Blooming Orchids in the House Again

Surviving Orchid needs police protection in UK

Reported by John Platt in Scientific American online here, a single flowering plant of the terrestrial lady slipper orchid Cypripedium calceolus still lives in the wild in Lancashire UK.
The plant is under police protection. The plant is reported to be 100 yrs. old.


I would love to see an orchid living wild here in N. America. Orchids truly are survivor plants.

Requiem to a Chinese Cymbidium

This photo was taken in November 2005 in our Library. These are the cymbidiums of asian art. This plant did not require the intensity of HID lighting to bloom. It was tolerant of the south facing window in our climate. It did need more attention than I could give it. And it passed, I'm ashamed to say, from neglect.  Somewhere I have documented the species name... for this is a species, not a hybrid. Today I share the memory, and the photo.

Phragmipedium Schroederae

Truely a survivor plant. This photo was taken March 9, 2007 by JRS. It is a division of the plant I purchased in June of 1995 from Taylor Orchids in Monroe MI .  (Phrag caudatum x Phrag Sendenii) I’ve been growing it under HID lights since Sept. 1996. It is one of my favorites [9531001]

Paphiopedilum Wellesleyanum - 2003 bloom image

 

(Paph. concolor ‘Walter’ x Paph godfroyae ‘Krull’s Fat Boy’

Purchased 28 Jan 1996. This photo is a later blooming.
Photo credit: JRS 4/25/2003

This is one of my favorite references for Paph. growing:

The Paphiopedilum Grower's Manual, rev. 2nd ed.

Cattleya Orchids in May 2003

How could I have not documented these orchids before? I know. Life was too complicated  then.
Between February 21 and April 6 2003  I acquired 10 orchids in the Cattleya group. These next 2 were photographed 5/18/2003. My Cattleya group was hit hardest by virus; pests; and infections over the past several years. These photo images are all I have to remember them.

Carter and Holmes was one of my favorite sources for orchids.

Orchids in the basement

From September until the end of May my orchids live in our basement.

Living with orchids

During the grey season the orchids make a big difference.