More Flowers Have Opened

Miltassia
Miltassia Shelob "Tolkein"has also opened up its flowers perfectly. None of the buds blasted like they did last year. The flowers are also lasting really well. They are all even right side up except for one of them. They have already been on for a couple of weeks. I find it interesting how it seems to grow in the winter time. A lot of the plants grow in the summer, but this one seems to mostly grow in the winter. We'll see what it does this year.

Fred Orchids
Both of the Fred Orchids are going to flower. Gower Ramsey has a giant 4ft tall spike. It doesn't have a crazy amount of flowers, just a giant spike. I need to look up what causes huge long spikes like that.    I wonder if it is a fertilizer or a light thing... Gold Medal is also starting to make a spike. Gold Medal is not very big, so I am impressed with it's ability to make a flower spike so small. I call it my "indicator plant" because the pseudobulbs very obviously start to shrivel when it wants water then plump back up again when it's happy. It seems to be the only plant that really does that. Most of them don't plump back up.

Encyclia Cindy 

Encyclia Cindy is flowering too! It made a really nice spike this year with quite a few flowers. It made a giant fat pseudobulb at the greenhouse over the winter. It is working on making another growth, but it is sort of on hiatus while it's been flowering. The flowers are starting to drop off, so the growth will probably start growing again soon! These flowers don't last terribly long. Just a couple of weeks rather than months like some of them.

Oncidium Sharry Baby

Oncidium Sharry Baby is also flowering. It made two spikes, but only really had one at a time. The first one's flowers seemed to fall off quickly. I think that's because it was really hot in the greenhouse during that time. The second spike seems to be lasting a while. This plant would like repotting too. The newest growths are not going to fit in the pot. 

Mystery Phalaenopsis

One of the mystery Phals also flowered. It has pink blotches. I don't think it's my favorite, but it's a fun one to bring to work or otherwise loan out. It also needs repotting, but I will do that once it finishes flowering.