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Dendrobium cunninghamii, In puketi forest, New Zealand. In full bloom :), its indigenous Maori name is Winika and one of there cannoes (Waka) is named after it, due to the tree the Waka was carved from having one growing on it.
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Introducing Paphiopedilum Belgian Sunshine
I pollinated a Paphiopedilum Maudiae in January 2021 with pollen from Paphiopedilum Ma Folie. In August, I cut off a fruit. In September, I sent the fruit to The Orchids Lab for seeding, received it back in August 2022, and potted it. In October 2024, I discovered three flower buds. and in November 2024 they opened, allowing me to register it as a new hybrid, and gave it the name Paphiopedilum Belgian Sunshine.
I named it after the rare meteorological condition that allowed the specimens to flower in such a short time.
More information about the new hybrid: Royal Horticultural Society – OrchidRoots – Orchidex
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Rhynchovola Jimminey Cricket = Brassavola nodosa × Rhyncholaelia digbyana
Unfortunately, it does not smell, even though Brassavola nodosa smells really nice, and Rhynchovolas are also supposed to have a smell.
With bonus Jiminy Cricket pin.
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Chysis laevis is in the subtribe Chysinae (it was previously placed in Bletiinae).
The flowers were open only a few days and I suspect they pollinated themselves, because I don't have anything closely related.
There are four fruits in total, and they are quite large.
OC = Own collection
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Chysis laevis Lindl.
OC = Own Collection
This orchid opened three flowers, which were open only a few days. I suspect that they self-pollinated somehow, but I'm not sure. (They now have "thick" fruit-like parts.) I couldn't detect any smell.
Chysis is in subtribe Bletiinae according to Wikipedia, and in subtribe Chysinae according to Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 4. I couldn't find how the RHS classifies it. In any case, the genus is in tribe Epidendreae, which also includes subtribe Laeliinae.
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OC = Own Collection
I bought this in January 2023.
Myrmecocattleya Luster = Cattleya forbesii × Myrmecophila thomsoniana
Both species are in the subtribe Laeliinae.
I believe I smelled a very faint perfume, but I'm not 100% sure.
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National Orchid Garden, Singapore.
Aranda Majula = Arachnis Maggie Oei × Vanda insignis
Arachnis Maggie Oei = Arachnis hookeriana × Arachnis flos-aeris
Both Vanda and Arachnis are in the subtribe Aeridinae.
I don't remember whether the flowers were perfumed or not, but they may have been, like Papilionanda Mimi Palmer, another Vanda hybrid that can be seen (and smelled) at the National Orchid Garden.
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