Vacation comes to the orchid collection

During the last two weeks, the orchids were moved outside – their long-awaited vacation. The cattleyas were the first to leave. Most of them are now hanging from the apple tree. Several were divided into much smaller plants. (Divisions went to the Orchids and Garden Plants Sale, held May 21 and 22.) Yesterday I cleaned [...]

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Orchid and Garden Plant Sale

When: May 21 – 22, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Who: Five members of the Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City [OSGKC] are selling orchids and garden plants. See Orchid Sale – May 2010 page for a partial list of the plants for sale. What: The sale is in conjunction with the [...]

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Big blooms…and furnishing a Wardian Case

The Bulb. echinolabium has bloomed, a giant marionette of an orchid. I’ve waited almost five years for it to bloom. Starting as a seedling in a three-inch pot, it is now a large plant with five inflorescences. (Don’t know that all will successfully produce blooms. Just this one flower seems enough of a miracle.) See [...]

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A Fred Phal and a new “green” medium and mount material

The plastic is now off the greenhouse windows and doors. I’ve oiled the windows’ twin tracks so that the louvered windows are back in working order. All the plants in the greenhouse look as if they are ready for fresh air and long days of sunshine. The lemon tree is now moved to the patio [...]

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