First up is a delightful little mini-miniature orchid named Trisetella hoeijeri, native to the cloud forest of Ecuador. The leaves are about 1.5" tall, and the flower has a 3" spread. I got the plant from Ecuagenera at the Portland orchid show in spring 2017, and in October it gave me two flowers.
Next up is Masdevallia strobelii big form (with an unknown hitchhiker) on the left and small form on the right. These two pots are doing great on my kitchen windowsill, and in November they bloomed profusely.
When they bloomed in December 2016, the the big form (on the left) had five flowers and the small form (on the right) had seven. This time around they had 26 and 10 flowers, respectively! Wowza! Added bonus, they are intensely sweetly fragrant and I could smell them all over the first floor of the house. I look forward to watching these plants grow.
This is the flower of the big form, smaller and more white.
And this is the flower of the small form, larger and more yellow. Confusing, I know, with the big/small, small/big! I love the sparkly glandular hairs inside the tubular flowers.
A super extra special bonus this year was this:
The big form pot has a hitchhiker! There is a little clump of leaves that are slightly smaller and bloomed these gorgeous flowers. Quite different from what the pot is supposed to be. I haven't figured out what species this is yet (it might be the glandulosa x strobelii hybrid named Masd. Confetti), but I love it. When I repot the plants next year, I'll split this out and put it in its own pot so it doesn't get overrun by the very vigorous big form.
Next to bloom, in December, was this Odontocidium Wild Willie 'Pacific Bingo'. It's mildly fragrant, like lemony plastic. Big waxy flowers, very pretty.
Then there was the Gastrochilus somai, which bloomed for about a month in November/December. I didn't take a picture until it was almost gone by, but there were about 12 flowers on two spikes.
This is Dendrobium Enobi Purple 'Splash', blooming in January on a small three-flower spike. This is such a striking flower.
Next was Odontocidium Brennan Scott Barfield ‘Mother’s Day’. No fragrance, but lots of pretty flowers on tall spikes.
This is a Paphiopedilum that I got in bud in December, which finally opened this week. This cross hasn't been named yet, so it's just Paph. (Hidatsa x Nulight) '1-10' x Kaylight '2-09'. I'm not normally a fan of this type of so-called "bulldog Paph" with the big round flowers, but this one is pretty and Emma likes it so it can stay. I do like the speckling on the dorsal.
I also have had a bunch of Phalaenopsis blooming. They're pretty cheap, and extra color in winter is always good. 'Nuff said.
This is a new one, no name.
This is also a new one, a pretty no-name yellow that Emma got me for Christmas.
This is a re-bloom, Phal. Liu's Triprince. This is it's third spike for me.
Another new one last fall, Phal. Ox Surf Song. This has been blooming since September, and the flower in the picture is somewhat old, hence the brownish tones. Younger flowers are a lovely clear pinky-peachy-yellow.
Another re-bloomer. No name but pretty waxy green with purple speckles.
This is Phal. Sogo Berry x Dtps. Fuller's Cheese '3496'. Who names an orchid "cheese"? Weird name but very pretty.
And this is Phal. Ox Lucky Boy. Mini white phalaenopsis are so simple and pretty.
There have been at least a couple other phals in flower over the past few months, but apparently I didn't take pictures. Oh well, I'll get them next time around.
Last up for now is this Pleurothallis niveoglobula, which has been in bloom continuously since I got it in January 2016. It literally never stops flowering. The tiny white flowers aren't flashy but very cute.
Whew. If you made it all the way through this enormous post, thanks for reading!
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