Brassolaeliocattleya Dora Louise Capen 'Lea' AM/AOS (C. Moscombe x Blc. Toshie Aoki)

The sunny yet dainty Dora Louise keeps company with the zany, flamboyant Dendrobium Spectabile. 

And fun with the Iphone macro lens:

Acquired from Ebay Seller Kawamoto Orchids in bud June 2014.

Laeliocattleya Mary Ellen Carter ‘Dixie Hummingbird’ HCC/AOS (Lc. S. J. Bracey x Lc. Amber Glow).

She's on her way....

TA DA!!!!

The evening look without sunlight:

This photograph courtesy of Elena Gaillard, GNYOS President.

Epidendrum Lake View "Angel"

Received "in spike" from Kawamoto Orchids via Ebay. Unfortunately, the bud got smashed in shipping and several of the leaves were black. The potting mix also smelled putrid for some reason. The leaves are constantly turning black and falling off. While blackening, there are some tiny new growths. This may be a lost cause.

My Dendrobium spectabile from the same grower also arrived with half of the leaves crushed which later blackened with time. The plant was also so ridiculously overdue by a year or more for repotting and I could NOT get the rootball out of the pot without a huge hacking knife and two hours.

I recognize that shipped that trauma can happen in the cross country trip and that orchids may need some time to bounce back as well as adjust to a non-Hawaiian climate. By my book, so far, no orchid grower deserves a negative. I will leave neutral comment stating the facts of any difficulties with an orchid. It is, after all, neutral FEEDBACK and in theory should serve for future improvement. I did so for Kawamoto. Apparently, Mr. Kawamoto has quite a temper and cannot tolerate neutral feedback. He banned me from his site. It's his show.  Apparently, I'm not the only one. Anyone who dares to raise dissent about his plants is also banished. He has nice plants, but there are nicer people with just as nice plants out there.