Dendrobium pentapterum

Dendrobium pentapterum is another Oxyglossum Dendrobium from New Guinea.  The plant is 10 cm tall with 3 cm pale green flowers that have an bright orange tip to the lip.  Its most remarkable feature however, is its floriferousness.  It has as many as four flowers at a time from each growth that last up to six months and it continues to bloom from the older growths over many years.  My plant at present is in an 8 cm clay pot and has over 80 flowers on, so crowded that it is hard to see where one ends and another begins.  I had thought about taking it in for judging but discovered that another plant had been awarded with 170 flower, mine not even having half that amount.

Stelis ciliolata 'Leia' CHM/AOS

This plant and the photos I've taken of have gotten some attention recently.  A close-up of the flowers was used on the cover of the December 2012 issue of Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society.  That is a real honor which I've had only once before and that exactly a year ago (December 2011).  Both the original photo and the cover are shown below.

Last Saturday was the monthly judging of the Pacific Northwest Center, held at the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington.  If I had known how bad traffic was going to be I probably would have stayed home, but in the end was glad I went.  This plant was given a Certificate of Horticultural Merit at the judging and now has the clonal name 'Leia.'

It was awarded with "approximately 100 dark red-purple successive flowers and 216 buds on 40 mature and 10 immature ... inflorescences," and the description mentioned the "striking color contrast on a floriferous petite plant."  The plant is from Ecuador, blooms faithfully every year at about this time and is grown in a 6 cm clay pot in sphagnum moss with other cool growing orchids.

MAHA Orchid Show 2012

Organized by     : OSM ( Orchid Society of Malaysia)

Date                 : 23^rd November 2012 - 2^nd November 2012

Time                : 10.00am-10.00pm

Venue               : Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang, Selangor.

            Walaupun agak terlewat OC 'update' kan entri ni, namun kata pepatah 'orang putih'..'better late than never'..Mungkin ada yang dah tengok di blog yang lain.. Apapun, ini khusus kepada peminat orkid yang tak berkesempatan berkunjung ke Serdang sempena ekspo MAHA tempoh hari..

            Eventhough I updated this entry a little bit late..well, better late than never ! Nevertheless, I'm hoping that you can still take a glimpse on the orchid competition pictures during the MAHA show a few weeks ago. Maybe you've already seen it in other orchid blog..but you're welcome here to see it again !

          A bit about the MAHA show, for your information, This is an Agricultural themed expo. The biggest in Malaysia. Held The MAHA Exposition biennial series is Malaysia's leading agricultural show. Hosted by Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries, it certainly is amongst the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the region, if not Asia. It is a show that flaunts Malaysia's best producers, farmer, fishermen and stockman..If you want to know more visit here.

Now, lets go straight to the orchid show!

Blc. Pink Diamond x Blc. Lucky Strike

Rsc. Magic Meadow

Cattleya maxima 'coerulea'

Lc. Purple Cascade

Blc. Maikai

Blc. Golden Tang

Epicattleya Jamaica Red x Cattleytonia Keith Roth

Cattleya Hybrid

Cattleya Hybrid

Vasco Limbata

Paraphalaenopsis serpentilingua x 

 (Asco Fucsh Gold x Asco Madam Panni)

Asco Somsri Blue Classic x Vanda Dr Anek

Ascocenda Prapawan Gold

Doritis pulcherrima x Ascocentrum miniatum

Aranda Broga Giant

Vanda Kasem Delight x Vanda Bitz's Heartthrob

Vanda hybrid

Renanthera Kalsom

Kagawara Diinesh Gold

Vanda Mimi Palmer

Vanda limbata

Dendrobium Bangkok Blue

Dendrobium Mini hybrid

Dendrobium Song Song

Dendrobium compactum x Dendrobium Classic Gem

Dendrobium Baby Bush Pansy

Dendrobium Dawn Maree x (Den. christyanum x Den. bellatulum)

Dendrobium Species

Dendrobium macrophyllum

Dendrobium formosum 'alba' mutation

Dendrobium purpureum 'alba'

Tolumnia Jairak 'Charming'

Tolumnia Jairak 'Rainbow'

Tolumnia Golden Sunset x Tolumnia Wilbur

Spathoglottis Hybrid

Spathoglottis Hybrid

Phal. Shin Hsien Beauty

Phal. Bellina

Phal. Hybrid

Phal Hybrid

Phal cornu-cervi x Phal. Valentinii

Phal. equestris

Paphiopedilum hybrid

Paphiopedilum parishii

Cymbidium Golden Sunset

Cymbidium John Fagaragan

Coelogyne asperata

Coelogyne rochussenii

Coelogyne mayeriana

Angraecum hybrid

Oncidium twinkle

Brassia Rex

Calanthe triplicata

Paraphalaenopsis laycockii

Rhyncostylis retusa

Eria species

Bulbophyllum multiflorum

Bulbophyllum Meen 'Ocean Brocade'

Best Plant of the Show, 

Dendrobium Bangkok Blue

Reserve Best Plant,

Cattleya maxima 'coerulea'

Best species,

Coelogyne rochussenii

          Lepas dah puas tengok Pertandingan Orkid tu..ha sekarang masa untuk membeli! Seluk poket kiri kanan cari duit yang tak cukup-cukup...masa ni masing-masing tengah 'kering' maklumlah gaji awal bulan lepas..parah..parah..tengoklah gambar kat bawah ni...

         Now at the plant sales section, there are so many interesting orchids to choose from, you can pick which ones you prefer, Just look at the pictures below...

For orchid species lovers...

Phalaenopsis..Phalaenopsis..and more Phalaenopsis..species..

Bulbophyllum binnendijkii for sale..

                                  Grammatophyllum stapeliiflorum (sample only!)

Bulbophyllum graveolens (sample only!)

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. 

                                                                               - John Harrigan