Pelatantheria rivesii

Purchased March 2015. Culture information here and IOSPE.

Odontobrassia Kenneth Bivin Orchid ?

Purchased March 2015.

Phalaenopsis Orchids in spike

Late April 2015. The pink Phal has finally opened its first flower!

It seems like all the spikes are taking a long time mature - perhaps because the weather has actually remianed quite cool.

The colour of this Phal varies quite a lot (probably due to the temperature).  This is a picture of the flowers from 2 years ago - very different colouring!

Early March 2015.  Many of my phals have spikes this year!  I think I am finally beginning to understand how to grow phals after killing SO many of them.  I realise that I have probably often packed them with too much sphagnum moss when repotting - thus suffocating their roots... I assumed this is what you were supposed to do as they always come like that when you buy them...

My large pink Phal which has survived a number of years with me and has always produced amazing multi-branched spikes, nearly died last year partly because I didn't repot it soon enough (I think) and partly due to damp rot.  But it seems to have bounced back very quickly and has just rewarded me with a lovely new strong spike...

Large Pink Phal with one spike - has recovered extremely well from nearly dying last year

One of 2 yellow phals in spike

Small (Taiwanese?) pink Phal with one small spike

Two spikes on this one - Don't remember what colour this one is - possibly white

Downward growing Cattelya?

Early March 2015.  This cattleya is producing another large shoot.

No ID Cattelya - Pale Pink

Mid April 2015.  Very pleased to see that a spike is appearing...

Tolumnia ??

Late August 2014.  This has suffered terribly in the heat of summer.  I think I made the mistake of removing the extra moss that I had put on because I was worried it was stifling the roots... I'm hoping against hope that it will still be able to survive now that I've moved it to a more sheltered location and added a bit more moss...

Aerides Flabellata

Late August 2014.

This has grown over the summer having moved it to a hanging basket.  However, it's not the healthiest looking specimen!