blast - humidity is pretty low in the house with all the heat and minus twenties outside....

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Neofinetia falcata Shishinden

 Neofinetia falcata Shishinden is a mutation of Suruga fukurin. It is supposed to have marginal variegation starts creamy and then gets yellow on older leaves. Plant is still small. I think it needs bright light to keep valiegation bright yellow. It might get back to suruga fukurin if variegation goes all white instead of yellow.


Friday, October 10, 2025

Monday, October 6, 2025

Cymbidium ensifolium Chan-Yue-Da-Mo 禅月达摩

 Cymbidium ensifolium Chan-Yue-Da-Mo 禅月达摩 blooms again. Fragrance is just amazing, it is quite strong but also very delicate....




Sunday, October 5, 2025

Neofinetia Mugen-no-shima, possibly spike?

 This small bean with stripes created so many new fans over the last year. I really hope this new entity coming out as spike:






















Saturday, October 4, 2025

Thursday, October 2, 2025