Putrajaya FLORIA 2012..

          The Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival 2012 is back. The showcase is taking place from 30th June - 8th July 2012. It will be held at the Waterfront, Precinct 2, Putrajaya. The theme of this year's event is "Bougainvillea - Enduring Beauty". 

 

          Actually I was just came back from the festival, I was there to participate in Orchid themed landscape display in orchid societies in Malaysia category, So I am representing Penang State. I will update on the event soon..

          Putrajaya Floria kembali lagi pada tahun ini, Festival ini akan berlangsung dari 30 Jun hingga 8 Julai 2012, bertempat di Waterfront, Precinct 2, Putrajaya. Tema bagi tahun ini ialah "Bougainvillea - Enduring Beauty" yang memberi fokus kepada bunga kertas. Jadi sesiapa yang berminat nak berkunjung OC nasihatkan siap-siaplah poket tu tebal-tebal..

          O.C sebenarnya baru saja balik dari Putrajaya untuk menyertai pertandingan Lanskap bagi kategori Persatuan-persatuan orkid di Malaysia. O.C wakil Penang lah kiranya..Tunggu 'update' yang seterusnya..

        The festival showcases the best of the Malaysian and international landscape and horticulture industry, also commercial landscape products to garden design and flower displays.

        This annual flower show is the biggest event in Putrajaya's calendar and over 1,000,000 people attended last year's Floria 2011 which featured 61 showcase garden lots with participants from 15 countries.


        Tahun lepas OC sempat berkunjung ke sini, memang meriah! Bagi yang gila orkid macam OC ataupun yang sukakan pokok-pokok bunga yang lain siapla..

        Acara tahunan ini merupakan antara yang terbesar di Putrajaya. Penyertaan dan pameran bunga-bungaan dalam bentuk gubahan dan lanskap, ini juga disertai oleh negara-negara luar seperti Belanda, Thailand, Australia, Burma, Jepun dan banyak lagi.

           

Here's a glimpse of what was happening there yesterday..

Sedikit 'teaser' untuk anda tentang apa yang disediakan di Floria tahun ini..

          

Working hard to finish the display before the opening day..

Sedang bertungkus-lumus menyiapkan bahan untuk pameran sebelum hari perasmian..

         The real Tulip flower, for those who haven't seen it in real life. All tulips that we have here in Malaysia are the fake ones..

         Kalau ada yang tak pernah tengok bunga tulip yang sebenar, inilah masanya..bukan senang nak p Holland nun..walaupun tak dapat tengok satu ladang dapat tengok beberapa tangkai pun jadila..

  A display from Thailand. 

 Still working on the display..

A nice small garden display 

 A bed of mixed flowers..

         This is what I can show you here at the moment. just a little fraction of the preparation made for Floria this year

         Admission is free. The opening hour is from 9 AM to 10 PM (weekdays) and 9 AM to 12 PM (weekend). Come and be part of the excitement!

        Inilah serba sedikit yang dapat OC tunjukkan kan dulu tentang persiapan yang sedang dilakukan..banyak lagi yang menarik dan rugi kalau tak berkesempatan datang ke Floria kali ini..

          Masuk adalah percuma. Pameran dibuka dari jam 9.00 pagi hingga 10.00 malam ( Isnin - Khamis) , 9.00 pagi hingga 12.00 Tengah malam ( Jumaat/Sabtu/Ahad)


For more information please visit / Untuk keterangan lanjut sila lawati :

http://www.ppj.gov.my/putrajayafloria/floria.html
http://www.facebook.com/putrajaya




  

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. 

The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower. 

- William C. Bryant

Luzama amaluzae

Luzama amaluzae or Masdevallia amaluzae is a small species from Ecuador and Peru.  The flowers are 3 cm on a plant the same size and are held on spikes that are 6-8 cm in length.  The plant blooms profusely and seems to prefer somewhat lower light and a mount rather than a pot.  My plant is grown cool and is on a piece of cedar.

Just a piece of my imagination..

            This is not an orchid related post, but still 'plant' related one in the form of fruits. Just to show you  of my 'artwork' during a fruit carving competition in my school in conjunction with School Co-operation Day..I've come out with an idea to carve out a peacock out of watermelon and combined with other fruits and veggie for the tail..and with the help of few students we've managed to finish everything just in time.

            Ni saja OC nak buat pos 'selingan', walaupun bukan berkenaan dengan orkid, tetap ada kaitan dengan tumbuh-tumbuhan juga walaupun ini dalam bentuk buah-buahan. Berkenaan pertandingan gubahan dan ukiran buah-buahan masa Hari Koperasi Sekolah baru-baru ni. Inilah 'karya seni' yang OC buat tu.. Idea OC ialah nak cipta seekor burung merak dari buah tembikai dan gabungkan dengan buah serta sayur-sayuran pada bahagian ekornya. Dengan bantuan beberapa orang pelajar, akhirnya dapatla juga disiapkan ikut masa yang diberi..

