"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow" David Hobson
This dendrobium is native to Asia from Himalayas to Indochina. This
orchid easily recognisable with hard and square stems. This dendrobium
habitat is epiphyte and can easily found at evergreen forest from 150m
to 1000 meters. Its grows well in hot to warm environment.
The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud~Paula Cole
This
orchid only can be found in Sarawak at elevation around 100 to 200
meters. So this species also knowns as The Kubah National Park
Bulbophyllum. The size of the flower is around 2.5 cm. This bulbophyllum
is miniature sized and hot growing at low level epiphyte with distant
cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single leaf. Inflorescence up to 15 - 17 flowers carrying non-resupinate, wide open, mostly simultaneously opening flowers.
The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs~Malcolm de Chaz
This is the second successful hybrid made by Orchid de Dangau. In the process to register a new name. If you know the parentage please message me via FB, maybe you are lucky to be the 1st owner of this hybrid. (Open only for Malaysian).. Closing date is 1 month from this post.
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life~Jean Giraudoux
This bulbophyllum under section Cirrhopetalum which is fringed-petaled.
Other name to this bulbophyllum is robust cirrhopetalum.
This species originated from New Guinea in rainforests on tree trunks at
elevations between 100 to 600 meters. It has a very large and single
leafted epiphyte. The leaf size can achieve up to 9 inch long some times
can more than that. This orchid bracteate inflorescence which has an
apical umbel of many long-lasting flowers sometimes more than 10
flowers. It held below the leaves.
This species requires a heavy
pot to contain the large and robust plant and should be given hot
temperatures, partial shade and high humidity as well as regular watering.
Even if the flower is no more, still, the fragrance can be~Jaggi Vasudev
Also
known mini lavender pink reed stem, this orchid distributes from the
montane Tropical rainforest of Bolivia (including Cochabamba), Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and the West Indies.
This species is sympodial habit, terete stems covered from the base
with close, tubular, disthicous sheathes which are leaf-bearing on the
upper part of the stem, and a terminal peduncle covered from its base
with close, tubular sheathes. The stem grows up to 1 m tall below the
inflorescence, and the inflorescnece itself grow to 0.4 m tall, with the
white to pink resupinate flowers born in a congested raceme at the end.
The leaves grow to 10 cm long.
Remarkably this orchid can grow well here in Malaysia with no season.
When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole~William Makepeace Thackeray
Rhyncostylish gigantea also known the giant Rhyncostylish. Why the
giant? It is because this plant have the biggest size of flower and
plant in the family. Rhyncostylish
gigantea is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, China, Borneo and Indonesia. But until today, i never
get/found, the plant originally from Malaysia forest🤔🤔🤔 This species can be found at 265m and above sea level, with this condition it is the best choice to have one in your garden.
It is monopodial, warm to hot growing epiphyte, which reaching 61 cm in
height, with a stout, 10 cm stem carrying imbricating at the base,
linear, very thick, channeled, acute lobed apically, up to 30 cm long
and 5-7.5 cm wide leaves.
Happiness is the natural flower of duty~Phillips Brooks
Rhyncostylish gigantea also known the giant Rhyncostylish. Why the
giant? It is because this plant have the biggest size of flower and
plant in the family. Rhyncostylish
gigantea is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam, China, Borneo and Indonesia. But until today, i never
get/found, the plant originally from Malaysia forest🤔🤔🤔 This species can be found at 265m and above sea level, with this condition it is the best choice to have one in your garden.
It is monopodial, warm to hot growing epiphyte, which reaching 61 cm in
height, with a stout, 10 cm stem carrying imbricating at the base,
linear, very thick, channeled, acute lobed apically, up to 30 cm long
and 5-7.5 cm wide leaves.
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The parentage is between Rlc Dorcille Little x Cattleya interglossa. The inflorescence can up to 4 flowers at once which the size ~4inch in diameter. Bi-folate plant and free flowering.
Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed~Aaron Neville
This
bulbophyllum under section Cirrhopetalum which is fringed-petaled.
Other name to this bulbophyllum is robust cirrhopetalum.
This species originated from New Guinea in raiforests on tree trunks at
elevations between 100 to 600 meters. It has a very large and single
leafted epiphyte. The leaf size can achieve up to 9 inch long some times
can more than that. This orchid bracteate inflorescence which has an
apical umbell of many long-lasting flowers sometimes more than 10
flowers. It held below the leaves.
This species requires a heavy
pot to contain the large and robust plant and should be given hot
temperatures, partial shade and high humidity as well as regular watering.
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Not so
sure about the correct name of this laelia. From searching in internet
it given as X briegeri.. Maybe yes or maybe not...but the color seems
strongly carry from this blood and the color too, so intense yellow. Really appreciate if somebody can give the correct id. Thanks in advance
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love~Max Muller
This orchid endemic to Bahia , specifically the southern and
southeastern regions of the state. The species is generally found in the
Atlantic Forest range above 400 meters in altitude . Behaves epiphyte ,
it reaches about 20 cm , leaves smooth, rigid and elliptical and
flowers ranging from light green to dark green with spots brown and lip
of color purple .
