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I got this plant from Afri orchids in 2019. It is an interesting species because it is one of the "early-branching" Polystachya spp., and it is a narrow endemic species. The inflorescence is kind of too long from my grow tent. Here is a link to my blog post.

I got this from Louisiana Orchid Connection 8 years ago. It kept growing, but didn't flower until this year. I changed a couple things, and some of the changes might have induced the first bloom. Link to my blog post.

I've been growing them for 6 years from the flask which I got from Troy Meyers. Actually, this is derived from a SlipperTalk collaboration between Rick L and Uri. For the first generation, Rick managed to make some of them flower in 3 years. My plants are the grand-kids of Rick and Uri's...

I got this plant as a small seedling (probably just out of flask) from Olympic Orchids 10 years ago. It has been a reliable bloomer. Unfortunately, I broke 30-40% of buds while I was extracting it from the grow tent jungle for re-potting. Dissected flower photos are in my blog post.

I got this plant from Botanica about 5 years ago. It grows all over, and it was invading into other plants, so I finally went through the tangled mess and slapped it onto a new cedar shingle about a month ago (that's why it looks unnatural on the mount). I noticed the tiny flowers a couple...

This is Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi fma. chattaladae 'Orchidgrove' CHM/AOS × sib 'Chinainthorn', from Troy Meyers TN6337. It is interesting that some siblings of this cross came out as flava/alba form, but mine had the original deep red. The reciprocal cross didn't have any flava offspring, so it...

I received this plant from AfriOrchids in 2018. Right after the import, it had a bit of rough time with only 1 leaf left. It is still recovering, but it's growing better now. The photo is from 3 months ago; it bloomed at the end of June.

I got this from Botanica about 4 years ago. It grows quite well, but I'm guessing that it is hard to give enough light under artificial light. So it usually doesn't produce lots of flowers for me, but I'm happy as long as it flowers. It was growing within 6" or so from a T8 LED bulb. But...

Two plants which I got from Bela Vista flowered simultaneously this year. They used to flower in different time of the year. So I made a bit of comparison. I'm not completely sure if they are correct identification, but the differences described in Fowlie's book appear to describe these two...

I purchased it as Aerides krabiense from Ooi Leng Sun in May 2015. The photos were taken about a month ago, but this is the first bloom. I think it is A. odorata. They don't even look similar, and it is hard to comprehend how they mislabeled this. But it is a nice species with wonderful...

I have killed two plants before this, but this one managed to survive for a while. I like this species because the loss of pouch is correlated with the mating system (self-fertilization). Unfortunately, because of self-fertilization, the flower doesn't last for long, and one of the flowers is...

Tamakongou is probably one of the most popular bean-leaf variety and considered to be a good beginner bean-leaf type. In addition to the small leaves, the flowers are smaller, spurs are shorter, and bloom toward the sky (called tenzaki). This is another old variety mentioned in the publication...

The peak blooming of this species is over in my grow area, but there are still a couple of them blooming. This is a pretty common variety, but I think tiger variegation is generally fun to grow because your culture influence the expression of the variegation, and the appearance keep changing...

I got this from Troy Meyers as a seedling about 5 years ago (Dale Borders' cross). I think this is the second blooming. It is a fairly slow grower for me, and it doesn't retain leaves well. I'm growing it at a cold-end of intermediate, and I wonder if it needs more warmth. I saw a table...

I got this plant from Lee's Botanical Gardens about 3 years ago. As with many Habenaria, the flower structure is pretty cool. I've tried a couple of Habenaria (H. repens and H. floribunda) from Florida. They grow and flower ok for a couple seasons, but they don't seem to last for a long. Does...

I got this from Afri Orchids last year, and wasn't sure it was going to make it. But it grew a little bit this spring/summer, and it made a little bit of flowers. It is a small plant (1" pseudobulbs), but I hope it will keep growing.

From Afri Orchids. It is an amazing species which produces a large flower for a small plant.

I got these two plants labelled as A. rutenbergianum (Ar) and A. didieri (Ad) from Madagascar Import of Louisiana Orchid Connection. I posted an earlier photos of this particular Ad in this thread. There are quite a few differences between these two plants. The differences of these two species...

It came from Andy's Orchids in 2017. This is the only Brassavola I have, so I can't compare it with B.nodosa, which is somewhat similar to this species. in addition to the flower size and leaf shape, Withner's book pointed out the difference in the column shape, and you can see the dissected...

I got this from Afri Orchids. It is a fall-winter bloomer, but the plant recently died (and I forgot to take better photos), so I made a blog post from old photos. It was growing well, but it suddenly died for no good reason...