Thursday, March 1, 2012

What's Blooming

Just for fun, here are photos of some of the beautiful orchids that were blooming during the month of February.  March is looking like it could shape up nicely too . . .

This first one is really a gem, and the water droplets make for a gorgeous photograph:
SLC Bright Angel x Circle of Life
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This Australian Dendrobium hybrid has beautiful deep maroon spots all over the outside of the buds, but almost none of that color shows up on the front of the butter yellow flowers:
Dendrobium Sheena
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Here is a neat primary hybrid registered in 1904, Laelia rubescens x Laelia anceps = L. Maronii
It sure looks to take more after the rubescens parent, but the anceps shows a bit in the throat:
Laelia Maronii
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LC Frank Shadle 'Highland' (pollinated on the left)
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LC Orange Embers 'Firecracker'  (from the Gene B. collection)
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As featured in a previous post, the Stonehouse was also showing off in February:
C/LC Stonehouse
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OK, for this last one I'm cheating a little bit.  I took the photo, and I now have two of these plants (thanks again Gene!), but this bloom isn't mine.  It belongs to a division of the big Schomburgkia undulata at the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate.  The plant took best in show at the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show in 2006 and is one of my all time favorite species.  The big mother plant appears to be taking some time off, but several divisions were blooming, just begging to be photographed:
Schomburgkia undulata (or Laelia, depending who you ask)
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Some great hybrids have been made with this species, and I think I'm going to try making one of my own when mine bloom next . . .

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3 comments:

  1. Dr David VaughanMarch 7, 2012 at 1:19 AM

    Hi Colin

    I came accross your blog today and we have a common interest in in vitro propagation of orchids. I was wondering whether you would consider seed exchanges? My blog is at phalaenopsisspot.blogspot.com

    My email address is hexabothriid@gmail.com

    Regards

    David

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    1. ColinFraserMarch 7, 2012 at 10:15 AM

      That might be fun. I will send you an email shortly, and maybe we can work something out . . .

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  2. sandyOctober 21, 2015 at 10:23 AM

    We are retiring our tissue culture business in Montana and have equipment and lots and lots of jars available so I'm reaching out to all tc folks I can find. The list and pictures are at www.smkplants.com . And I can be reached at sandy@smkplants.com . Feel free to pass this on. (p.s. I am a UCSB alum, too!)

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