          Though a bit rough here and there (when you see it up close), because of the time constraint and in fact I have no formal training in fruit carving, I hope this is good enough.

          Walaupun cara OC buat agak kasar sebenarnya kalau dilihat dari dekat, sebab nak kejar masa..tambahan pula OC belajar sendiri buat ukiran buah ni, macam ni pun kira siaplah seadanya. Kalau masa masih ada OC nak tambah sikit lagi, tapi inilah saja yang sempat..

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him 

through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. 

- Auguste Rodin
 

Lepanthes ingridiana

Lepanthes ingridiana is a rather rare species from Ecuador whose flowers are some of the largest in the genus.  The plant itself is also quite large, for the genus, 15-20 cm tall.  It bears a single 5 cm leaf on an upright stem with the typical bracts of a Lepanthes.  The plants are native to Ecuador and Columbia and come from higher elevations.  They require cool temperatures in cultivation.

The bright yellow spidery flowers are huge for the genus.  Fully extended they would be around 7 cm long, but they tend to hang in a kind of half-circle under the leaves.  The flowers appear successively with a new bud forming as the previous flower opens.  The plant is almost always in flower, therefore, with each new growth adding its succession of flowers to those already blooming.

Stelis glomerosa 'Lucille'

Stelis glomerosa (the name "glomerosa" refers to the ball-shaped flowers), is from Ecuador and belongs to a huge genus of plants whose flowers are often very similar and very small and undistinguished.  This species is different in having larger flowers with a very distinctive shape.  My plant is 5 cm tall, but seems to be getting larger.  It tends to ramble and produce new growths that come from the top of the previous growths, making it impossible to contain in a pot.  The flower spikes reach 10-15 cm and the flowers are slighting more than .5 cm in size.

Dendrobium violaceum

This is one of several plants of Dendrobium violaceum that I own, and one that is larger than most of the plants I grow.  The species is highly variable in plant size and flower color and this plant is at the larger end, 30 cm tall.  Its saving feature is its compact growth habit.  The flowers are just under 4 cm and open a bright violet which fades to pink over time.  They are very long lasting.  My plant has been in bloom non-stop for the past year, and the present flowers, which still look fresh, were produced last October.  The flowers are produced at the top of the pseudobulbs between the leaves, and the close-up shot shows their ruffled backs, green-tipped sepals, and green and bright orange lip.

Scaphosepalum merinoi

This is another unusual species from Ecuador.  The Scaphosepalums all have these "horned" flowers, though in some cases the appendages are not as long as in this species.  The plant itself has Masdevallia-like leaves and growth, approximately 8 cm tall, but the flower spikes are very long compared to the plant, 20 cm, and they continue to lengthen as the flowers are produced one after another, six or more per spike.  The flowers are 6 cm from tip to tip, rather large for the genus.  The plant is supposed to be warmth tolerant, but I grow it cool.  It is best grown mounted because of its long spikes

Penang Flora Fest 2012

An update on Orchid Show in Penang Flora fest 2012..

Organized by: Federation of Malaya Orchid Society (FOMOS)
Sponsored by: Penang State Government
Date: 3rd June - 10th June 2012
Time: 9.00am-7.00pm
Venue: Tourism Center Building, Penang Botanic Garden, Georgetown, Penang

There are quite a lot of pictures that I've put in here especially for those who didn't have time to come to this Flora Fest..

           Kali ni OC letak banyak gambar untuk tatapan peminat orkid yang tak berkesempatan datang ke Flora Fest di Pulau Pinang kali ni ..banyak pokok-pokok yang masuk bertanding. Ada lebih kurang  600 lebih penyertaan kali ini.

  Display tables according to section and type of plants..

 Another display surrounding the base of the natural wood sculpture

 Spath. Menehune x unguiculata                            Spath. Chadoriam 'Pink'

 Spathoglottis Jane Goodall

 Spathoglottis Lion of Singapore

 Epidendrum Hybrid

 Epidendrum Hybrid

 

            Phal. cornu-cervi 'alba' x                                         Phal. bellina

            (Phal Penang Jewel x Su Ann Cricket)

 Phalaenopsis manii                                  Phalaenopsis amboinensis

 Dendrobium macrophyllum

 Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 'alba'

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 

 Renanthera Kalsom

 Renantanda Hew Mun                                              Aranda Broga Giant

