#jewel orchids

[prince-liest]

I am so freaking feral about orchids, you guys, please help. QQ It's becoming a problem. Anyway, meet my orchids:

This is my favorite phalaenopsis orchid in terms of color! I just really love the wine-red splotches on a white flower. Apparently this particular sort is a very prolific bloomer and is always shooting up spikes. I've only had her for a week or so and just repotted her recently, so I look forward to finding out!

This is my most recent acquisition - I got her for a measly $7 (pot included) at Lowes because the entire spike except for this very very bottom flower had been snapped off at some point! I've good luck re-blooming phals and I really love the soft violet and orange color combination, so I had to nab her.

THIS orchid, on the other hand, I have had since last November, and she is still holding onto the same flowers, which seems absolutely insane to me. In fact, I'm pretty convinced that the flowers that she did drop, she would still have if I hadn't given faulty instructions to my plant-sitter, which led to her and another orchid getting dehydrated and dropping half their blooms. Eight months of blooms! And no signs of stopping! And she's growing plenty of healthy new roots AND a new leaf!! I love her and I love how bright and cheery her flowers are.

These are my last two phalaenopsis orchids. The one on the left is a miniature that blooms purple. She's bloomed twice for me, but she was double-potted with a second orchid, and I was inexperienced and killed a lot of her roots while repotting her, so she's been recovering from that for like half a year. If you look closely, you can see that she's actually just started growing a new leaf, which I'm really excited for!

On the right is a very classic white phal that my mom gifted me. She's also bloomed twice for me, and is also in the middle of growing a new leaf. :)

These are my two oncidium orchids, which have since been repotted and mostly lost their blooms! I got the one on the left also heavily discounted because her blooms were already falling, but as you can see in the photo, she's literally in the middle of growing a new flower spike, haha. The one on the right is currently almost done blooming, and she might be my favorite of all because she's SUPER fragrant and smells amazing!

This is my Ludisia discolor, a terrestrial jewel orchid that I'm really excited to see unfurl her new leaf! She's in a lower-light area of my house and I'm hoping she does well there. If not, I have a different shelf I can move her to later with artificial lights.

And these are some baby Macodes petola cuttings I bought, lightning jewel orchids! The reason people grow them for their foliage is a little more visible in photos than it is with Ludisias, but still not true to real life - the white patterns on both actively sparkle under light! It honestly looks like they've been doused in glitter. These guys are all in sphagnum moss in hopes of rooting them. The cuttings were honestly much smaller than I thought they'd be when I bought them, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm keeping them under a glass cloche for humidity as well!

And that's it! Just wait until my violets and streptocarpus start blooming, though, haha. I just. Really love plants.

[thewindowsill]

First is 2020 in June, second is today 2022 November. I did cut him when he had false spider mites as I was thinking he wouldn’t make it but he did, and so did the cutting (the one on the right) so yay!

[poop-me-a-flower]

Ludochilus dominyi, a lovely cross of Ludisia discolor and Anoectochilus roxburghii.

[fixaidea]

A jar of Dossinia marmorata

[pbjelly90art]

Finished flat colors for my portrait of Catherine de Vulpian, Richard's mom, along with orchids for beauty, refinement, charm, and love. I also chose orchids since they come in so many unique varieties, and that felt like it suited Catherine as an actress.

And then next here, I have a simple sketch of Seigi and Richard as chibis with a giant pudding for a friend's birthday x3

[flawless-imperfections]

the overhead view of this one hits different😍

[erjmokay]

Jewel orchid antenna picking up some big signals. 📡📡📡

[picturesoffishandotherthings]

Next up in Orchids in Bloom:

My Jewel Orchid (Ludisia discolor).

Unlike a lot of other orchids this one can and should be planted in soil.

I've had multiple pots of this one, because they are also very easy to multiply with cuttings. I tend to give them away as presents now and then.

They also unfailingly bloom around Christmas every year. Unfortunately they don't really have a scent.

The shiny velvety leaves are beautiful all year round.

[d-structive]

I did done it! :D I wanted try making some small terrariums in glass jars and I did it! It's my first attempt. Hopefully it will work! (There's also a third one, but I gave it to my sister...) Also, the last pic is the dang vanilla sprout they gave me as a gift, since they effed up my order. I dunno how to grow Vanilla, but I can try, I guess...I’ll make my own extract!

[moonfl-0-wer]

Almost two months ago, I found this little baby, which I believe was growing somewhere among one of my other plants. Or maybe the moss I collect for my terrariums.

I'm not sure what it is, does anyone know? Tell me if you know! It looks like some kind of clover, but I'm not quite sure. I have added it to my little Jewel Orchid dome. It looks cute.

[beeapocalypse]

nasty fishtank has been emptied + cleaned 👍

[poop-me-a-flower]

Good old Ludisia discolor, except that I’ve only had this plant a couple months and it is quite young.

[cantankerouscatfish]

and once again I am learning about houseplants against my will since I am the Maker of Tags. other people know how to but it's like 99% me.

Calathea 'Musaica' is pretty though. gotta say.

[twoholesinthesheet]

Oh collage, how I missed you

[loamblogging]

Our A. chapaensis is preparing to flower, and the nasturtiums are developing nicely :)

[erjmokay]

My jewel orchid getting ready for her antennae to bloom. ☺️