Phal. NoIDs

   Now normally I don't pick up NoIDs, but the large standard was bought for me by my ex, and the miniature harlequin I picked up when my orchid fever was starting to get bad.

Spike update for the Phals

Here is my Phal. ATL Crossing working away on its' spike. So far I think I can see a total of 6 or so buds developing, an improvement on the 4 and 3 on last year's spikes (which makes sense, as the two spikes have a total of 7 buds, so hopefully this one spike has many more buds).

My Penang Girl working on a new spike after the other one dried up!

Phal. NoID #1 I am still debating whether to sell this or not. . . I think I might, as I would be able to fit an ID'd chid into this spot that I could use for breeding.  .  .

Phal. (Tying Shin blah blah blah) is working on a new spike that recently hit a growth spurt.

Yeah, I totally forgot to take a picture of the Mambo.  .  . well, now the next time you see it it will be WAY bigger than last time!

Oncidium spikes!

Ugh, once again due to my lazyness, I haven't uploaded photos to my Photobucket in a long time! Anyways, here are updated pics of my spiking Oncs.

Here is my Onc. Gold Dust with its spike just beginning to show buds!

And because I was bored and I could, I unpotted the Gold Dust and mounted it on some Epiweb!

And you can see a new growth starting from last years p'bulb to the right of center.

Here is my Tol. with its spike getting ever longer.

I really don't like this one's NoID status, I think I may sell it at my OS meeting on Sunday.

Spike progress!

YAY!!! It won't be long  before I am enjoying blooms!!!

Here is the NoID with buds beginning to show.

Phal. ATL Crossing, just starting to show buds on its fat spike.

Phal. (Tying Shin Cupid x Super Stupid) with its two spikes! My goodness, I am going to have a show with this one!

Here is the new one.

Phal. Mambo

Phalaenopsis speciosa v. christiana. Sigh, this is one absolutely crazy phal! I think in total, it has 15 inflorescences and side spikes. Now, just to get them all to bloom at once. . . .

My Tolumnia is just finishing up its newest lead, which means its time for it to spike! I'm not sure if all Tolumnias do this, but this one starts a new growth, spikes when it is just about to finish the lead, finishes blooming, and then after a very brief rest, starts over again!

Spikes galore!

Okay, so here is the rest of what I have in spike, all nice brand new photos taken a few hours ago.

Phal. (Tying Shin Cupid x Super Stupid) I am excited to see this one bloom, as it has grown a lot over the past year, so I should get a great big spike!

Phal. (Sogo Lisa 'OK' HCC/AOS x Haur Jin Princess 'TR' HCC/AOS), which has a HUGE name, has finally been registered as Phal. Pylo's Princess Lisa. It has just the tiniest nubbin of a spike.

Here is the Phal. Mambo.

Phal. ATL Crossing.

Phal. NoID #1.

Here is my little Onc. Gold Dust with its' very first spike!

I was very surprised indeed  to see the shadow of a spike when the plant is so small! I thought it was a new growth for a while, but it is way to skinny to be a new lead, so a spike it is!


And finally, my B. Grand Stars '#2', with its spike growing quickly!

Hehe, I think I have more in spike than I had for 'chids at this time last year.

My OS haul!

So, this last Sunday, Monica du Wit visited my OS, and she brought TONS of 'chids for sale. In reality, none of the plants there were from her personal collection. She is training to become an AOS judge, which is a purely voluntary process that can take around 6 or seven years to complete. So, people she knows donate plants for her to sell, and the proceeds go to her training. I am just going to post the one picture of everything, and do a separate post for each.

NoID Phal.

*Slowly shuffling in to center stage* Ummm, so I know I'm not supposed to be attracted to NoIDs, but this one had a tag showing what nursery it's from, so I had hopes of getting an ID. It has been two weeks, I don't think I am going to be getting one though.

Here is the one poor flower that was hanging on. Out of a batch of 30 or so phals, this was the only one with a non-withered bloom.

Here it is with its' gigantic spike.

Four new sub-spikes developing.

This 'chid had some pretty good roots!

And here it is potted in fresh sphag.

Tolumnia NoID

Sigh, so I know I am an ID snob, but this one was supposed to get an ID. Last spring, Dino from C.R. Orchids visited my OS, and they had a bunch of Tolumnias for sale. Some of them had lost their name tags, so I was told that once it blooms, they should be able to ID it for me. As luck would have it, I happened to get one of the few non-mericloned ones, and if you knew anything about hybrid Tolumnias, you would know that the same hybrid can have a whopping range of variation. So, this one remains as a NoID.

Phalaenopsis NoID

   This little NoID is one lucky 'chid! This was one of the first few Phals I bought, and of course coming from the grocery store, it was a NoID. Sometime this summer it must have got minor crown rot or something, as it hasn't grown any new leaves. I was going to chuck it, but it redeemed itself by growing what looked like a spike, but ended up being a kieki, which was also good. It redeemed itself from the OS sale table when it once again put out what looked like a spike, but is now clearly another kieki. Finally, this plant has earned its spot in my closet when the bigger kieki finally sent out what appears to be a spike. It could possible be another kieki, but I doubt it. It just goes to show that threatening your 'chids gets them moving!