Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. -Alfred Austin
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This is my 100th post in Orchids de Dangau, since I start involve in blogsphere on February 2010. Thanks to all visitors and orchid friends for your support and comments! I really appreciate it!
100th post and celebrate Yellow Saturday. More info Yellow Saturday, click here.
100th post and celebrate Yellow Saturday. More info Yellow Saturday, click here.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul -Luther Burbank
This post I dedicate and welcome to my new Orchid Friend - Zulkifli from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia to my Orchid de Dangau with his blog OrchidCraze. Thanks Zulkifli for being my 55th friend here. I really appreciate your support.
Among the creature in the world, there are smallest and the largest. Forget about other creature, I just want to talk about orchid ;).
Just some info to share. You know, the smallest orchid just found in 2009, even the history of orchid begin from Greek history. May be last time, facilities such as Microscope doesn't exist.
The world smallest orchid are found in the Ecuador's mountain by American botanist, Dr Lou Jost. This orchid just over 2 milimeters (0.08 inch) across and nearly see-through. It is very hard to see this orchid with naked eye, most of the people will overlooks this orchid if this orchid comes/ attach together with beautiful and bigger than this little tiny orchid. Dr Lou Jost had collected the larger species and studied in the greenhouse and coincidentally found this orchid attached with that collection after few month. This coincidentally found gave a new finding in the orchid world! Interested to know more? Click here.
Dalam kehidupan terdapat yang terkecil dan terbesar. Lupakan yang lain ;) Cuma nak bercerita tentang orkid.
Sekadar berkongsi informasi ;)Anda tahu orkid terkecil hanya ditemui pada tahun 2009? Walaupun orkid mula di kenali sejak zaman Greek dan mula di dagangkan sejak pergembaraan Chirstopher Colombus!
Orkid terkecil ini ditemui di kawasan pergunungan Ecuador oleh ahli botani Dr Lou Jost. Orchid ini cuma 2 mm dan warnanya hampir kelihatan lutcahaya. Ia di temui secara tidak sengaja bersama koleksi dr Lou yang lain, sema beliau membuat kajian di rumah hijau. Ia di temui setelah beberapa bulan kajiannya di lakukan. Untuk maklumat lanjut, boleh baca di sini.
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Largest orchid in the world was found in Malaysia ;) This orchid also can found in
Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Bismark Islands, Papua and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In Malaysia this orchid commonly known as tiger orchid, because of the spotted color and the color is more similar to tiger skin. Some people called this orchid sugarcane orchid, because the pseudobulbs similar to sugarcane. The pseudobulbs can reach up to 3 meters and can produce 10,000 flowers on a mature plant in their habitat! The weigh of this plant can reach up to 900 kilograms...so big. The title of “the largest orchid in the world” was agreed to be Grammathophyllum speciosum. I have few variant of these orchids in my garden. I have posted here and here. More article you can read here.
Orkid yang terbesar di dunia di temui di Malaysia ;) Orkid ini juga boleh di dapati di Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Bismark Islands, Papua and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Di Malaysia orkid ini lebih dikenali sebagai orkid harimau, kerana warnya yang seiras warna harimau dan juga tompok-tompok pada bunga tersebut. Ada juga di sesetengah kawasan menggelar orkid ini sebagai orkid tebu. Apapun namanya ia tetap merujuk kepada Grammathophyllum speciosum, iaitu orkid terbesar di dunia. Walaubagaimanapun, bagi setiap negara kemungkinan mempunyai variasi tersendiri. Ini kerana di Malaysia pun terdapat banyak variasi warnanya. Sebelum ini telah di paparkan di blog ini, di sini dan sini, serta ada artikel yang berkaitan di sini.
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| Grammathophyllum speciosum |
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| Grammathophyllum speciosum - close-up |
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| Grammathophyllum speciosum |
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. ~Jean Giraudoux
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This post I dedicate and welcome to my new Orchid Friend - Craig from Ohio, USA to my Orchid de Dangau with his blog Ohio Outdoors. Thanks Craig for being my 54th friend here. I really appreciate your support.
Most of the country in the world have their own national flower only few does not has national flower. National flower representing country and have their own meaning to them. The national flowers have cultural or religious roots that go back hundreds or even thousands of years and have been adopted or may be not adopted as national flower.
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My country Malaysia the national flower is Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis or locally known Bunga Raya. This Bunga Raya was adopted as national flower in 1960 by our 1st Prime Minister. This flower was chosen as it symbolizes the principles of nationhood (rukun negara) with its 5 petals and the red color symbolized of courage and unity of its people. This flower existence in this country is unknown, but it is believed to have been brought to Malaysia through early trade from it's original home in China around 12th country, hence the scientific name sinensis meaning Chinese. The flower is abundance through out the country and easily grow here. More article about this, click here.
Back to main subject, orchid as national flower. I have planted so many type of orchids and I never realize that orchid give a big meaning to other people around the world. With alphabet letter of the country in the world, I will share part by part of orchid as national flower. There is no A country list adopted orchid as their national flower. So will start with letter B, Country of Belize.
