A couple of bloomers

AMYQofU

15 years ago

Here's some of what's happening in my greenhouse:

Blc. Lake Murray 'Mendenhall' AM/AOS

From Fender's Flora. Purchased 08/07. First bloom. ( I think it's mislabeled.)

C. Spotted Gem ' Snow Leopard'

From Kawamoto. Purchased in bud 02/08 at POX. First rebloom 09/08.

Paph Julius

Purchased in bud 02/08 at POX. First rebloom beginning.

Hope you enjoy.

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xmpraedicta
15 years ago
What fantastic photos...you've caught the patterning superbly. Great growing
Charm
15 years ago
2 beauties! ~Charm
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Thanks and Hafa adai y'all! The G.S. is in a black plastic ~20gl pot, half buried and surrounded by caladium. It gets full sun till about 2pm. I store many staghorn and other tropicals in a plastic wrapped shade house over winter with a small electric heater and fan running. I keep the fan running all summer even through rain (no rain this summer though). The bloom on the SCP was a surprise as I had cut the top off that branch this spring.
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olyagrove
15 years ago
Beautiful orchids and pictures
Olya
bayard
15 years ago
I think that is Blc. Lake Murray 'Mendenhall'.
carolinn_on
15 years ago
So gorgeous! ...you've captured the colours so vibrantly on the Blc. Lake Murray 'Mendenhall'...it was awarded an AM/AOS...in 199l. It looks correctly labelled to me.

Carol
Sheila
15 years ago
Beautiful pics of gorggous blooms. I'll look forward to a pic of the paph when it opens. I love paphs!
AMYQofU
Original Author
15 years ago
Dear Bayard and Carol,
I was saying I thought it was wrong because it doesn't look like the pics on Fender's website, or the pic on Carter & Holmes either. The dark area, the yellow surround, the striations in the lip and the white part (callus?) don't seem to be on those pictures and are very distinctive on mine. Can you tell me anything more?
carolinn_on
15 years ago
All I can say is that your photo is so much better than theirs-their photos are muddy-you can barely make out the details of the lips. This is a difficult colour to capture unless you know what you're doing or get lucky,

Carol
AMYQofU
Original Author
15 years ago
All credit goes to my husband who is the photographer.
andrea_san_diego
15 years ago
I've just added these 2 to my wish list. Just stunning!
picotee_sofl
15 years ago
I'm not a lover of the big floofy catts but I'd snatch that one up in a heartbeat! The spotties always get my attention. Your hubby's photos are beautiful, Amy.

Marci
savtaj
15 years ago
Those are two beautiful blooms. The showier the better as far as I'm concerned!
Judy

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