Update on planted tank

Some update on my planted tank.

Overall view of the tank


Tetra rummynose and cardinal


Cory and SAE



Some said this is the king of aquarium.



Albino type





Two on the right are the turquoise type



Leopard ring spot



Apisto biteniata

Some blooming orchids at home

Finally the drought are over at least...think so of the plants have got used to the environment at home and is putting up some display, at least...

Phalaenopsis bellina



Brassvola hybrid... got this from Wairon and the flower put out very nice fragant at night



Phalaenopsis appendiculata



My very first appendiculata that bought during JB Show 2009. Got two plants and the first one had bulb set and flower at home. The second plant has spike and bulbs are set as well. Will post picture once it has bloom.

Phalaenopsis Rasa Veniana

Finally managed to find the name of this hybrid that i bought from CML early this year.

Phal Rasa Veniana (Primary Hybrid (lueddemanniana x venosa))

(See post dated 1 April 09)


Was browsing through BL Orchid forum and saw one of the forumer posted his blooming phals and the feeling was liked striking a jack pot!

Phalaenopsis Jessie Ang part II

Saw one during last month OSSEA meeting and i couldn't help but to buy it.

It was a good buy in my opinion as the variation of this hybrid is execellent!

Some plants from GardenTech Singapore 2009

Got the following plants from GardenTech 2009

Phal Penang Girl x Phal Dragon Tree Eagle



Phal African Queen x Phal Coral Isle

Dendrobium

Bought this dendrobium from Ah Chua two weeks back. If you happen to know the id of this plant, please drop me a message.

Phalaenopsis

Bought this from uncle Hon during the recent orchid show.



Unable to id this plant as uncle is or unable to provide the cross or name. Do drop me a message if you happen to know the name of this hybrid or the cross.

Acacallis cyanea

Got this free from uncle Hon during JB Show.



Done some checking online and found that these epiphytic plants are found throughout the upper Amazon Basin, particularly above the confluence of the Amazon and the Río Negro, and along the upper Río Orinoco above Puerto Ayacucho in western Venezuela. Plants grow in the flat, low-lying forests in areas that are completely innundated during seasonal floods. The host trees partly underwater during a flood with the Acacallis cyanea mostly under water except for part of the rhizome, 1 or 2 of its leaves, and the inflorescence.

Hope to grow this plant well.

Follow up on bulbo mastersianum

Managed to see the flower and i almost forgot about it until Wairon reminded me this morning.

BLC pink diamond

SP gave me this some months ago and so glad that it bloom at home. Actually i didn't notice the bloom until this morning.

JB Orchids Show 2009

Suffered from withdrawal symptom last year as the show was cancelled. This is my second trip and indeed its buy and buy and buy....

Some of my purchases...

Bulbophyllum subumbellatum







Bulbophyllum lepdium





Wanted to get more phalaenopsis this year but so how the stocks are not as many as compared to the last show. Only managed to get this from an unknown store. As usual CML is there and has asked uncle to bring some plants for me and hopefully he does and will definately make my saturday a good one (crossing my fingers and toes now).

Phalaenopsis violacea "malayan"

Phalaenopsis Jessie Ang

Got my first plant from Wairon some time back and i couldn't get enough of this hybrid. The diversity of this particular plant is driving me crazy and so much so that i bought another one today at OSSEA meeting.



This is the one that i bought it from Wairon. It has a very nice sunset color.



Got this from CML.



There are many more posted over at this website.

http://www.greenculturesg.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11859&st=0

Bulbophyllum mastersianum

Finally this plant has recovered and is doing very well over at the nursery. Has not seen the flower for the longest time and i really hope that i will get to see it bloom.

My hope is back

My first attempted to pollinate this blasted and this is my second attempt. I really hope that it will carry to full term and germinate well in the lab. Have been drooling for this hybrid and the kind of offsprings that this hybrid pass on. It would be very interesting to see how this progess especially with those guys over at the nursery. Im getting way too excited now... Keeping my fingers and toes cross...

Phalaenopsis ludde violacea

More blooming phalaenopsis

Took a couple more pictures today.

Phalaenopsis bellina gigantor

One of the biggest bellina in terms of flower that i bought from Wairon



A few more of the same species to share





One can never get tired or enough of bellina well for me at least. They all look so different even though the belong to the same species.

Update on Phalaenopsis Tsay's Evergreen TH44

This plant threw out another flower. Is my eyes playing trick on me or age is catching up. The second flower seems to be larger as compared to the first. As our weather here is relatively warm, most of the flower will be relatively smaller as opposed to those folks that grow them in cooler part of the world.

First bellina bloom at home

This is the H21 that acc gave me. If finally bloomed over at my place after a few months. The firt bulb blasted however the second one flowered and there is another bulb on the way. Strangly, the form of the flower is turning up very differently when i grew it in the nursery.

Any idea why?



http://orchidtales.blogspot.com/2008/11/phaleanopsis-bellina-r21-breeds.html

Phalaenopsis violacea coerulea

Got this from Woon Leng some time back. Didn't really like the blue color as it seems to be washed out. Would prefer those intensive blue type.

Otto on lotus leaf

Saw this fellow resting on the tiger lotus leaf when i came home after work. Took a few shots but the quality of the pictures are so so... Think its time i invest in a good camera.

Blooming phalanopsis bellina

More of my favourite phalanopsis bellina are blooming over at Wairon's nursery.

Birthday lunch

My boss, ES and staff had arranged for a lunch and it turned out to be a birthday lunch treat from them. We went to a Italian restaurant along East Coast Road. The ambience is nice and so do the food.







Pistachos tiramisu cake - very very nice!



Plus the birthday boy... ha