OSSEA Table Display - February 2013

Pps. serpentilingua

 Cattleya King of Taiwan.

 A Paph that was exhibited as Paph barbatum. The validity of this plant is in question.

 Bc (Brassavola x Cattleya) Morning Glory:

White flowers with some lavender suffusion. The  trumpet shaped white lips are heavily veined lavender.

 

 Phal Permata Rosmah Mansor:

A hybrid that was registered in 2010. This genetic composition of this hybrid consists of P. violacea, P. ambionensis, P. fasciata, P. lueddemanniana and P. gigantea. Two flowers and two buds from a single inflorescence. Reddish brown across the sepals and petals.

 Den Stardust

 

Den Burana x Den Thai Jewel:

A beautiful hybrid from a single inflorescence with 13 flowers and 3 buds neatly arranged. This hybrid takes more towards Den Burana.

Renanthera angustifolia.

Renanthera angustifolia (syn Ren matutina) a species that can be found in Malaysia, Philippines parts of Indonesia. Over 30 flowers and 15 buds on a single inflorescence. Salmon coloured flowers with fuchsia red velvety markings on all segments Li red-orange with yellow side lobes. This plant came in overall first for the month.

Rossioglossum (Oncidium) ampliatum:

A species that can be found is most parts of Central America. This widely distributed orchids grows on trees. The total flowers from the two inflorescence is well over 50. Petals and sepals are canary yellow sepals with chocolate bars on the bases.

Vanda lamellata:

A very common species that is found in the Philippines. This sun loving, epiphytic and lithophytic  species orchid is commonly found in the Philippines as well as in Borneo and Taiwan. 15 flowers and 6 buds from a single inflorescence. Flowers creamy white, dorsal sepal with brown blotch, lateral sepals heavily overlaid with reddish brown, red-brown streaking on the lower petals.

Phal cornu-cervi:

A widespread species that can be found from NE India through S.E.Asia.

Bulb auratum:

A miniature plant carrying 9 flowers of typical Cirrhopetalum shape, colour clear and bright yellow.

Bulb lobbii:

A large plant with many flowers in various stages of opening. 

 

Milt Bert Fields:

Four flowers from a single inflorescence. Petals and sepals purple with light pink rose blotches

 Gongora unknown.

Cymbidium unknown.

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.

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.

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.