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair~Khalil Gibran
Commonly known as four-season orchid,
Others name are golden-thread orchid, spring orchid, burned-apex orchid
and rock orchid. And some orchidist called Cymbidium With The Sword
Shaped Leaves.
This orchid
normally found in Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, China, Vietnam , Laos, Hong
Kong to Sumatra and Java. But this plant is so special, because found
in Malaysia and OdD bought from Zee Mex Pemborong... Thanks for the
special specimen😊😊😊
This orchid grow well in evergreen broadleafed plateau forests in soils
dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses or on mossy
limestone rocks as a lithophyte at elevations from sea level up to 1500
meters. This orchid grows in medium sized, hot to cool growing
terrestrial species with small pseudobulbs enveloped completely by
imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths each carrying 3 to 4, strap-shaped,
thin, acute, sometimes variegated leaves and blooms in the summer and
fall on a basal, erect, 12" [30 cm] long, racemose scape that has a few
to many (3 to 9), long-lasting, fragrant flowers.
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction~E. O. Wilson
This hybrid produces huge flowers up to 7" in size which the colour is
soft apple green flowers. It also produces wonderful fragrant at night
which is comes from the parentage Brassavola nodosa with 2-3 flowers per
inflorescence.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough~Rabindranath Tagore
This cattleya is called the Queen of the Brazilian savannah because the
heartland of this magnificent species is the Brazil central plateau and
surrounding area. This species is relatively small. It grows epiphytes
or a lithophytes and sometimes in full sun.It differs from most species
of Cattleya by having inflorescence which arise from the rhizome
instead of from the apex of the pseudo-bulb.
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive~Eleonora Duse
Parentage : Rlc Haadyai Delight x Cattleya Brazilian Treasure
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather~John Ruskin
Program ini adalah perkongsian ilmu tentang penanaman dan penjagaan orkid secara umum kepada komuniti secara percuma.
Program ini di anjurkan oleh Majlis Perbandaran Taiping dengan kerjasama Persatuan Orkid Taiping.
Persatuan Orkid Taiping mewakilkan kepada OdD untuk berkongsi serba sedikit ilmu tentang penanaman dan penjagaan orkid dengan komuniti Taiping dan sekitarnya.
Acara ini mendapat sambutan yang menggalakan dari komuniti dan harapan kami di OdD semoga komuniti yang hadir mendapat manfaat dari aktiviti ini.
Selepas taklimat OdD ada juga membuat sessi jualan pokok koleksi istimewa serta baja formulasi OdD (Foodie) sebagai buah tangan kepada peserta .
Di fahamkan aktiviti ini akan diteruskan lagi di masa akan datang.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest~Benjamin Franklin
This orchid are gound in the eastern
Himalayas, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar and Thailand. This dendrobium
is a mini-miniature sized, hot growing lithophyte or epiphyte found on
secondary shrub vegatation. It can grow well in hot and humid areas at
elevations around 300 to 400 meters. The pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4,
sessile, broadly elliptic to linear-oblong, leathery, deciduous, acute
to subacute apically leaves. This orchid blooms during hot and dry season in Malaysia. The size of the flower ~1.25cm at leafless cane and the flowers have a bit strong fragrant.
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises~Pedro Calderon de la Barca
This cymbidium hybrid considered heat
tolerate and free blooming all year round in Malaysia lowland. This
orchid was registered in 2002. Parentage for this hybrid is between
Cymbidium iridioides X Cymbidium Golden Elf. They are many variants
from seedling, which in this post are less spotted and light yellow
which is consider quite seldom seen in the market.
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit~Ralph Waldo Emerson
This orchid endemic to southern Bahia, Brazil and found at West coastal zone. This orchid is
uni or bifoliate species. Happily grown near swampy margins with
shade, high humidity and high rainfall that blooms on a terminal, short,
few flowered inflorescence subtended by a basal sheath.
Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude~Louie Schwartzber
This orchid endemic to
Bahia , specifically the southern and southeastern regions of the state.
The species is generally found in the Atlantic Forest range above 400
meters in altitude . Behaves epiphyte , it reaches about 20 cm , leaves
smooth, rigid and elliptical and flowers ranging from light green to
dark green with spots brown and lip of color purple .
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature~Gerard De Nerval
This orchid is warm-growing, pendulous
flowering orchid from low tropical areas of Singapore, Malaysia,
Thailand and the Philippines (where it is rare). In these tropical
countries it is found growing near sea level.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Orchid de Dangau Dangau = Pondok in Malay language, but this word usually only used in Northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Dangau = Pondok = Hut (English language)
Orchid de Dangau = Orchid @ Hut
Here, i'm sharing my interest of this amazing creature and my activity @ my Pondok Orchid.
I will post orchid tips and caring information base on my experience ( >20 years) in this hobby. Some of the plants here, i willing to sell if somebody interested with, just ask me!
As addition, i will update the Orchid Shows information around my area.
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