Satan's Poop Inc. Paila Master: Orchids
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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Attempting to transmit the beauty of this passion of mine. In Spanish one word for orchid collector is quite fitting: "orquidiota" or "orchididiot" in English. I confess being one. 15 Dec 08 Nice Flowers! ... 9 Nov 08 Lots of flowers!!! A first flowering of a nice Cattleya Walkeriana, a Brazilian speciesLots of flowers from my awarded Cattleya Jenmanii Gran Sabana x Rubra which I bought from Xavier Caballero Close ups of the flowers above I may not have hybrids, but once in a while I succumb, like this Epicattleya May Day (??) Unidentified Bulbophyllum and a close up Nice Cattleya Alba, no clue what it is ... 20 Oct 08 Some special Species This is my very special Cattleya Violacea, not only is it free flowering, but this time it sent up two shoots with ten flowers (six and four) as shown on the left. This despite the fact that we crossed it in April with Cattleya Violacea "Muse" and I removed the fruit two weeks ago... 19 Oct 08 Eduardo sends some great pictures of species Eduardo M. sends some very nice pictures of Venezuelan and Brazilian species. Spectacular specimen plant of Cattleya Percivaliana on the left and a very large, overlapped Cattleya Percivaliana on the right... 5 Oct 08 Flowering suddenly picks up Flowering really picked up after the Miranda exhibit, here are some samples: Left: A nice Cattleya Aclandiae from Brazil. Right: Oncidium Millaki x Oncidium Ornitrryncum Left: My very nice Cattleya Warnerii concolor from Brazil... 5 Oct 08 Miranda Orchid Exhibit 2008 The Miranda Orchid Society show was held two weeks ago. I don´t like using flash when I take orchid pictures and I only took my monopod and it was very dark. Most pictures did not come out very well, I salvaged these three: Top left a Vanda Sanderiana, a species... 5 Oct 08 Eduardo and Santos send some nice pictures Eduardo and Santos send their regular contributions. If my memory is right the top two, the two Waleriana´s belong to Eduardo and the remaidner to Santos. Two spectacular Walkerianas, the one on the left lloks like a coerulea and an alba on the right... 7 Sep 08 One Species, One Hybrid ... 24 Aug 08 Flowering begins to pick up Flowering picking up, hopefully not too early for the September Miranda Exhibit. On the left top, my awarded Cattleya Jenmanii, larger flowers and more flowers than ever before. On the right a nice alba, but I have no clue what it is... 17 Aug 08 Three species as flowring is apparently picking up Top left: This Cattleya Mossiae does not appear to know that it should have flowered three months ago. Not bad for its firest time, note the solid lip and the flaring. On the right a Cattleya Percivaliana named Gabriela... 21 Jul 08 Eduardo sends a nice set of mostly species My flowering has really slowed down, but Eduardo sent some really nice pictures of species: On the left, Paillonante Pendiculata. On the right a very white Cattleya Walkeriana Alba. On the left, a nice Stanhopea Grandiflora... 13 Jul 08 Grammatophyllum Scriptum A year ago I thought this plant of Grammatophyllum Scriptum was going to die as it started losing leaves and turning brown. I moved it more into the sun, much brighter light and then I started using a fertilizer with Magnesium and Calcium that seemd to do the trick... 27 Jun 08 Two nice Purpuratas Two nice Laelia Purpurata from Brazil, very similar, with petals and sepals which are pinkish. Love them both. ... 22 Jun 08 Three Species and a Hybrid On the left is a very nice Cattleya Walkeriana from Brazil. This is the first flowering of 24 plants a friend brought me about two and a half years ago from that country. Very Promising! On the right another Cattleya Aclandiae, notice how it is much darker than last week´s On the left another one of my Laelia Purpuratas, On the right a very nice flared yellow hybrid called Blc... 15 Jun 08 Mostly species, taken in full sun light Today I decided to try to take the pictures of my orchids in full sun. Results are cool, hope you like them. On the left, a nice Laelia Tenebrosa from Brazil, I love the contrast betweem the Lip and the sepals and petals... 25 May 08 It's Purpurata time, time for great pictures!!! Took some pictures right after watering today, which always gives a nice appearance to the plants. The Laelia Purpuratas from Brazil have started flowering, they are not only spectacular, but they are incredibly photogenic as seen below... 25 May 08 Eduardo M. sends a bunch! Eduardo sent a whole bunch of pictures, from his rochid room to his plants: On the lfet his orchid, room, no wonder he sends so many flowers, on the right a specimen of Cattleya Gaskelliana concolor, magnificent! On the left Cattleya Dowiana, I seem to kill it, on the right Den... 18 May 08 Slowly getting back Slowly getting back to things after the China trip, I actually spent a lot of time taking pictures today, after reading a book about photography. Not many flowers, there were many when I got back, but they wilted, but something is always there... 13 Apr 08 AVO Orchid Exhibit This week was the AVO (Asociacon Venezolana de Orquideas) at the Sambil Mall in Caracas. the lighting there was not great, but I managed to take some good shots below. Cat. Luddemanniana Coerulea on the lft, Cattleya Mossiae Coerulea on the right... 12 Apr 08 Eduardo sends some good ones Two vies of a very nice Venezuelan Coryanthes Macrantha Clearly Eduardo had a Mossiae semi-alba indigestion last month. Truly stunning!A nice Shomburgkia Superbiens alba... 9 Apr 08 A bit of everything On the left a hybrid of Cattleya Intermedia with Blc. Morning Glory. This flower won second prize at the recent Natural Sciences orchid exhibit. On the right, a Cattleya Mossiae semi-alba, which unfortunately has a funny shape... 7 Apr 08 Santos sends a bunch of pictures, evne of people!!! Santos sends pictures of species, hybrids and even of la Gran Sabana and even people!!! Two pictures of what Santos considers to be his best Cattleya Lueddemanniana Left: Cattleya Lueddemanianna Coerulea, Right Cattelya Lawrenceana concolor Diana, both Venezuelan Cattleya :oddigessi color on the left and alba on the right Pescatorea Dayana, a Colombian species Pescatorea Dayana on the left, Rincholaelia Digbiana on the right Vanda on the left, orange hybrid on the right... 31 Mar 08 Three Cattleya Aclandiae This week was the Natural Sciences Society Orchid Show, I took a few plants, but for complex reasons was unable to take pictures. Since I was away, I had not been checking my plants, so I did not notice the three Cattleya Aclandiae from Brazil were all in flower... 9 Mar 08 Araguaney in full bloom in Caracas During this time of the year lots of trees flower in Caracas with dense yellow flowers. Today I found four examples of these spectacular tress within three blocks in Altamira. People always say these are Araguaey, the national tree of Venezuela, but there are two tyes, Araguaney and Acapro... 9 Mar 08 Yes, I do own hybrids Above left, a nice Blc. Morning Glory right after watering, on the right a close up Top left. Onc. Alohii flowered again from the same spike. On the right, one of my favorite hybrids Blc. Jungle Gem, how could I resist those spots, that purple lip and all in yellow!!!...
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