Belize adopted the black orchid (Encyclia cochleatum/ Anacheilium cochleatum/Prosthechea cochleata) as their national flower.The flower is actually not black at all but purple in color. It is one of the few Orchids that flowers all year long, maybe this is why it is the National flower. Beside black orchid this orchid also known as 'The cockleshell orchid'. This orchid has upside down flowers with smooth ovoid to oblong-elliptic. Its can bloom for 6 months from one to many flowered, but this orchid no fragrant. This orchid originate from Belize, beside its also found in Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamica, Cayman Islands, Leewards, Puerto Rica, Windwards, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela and Colombia.
This orchid is epiphyte and can be found in dense tropical evergreen and oak forest from sea level up to 1900 meters. This orchid can grow in warm condition, so it can grow here in Malaysia and can bloom. I have seen this orchid in many Orchid Show in Malaysia and can grow well. I still don't have this orchid in my garden but I will. In their origin country there have been eat cooked pseudobulbs.
May be you want to share your national flower or national state flower by linking to this post.
May be you want to share your national flower or national state flower by linking to this post.
A flower is an educated weed - Luther Burbank
This post I want to share my orchid at OdD on the primary intergeneric hybrid orchid. Coincidentally I plant the parentage and this hybrid in my garden. Rhynchovola David Sanders or well known as Brassavola David Sanders. This is primary intergeneric hybrid between Brassavola cucullata and Rhyncolaelia dgibyana. Previously the R. dgibyana is classified in the same family of Brassavola.
Brassavola cucullata ([Linné] R. Brown) is a smaller plant, which prefers to grow mounted . Its pseudobulbs are long and thin (thick pencil-like leaves and pseudobulbs), and typically produce a single flower. The flowers exude a powerful fragrance at night. It comes from the West Indies, Central and northern South America where it is a warm to cool growing epiphyte of coastal rainforests up to 1800 meters in elevation. As long as bright light is provided, this delightful Cattleya relative is quite adaptable and will bloom regularly.
Brassavola dgibyana (previously) ([Lindley] Schlecter) is the famous orchid that is the responsible party for the "B" in many Blc.'s, that is, Brassocattleyas and Brassolaeliacattleyas. Now accurately called Rhyncholaelia digbyana, the orchid is still horticulturarly known as Brassavola digbyana because of the hundreds of hybrids that have been registered with that name. This orchid has the large 4-5 inch (10-12.5cm) flowers with deeply fimbriate lip that has added the fringe to many Cattleya hybrids. The color is usually glassine green and sometimes more whitish yellow and the flowers are night fragrant indicating a moth as the pollinator. This orchid is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, often in severe conditions of bright light and prolonged dryness, occasionally growing epiphytically on cactus. This orchid does not appreciate prolonged wetness, for that reason many orchidists choose to grow it mounted so that the roots may dry quickly.
The hybrid Brassavola David Sanders have both characteristic of these parentage including have fragrant at night same as their parentage. This hybrid was registered by Sanders in 1938.
References: Orchid Care and CNYOS, Vol.3, (4): January 2002.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
Banyak orchid yang mekar di OdD minggu ini. Jika ada pertandingan teruja juga, tapi pertandingan orkid memang tiada untuk sepanjang puasa ini. Maka boleh jamu mata sendiri sajalah. Jika di pertandingan yang seronoknya dapat juga berjumpa kawan-kawan sealiran, bertukar pandangan dan berkongsi cerita. Jika bernasib baik boleh pula lihat orkid yang pelik-pelik atau jarang-jarang di lihat. Tapi tak mengapa, rehat sebulan saja...lepas raya sudah ada pertandingan pada 4 September, teruja betul !
OdD memang banyak koleksi Cattelya allied hybrid dan species, jadi tidak hairanlah setiap post baru ada saja orkid jenis ini yang di paparkan. Berikut adalah antara orkid yang berkembang di OdD pada minggu ini.
This post I dedicate and welcome to my new Orchid Friend - Hang Kebun from Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia to my Orchid de Dangau with his blog Pak Mamat Ada Kebun. Thanks Hang Kebun for being my 53rd friend here. I really appreciate your support.
OdD memang banyak koleksi Cattelya allied hybrid dan species, jadi tidak hairanlah setiap post baru ada saja orkid jenis ini yang di paparkan. Berikut adalah antara orkid yang berkembang di OdD pada minggu ini.
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| Blc Petch Sayam |
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| Blc Haadyai Delight x Lc Loog Tone |
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| Lc Netrasiri Doll |
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| Lc Netrasiri Doll |
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| Blc Port of Paradise |
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| Blc Port of Paradise |
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| Brassavola David Sanders |
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| Brassavola David Sanders |
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| Bc Binosa |
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| Cattelya aclandiae |
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| Blc Chyong Guu Swan |
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| Cymbidium Golden Elf |
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| Rodriguezia batemanii |
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| Rodriguezia batemanii |
Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors - Oscar de la Renta
This post I dedicate and welcome to my new Orchid Friend - Hang Kebun from Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia to my Orchid de Dangau with his blog Pak Mamat Ada Kebun. Thanks Hang Kebun for being my 53rd friend here. I really appreciate your support.
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