Nice Surprise

My Dove Orchid bloomed yesterday morning, they only come out when it is going to rain, they also have a lovely fragrance.

 

Cool, your own weather plant then

 

It looks like a Dendrobium species - is that correct?

 

Longk, I have been told it is a denrobium crumenatum.

 

Nice - I'll looking for one of them!

 

The look of an orchid in the garden is unbeatble , really nice Julie .....
Lonk in case you find one make sure it comes with a scare crow , for a strange reason English birds love tropical plants , my spanish moss got reduced to half and many of the air plants I had have learned how o fly .

 

This is definitely an indoor plant in the UK Sal. I grow a few Dendrobium kingianiums which need a cool spell to bloom, but not this cold!

 

I know that Longk , otherwise my garden would have been full of them .

but in summer I move almost all my plants outdoor , my bromeliad love the english summer , along with the air plant , would really love to try few orchids in the coconut shell and move them outdoor as well .

 

Give me a reminder in the spring when I send your other plants and I'll send you some D.kingianium keikis Sal.
Also, hit the GC's in the new year and you should be able to pick up some Cymbidiums for a fiver or so. They don't like to keep them until they bloom again and as a result are generally reduced by as much as 80%!

 

Longk , you are ever so kind , overall orchids are my wicked link , bought a Cymbidiums years ago for a pound , left in the green house and actually got surprised that took -3/4c , but never managed to flower since.

I know that there are many expencive frost hardy orchids , but i would love to experiment with tropical orchids in the coconut (easy to move around) expecially after xmas is the best time of the year for bargain unting

 

Then the D.kingianium is ideal.
Cyms are easy - just put 'em in a shady spot for the summer, let 'em take a light frost and then bring in to the warm. Flowers follow about six to eight weeks later. They only flower once from each pseudobulb, so if they produce no new p/bulbs rethink the summer growing regime.