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Jenn, Naomi</a> & Sasha @ West Coast Orchid EnthusiastsNaomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-30113447772847391552012-04-14T09:41:00.000-07:002012-04-14T09:41:28.227-07:00Pholidota chinensis in bloom last monthI can't believe I haven't posted since November! Definitely overdue :)
One of my newer orchis is a Pholidota chinensis, which I acquired February 2010 @ the Southern Ontario Orchid Society Show, before my 2011 New Years resolution not to acquire any new orchids!
I was attracted to this little plant because it said to culture like Coelogyne, and I have had quite a bit of success reblooming my Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-17773285484361325312011-11-11T19:16:00.000-08:002011-11-11T19:16:15.370-08:00Lepanthes woodburyana in situ!Once again I am long overdue for a blog post! I am excited to be writing today about a trip to El Yunque National Forest I did at the end of October while on vacation in Puerto Rico.
We did an afternoon hike through the rainforest and I kept my eyes peeled for signs of orchids growing in the wild. I saw many bromeliads and what I believe were a couple of Pleurothalids that didn't appear to be inNaomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-31992176042795579392011-07-31T17:04:00.000-07:002011-07-31T17:04:47.804-07:00Time for an orchid blog post!I'm definitely overdue for a blog post before we hit August! It's been a pretty hot summer here in Toronto. I finally took some time to do a much-needed tidying up of my orchid nook last weekend. I had gotten rid of some dead plants I was leaving lying around for who-knows what reason. It's not like they were going to come back to life! Anyways, I've been meaning to blog about this for ages, so Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-58766681894272512282011-04-10T11:52:00.000-07:002011-04-10T11:52:32.350-07:00Dendrobium kingianum in bloomI've mentioned on Twitter that my Dendrobium kingianum is currently in bloom. It has a lovely tulip-like scent during the day, which is quite strong, despite the small size of the flowers on this plant. I have two flower spikes, one with five flowers and the other with two.
Dendrobium kingianum is native to eastern Australia and is commonly known as Pink Rock Lily or Pink Rock Orchid. In my Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-10808680927137940512011-03-26T12:39:00.000-07:002011-03-26T12:39:04.425-07:00Jumellea arachnantha in bloom!My Jumellea arachnantha is in bloom for the second time since I purchased it at the Southern Ontario Orchid Society show in February 2008. It didn't bloom for me until last year and then again this year, so I am pretty happy with this plant. It has beautiful white flowers that are especially fragrant at night. To me they smell similar to an Easter Lily.
I also love the green foliage on this Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-79452648008651833762011-03-12T11:40:00.000-08:002011-03-12T11:40:21.016-08:00Finally, an update!Seems like a good day to post an update to the orchid blog :)
Hard to believe I haven't posted here since September, wow, 6 months ago! It's pretty easy to keep up with Twitter updates though, so at least I haven't fallen behind on those.
I've wanted to post some pictures for the last few weeks but alas I dropped and broke another one of our cameras so I only had my crappy laptop camera, not Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-91383900740348221712010-09-18T11:08:00.000-07:002010-09-18T11:08:42.683-07:00Air travel with orchids!Darn, I had drafted a blog posting last weekend and then it didn't save!
I recently went on a small orchid shopping trip while home visiting on the West Coast. I've done a few domestic flights with orchids, as well a cross-country drive, so I wasn't worried about transporting my orchids back on the plane.
This most recent trip was a piece of cake. I only had three relatively small-sized Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-14814006397182535002010-08-14T09:09:00.000-07:002010-08-14T09:09:35.003-07:00The perils of excessive heat and sunlight for cool growing orchidsIt's been a hot and humid summer here in Toronto.
Last month, during a particularly intense run of hot and humid weather, one of my cool growing orchids suffered some possibly irreparable damage. Pleurothallids are normally cool-growing. This one was in my upstairs studio / orchid room. Temps on the upper floor of our house probably hit over 35C / 100F during a four or five day period. We Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-127722612044911482010-07-04T09:08:00.022-07:002010-07-04T10:42:21.322-07:00Bruce Peninsula orchidsI finally made it up to the Bruce Peninsula over the summer solstice weekend in June. As I suspected, it was a little too late to see the yellow ladyslippers in full bloom. They usually peak at the end of May during the Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival. However, I was lucky enough to find one still in partial bloom. I was up on the Bruce for the orchid festival back in 2008, and it was like orchidNaomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-84270738613368773302010-05-29T17:09:00.033-07:002010-05-29T18:53:56.257-07:00The intrepid orchid huntersI was home on the island last month and had a couple of occasions to do a little bit of orchid hunting. I was very happy to discover a few patches of calypso orchids, especially since I have missed them in bloom the last couple of years. I hadn't actually seen any in bloom since May 2007 before I moved away! So it was a real treat to discover some. The first one I found was a solitary bloom whichNaomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-28458903222712705472010-03-13T14:46:00.034-08:002010-03-14T09:33:55.647-07:00Happy orchid weekend!Well it's a rainy weekend here in Toronto but this past week we were treated to our first fine spring weather. The end of winter is in sight! The ground is no longer frozen and it didn't take long for the tulips to poke the first signs of new green growth up through to the light. And three cheers for more daylight!On the orchid front, things are going really well! It's definitely been my best Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-29131968982292794782010-02-28T16:32:00.004-08:002010-02-28T16:35:09.085-08:00Summer orchid memoriesHere's a shot of an atlas moth visiting a helleborine. This picture was taken at the Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, July 2009.Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-64109000858038562822010-02-20T13:26:00.007-08:002010-02-20T13:38:04.510-08:00Coelogyne flaccida in bloomMy Coelogyne cristata blooms (see previous post) are starting to wilt, unfortunately, but it was great to finally see this plant bloom! It looked fantastic, if I do say so myself :)I am very fond of my Coelogyne flaccida which is currently in bloom. This plant is doing very well too, and was one that I purchased as part of a joint orchid import from Brazil. The flowers definitely have an unusual Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-87704805392050038322010-01-24T07:21:00.009-08:002010-01-24T07:34:48.427-08:00Winter orchid bloomsI arrived home in time to enjoy my Coel. cristata's first ever bloom, and it's so beautiful! Nice scent too, smells kind of cinnamony to me. I'm so happy that after receiving this plant as a clipping almost 5 years ago it has finally bloomed!Also in bloom right now for the first time since leaving Victoria is my Zygopetalum X, with it's heady lily-like perfume. Between these two plants they are Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-57041543918014230642010-01-09T08:11:00.005-08:002010-01-09T13:45:58.174-08:00Finally, my Coelogyne cristata is in bloom!!A very exciting development from my little orchid corner of the world ... a Coelogyne cristata clipping that I got in June 2005 is finally in bloom! The flowers haven't opened yet but I am hoping, fingers crossed, that the bloom is successful.I was a little worried last week upon returning home from being away in Quebec City for a few days over the holidays that maybe the spike was dying. I had Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-35888338568915905182009-11-14T12:48:00.011-08:002009-11-14T15:32:08.115-08:00More fall orchid bloomsIt has definitely been the best fall in awhile for me in terms of orchids blooming. As I wrote on Twitter and below, two orchids I bought in Spring 2007 at the Vancouver Island Orchid Society show bloomed for me for the first time this fall. Maxillaria meleagris just finished blooming, and it looks like I should be getting some flowers on my Dendrobium kingianum as well! Also in bloom right now aNaomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-59732458940242871562009-10-17T16:04:00.007-07:002009-10-17T18:42:10.604-07:00First bloom on Maxillaria meleagris!I am very excited that my Maxillaria meleagris has bloomed for me for the first time. Below is a picture of the flower and it definitely has a scent which I am still attempting to place. According to the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia, it is supposed to smell like coconut, but try as I might, it doesn't seem coconutty at all to me. To me it smells grape-like but not fruity grape, Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-18634638309478743522009-08-25T19:58:00.003-07:002009-08-25T20:04:08.235-07:00National Geographic feature article on orchidsThe September 2009 National Geographic issue features an article on orchids, specifically orchid mimicry, written by Michael Pollan with photographs by Christian Ziegler.Check out the amazing photo gallery that accompanies this article and has some fantastic shots!Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-79249685669233235112009-08-03T10:24:00.003-07:002009-08-03T10:30:48.923-07:00New nature series: The wild orchid manHow exciting is this! A new nature series, Wild Orchid Man, follows"Stig Dalström, noted orchid curator, botanist, artist and author, and filmmaker Darryl Saffer, as they explore exotic terrain from South America to Bhutan searching for wild orchids in the pursuit of important knowledge about their continued survival in an increasingly hostile world."The pilot episode is set in the "Ghost Orchid Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-1363605534531171142009-08-01T10:16:00.000-07:002009-08-01T10:16:27.154-07:00Blog: Florida's native orchidsPrem Subrahmanyam has created a blog about Florida's native orchids. He's got some pictures and updates on the ghost orchid that has recently bloomed on a bald cypress tree in the Corkscrew Swamp, just outside Naples. The blog includes information about Ghost Orchid special hotel rates. This post is a bit late, but Prem reports that as of July 20, there were nine blooms on the ghost in the Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-23638344207131328102009-07-26T15:41:00.001-07:002009-07-26T15:42:14.346-07:00Follow Orchidelirium on Twitter!We're on Twitter with orchid musings to complement this blog. Come check us out!Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-63409760292143926582009-07-25T14:05:00.012-07:002009-07-25T14:17:01.753-07:00Gongora in bloomMy Gongora galeata is in bloom right now. Can't remember if this is the first time it has bloomed since our move to Toronto ... either way it's nice to see (and smell). It's the only orchid I have in bloom right now. Better enjoy it while it lasts!Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-32581856184845366202009-07-19T17:36:00.001-07:002009-07-19T17:36:11.479-07:00Tall northern green orchidP7040989Originally uploaded by meadow moonA better shot of the tall northern green orchid we came across at Singing Sands on the Bruce Peninsula. Not sure why the flowers were so spotted (see close up below). They definitely don't have spots in the guidebook.Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-82406027555961693442009-07-19T17:32:00.001-07:002009-07-19T17:32:37.688-07:00More Bruce orchidsP7061095Originally uploaded by meadow moonA couple helleborines (Epipactis helleborine) growing between two rocks. None of the helleborines we saw were in bloom yet.Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12085958.post-36386946144774930802009-07-19T17:29:00.000-07:002009-07-19T17:30:02.745-07:00Bruce Peninsula orchidsI missed the official Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival this year, but made it up to the area a couple weekends ago and although missed the Yellow and Ramshead ladyslippers in bloom, found at least seven different types of orchids, including our prized find of a showy ladyslipper (Cyprepidium reginae), pictured immediately below. The pink on the one we spotted isn't too bright:We found a huge area Naomi @ WCOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571427561490360262noreply@blogger.com1