 Dendrobium glomeratum

 Dendrobium Cherry Song

Oncidium hybrid noID

Oncidium Haematochilum 'River King'

 Oncidium (Maureen x Haematochilum 'River King') x Josephine no.1

 Dendrobium Merritt Island

 Dendrobium sulawesiense                               Den. Hiroshi Tokunaga

Paphiopedilum Dollgoldi

 Paph. (primulinum x philippinensis)                       Paphiopedilum Maudiae

Malaxis latifolia

 Cyrtopodium species noID

Dendrobium tangerinum

 Catasetum pileatum

 Aerides lawrencea x Ascocenda Tubtim Velvet

 Paraphalaenopsis laycockii

 Vanda Gordon Dillon x Waruk                Asco. Somsri Thai Spot 'Green Spot'

 Vanda Thailand Beauty                                          Vanda Pachara Delight

 Vanda Roberts Delight 'Pink'

 Vascostylis Viboon Velvet

Tolumnia hybrid noID

 Bulbophyllum (phalaenopsis x annandalei)

Bulbophyllum dearei

Bulbophyllum unitubum

Bulbophyllum graveolens

Bulbophyllum beccarii

 Doritaenopsis I-Hsin Purple Jewel                      Doritaenopsis Purple Gem

Doritis pulcherrima

 Doritaenopsis Taiwan Red Cat

 Doritaenopsis hybrid NoID                            Doritaenopsis Leopard Prince

 Bulbophyllum plumatum

 Ascocenda noID                                          Vascostylis Pine River 'Pink'

 Vascostylis noID

 Ascocenda Ladda Gold                                Ascocenda Bangkhuntian Gold

 Ascocenda Fuch's Gold x Vasco. Shigenori Yamanaka

 Ascocenda Suksamran Sunlight

 Blc. Memoria Anna Balmores

 Lc. Memoria Robert Strait

 Sophronitis purpurata

 Slc. Bright Angel

 Cattleya violacea

 Lc. galaxy Bell

 Epicattleya Joseph Roman 'Roman Holiday'

 Cattleya hybrid noID

 Slc. Little Fairy                                                          Lc. Ploenpit Crown

 Blc .Keowee

 Rth. Netrasiri Starbright

 Cattleya Hybrid noID

Lc. Cherokee Star

Paphiopedilum gigantifolium. A third place winner.

Tempat ketiga, Paphiopedilum gigantifolium

 Kagawara Diinesh Gold. A second place winner

Kagawara Diinesh Gold, menang tempat ke-2

 Best Species goes to Bulbophyllum graveolens

Orkid spesis terbaik, Bulbophyllum graveolens

Dendrobium macrophyllum, 

selected as the best plant of the show

Pokok terbaik keseluruhan, Dendrobium macrophyllum.

Home/Office Display category. 

Single and multiple orchid plant arrangements.

Other than orchids there was also a desert rose  and bonsai competition. So I just put a few pictures for your viewing pleasure..

Selain pertandingan orkid ada juga pertandingan untuk Bonsai dan Adenium..jadi OC masukkan beberapa keping gambar untuk tatapan..

Adenium/Desert Rose competition

 This is the Best Desert rose/Adenium in this competition.

 Pokok Adenium terbaik keseluruhan.

 Bonsai

This is the Best Bonsai overall..

 Pokok Bonsai terbaik keseluruhan.

There's even a display of artistically floral arrangements from Penang Floral Art Society..

Kalau yang minat gubahan bunga tu, di sini pun ada gubahan-gubahan bunga yang artistik untuk hiasan..

 ..and of course what a Flora Fest without plant sales corner..this is a must!

 ..dan tak sah kalau di pesta bunga tak ada jualan pokok..ini mesti!..siap la duit..!

 

       Overall its a good Flora Fest for this year. There will be another big Flora fest end of this year..so be ready..Tomorrow is a last day. So to those who are waiting to bargain, this is their chance..but to 'orchid people', usually all the good plants are already taken, only leftovers, if you're lucky, who knows maybe there's a good plants still undiscovered somewhere inside..

        Ada satu lagi Pesta Bunga yang seperti ini di Pulau Pinang hujung tahun ni jadi bersiap sedia..Ada yang sanggup datang dari Melaka hanya nak cari orkid!.Esok adalah hari terakhir, sesiapa yang nak dapat pokok bunga murah boleh la cuba..Tapi kalau peminat orkid 'hardcore' tu biasanya pokok yang bagus tu dah diambil orang..tinggal yang biasa-biasa saja..tapi mana tau nasib baik kalau-kalau ada yang masih terselit mana-mana di dalam gerai..

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. 

I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, 

they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it 

whether they want to or not. 

                                                                              - Georgia O'Keefe