Orchids Mounted on Palm Tree Slabs

I have been growing a variety of orchids on pieces of palm trees that I have collected. I have found that the orchids thrive on the palms. Some have attached themselves in as short as 30 days, and others 90+ days. As of right now the first mounted orchid is growing 2 spikes. This Encyclia tampensis was laying on the ground at my property. An old branch had fallen and I grabbed it before any of the hogs could get them. That was a few months ago. And it is growing like crazy. Already attached to he palm it has lots of new growth and the 2 spikes. And I also have a few others that have some new growths but no spikes yet. 1 is another Encyclia tampensis and the other is an unknown waiting for a flower to ID.

A Few Blooming Vanda Orchids

These Vanda orchids are growing in the Crapemyrtle tree on the SE corner of the house. I have posted these orchids separately a few other times but I have 3 blooming at the same time for the first time with another in spike. Here are the pictures of these beautiful Blooming Vanda Orchids!

Vanda Pachara Delight

Ascocenda Betty May Steel x Vanda Kasem's Delight Blue hybrid

Vanda Kinzwueker x Ascocenda Guo Chai Long

Orchid Show Pictures

On Oct 20 the Fort Pierce Orchid Society show was full of unbelievable orchids. I took lots of pictures and also Scored. I did not have that much money I could spend and needed some supplies so my orchid buying was going to be very limited. They were selling raffle tickets 20 for $5. You had a choose of 16 prizes to drop your ticket into. 1 ticket went into each bucket with a few being doubled up. When the began to call the winning numbers at the end of the day Monique pulled the tickets out and by the 3rd prize my number was called and I won a Blc. Aroma gold "Charngmarg", well 6 more numbers later Monique had another number called. This orchid was a Blc. Bread Beauty 'True Love'. Now the ladies were like yall our so lucky with a sign of pee-turbed-ness under their breath. The funniest part was the 2nd to last prize was another 1 of our numbers, We were so Lucky that day. This orchid was a Bc. Island Charm'O.C.' So the first pictures are of the orchids won from the door prize drawings. And the last ones are random shots from the show.

All 3 of the Winners

Bc. Island Charm'O.C.'

Blc. Aroma gold 'Charngmarg'

Blc. Bread Beauty 'True Love'

And The Randoms From The Show
many are label in the picture by a tag

My New Slipper Orchid

Wow it has been a while since my last post. I have so many new plants to share. The first is this Slipper Orchid! A few weeks ago I attended The Landscape Show sponsored by the Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association or simply FNGLA. This was an incredible experience. I am not going to get to into it now, but I did score this from a vender for only $12. It has 2 flowers and 3 new baby plants growing. What a score. This Paphiopedilum's tag reads.... Vintage Harvest (x) Gloriosum x Voodoo Magic.

Miltonia ??? Name This Orchid!

I have had this Miltonia since March and this is the first bloom since I have owned it. Another purple beauty. I have tried to id this, I think the Milt. Purple Queen or Milt. Spectabilis Moreliana are close but maybe you know. Here are the pictures.

The Black orchid in Full Bloom! Trichoglottis philippinensis var. brachiata

Trichoglottis philippinensis var. brachiata or Black orchid has reached its full bloom. It is a very beautiful dark purple/maroon color with a lavender/pink fuzzy lip. Thanks to TS Fay I lost 7 blooms from bud blast having to drag all the chids inside for a few days. Here are some pictures.