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Friday, December 14, 2012

OSSEA Table Display - Dec 2012

Paph hirsutissimum.


Paph Maudiae.

Paph besseae.
A single stalk with two flowers and a bud. Flowers with intense orange colour and good shape.

Paph charlesworthii.
Single flower from one inflorescence. Greyish  purple  almost completely veined the whole wide dorsal. Petals are veined and flushed with grey orange.

Paph delenatii.

Paph tonsum.

Paph rothschildianum.
A nice specimen plant with two spikes. Each carrying 3 flowers.

Vandochostylis Sri-Siam


Vanda lamellata.

Vanda lamellata.
 This plant was awarded HCC/OSSEA.

Paraphalaenopsis Kimmy.
A beautiful plant  with nice and neatly arranged flowers. Very good 15 flowers on a single inflorescence.

Psychopsis Mariposa 'Green Valley'.
Two flowers each from two inflorescence. The flowers are marked with distinct golden yellow.

Rodriguezia lanceolata.
A plant with well over 50 flowers from 4 inflorescences.  Very cool watermelon colour flowers.

 Coelogyne assamica.
Two flowers from a single inflorescence. Pseudo bulbs has no leaves. Flowers translucent pale yellow-green. A plant that requires cool intermediate temperature to grow and flower. They can be found in NE India, Myanmar, China, Northern Thailand, Loas and Vietnam. The  plant was first collected in Assam from which the plant was named.

 Bulbophyllum longisepalum.

Dendrobium Memoria Loo Sing Chew.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

OSSEA Table Display - Nov 2012


Paph wardii

Paph hookerae var. volonteanum

Paph helenae
 
Vanda Siwalatri

 
Vanda tricolor.

Phal Orchid World "Bonnie Vasquez".

Coelogyne pandurata.
 


Cattleya Tan Kim Ser.
    

Bulb putidum.

Dendrobium parthenium

Bulb annandalei.

Brassanthe Elise White.

Brassavola grandiflora


Tricocentrum  sprucei.




Thursday, November 1, 2012

Frailea pygmaea (Speg.) Britton & Rose




Frailea pygmaea as the name implies ("pygmaeus" meaning dwarf) is a very small cactus. It has long tuberous roots and the length is from 2 to 3 cm wide.
 It has a flattened, light green to dull green body, depressed at the crown, with a turbinate base, plant size is 1 to 3 cm across.
 I grow them in rich and porous soil. The plant needs to dry out between watering and enjoys full sun but in a shaded position.



  Fraileas are cleistogamous meaning that their flowers produce seed without even opening. Without the need for pollination, hence the buds rarely reach full bloom and remain closed. I have kept this plant for well over 15 years and have to see the flower but it keeps producing seeds.
 

The above shows some seeds that were harvested and sown three weeks ago.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

OSSEA Table Display Oct 2012

Paphiopedilum tranlienianum



Phragmipedium Calurum



Paraphalaenopsis laycockii







Brassavola venosa

Oncidium ascendens




Habenaria Memoria Melinda M. Rodgers