Friday orchid blogging

For those of you new folks visiting the blog, Friday Orchid Blogging is an AMERICAblog tradition. Cat-blogging is the big tradition among blogs - every Friday, you post some cute pics of your cat. But as I have no cat, you get the next best thing - my pets, my orchids. So there you have it. Sure, it's a bit gay, but it's also a bit pretty. :-) Enjoy.



Paph Charles Sladden

This is finally one of my plants. It's currently just starting to bloom, so the flower isn't fully open yet. You'll get an update on it next week. These are relatively low-light plants, so this will be quite happy with my new lighting set-up. They like to be kept somewhat moist - you don't let them totally dry out, but you don't want them always wet either. Other than that, you just enjoy the flowers (it has great foliage too). It has sequential flowers - meaning, one blooms, then dies, then a second blooms, etc. There are 3 buds, so I'm expecting 3. And finally, the flowers will hopefully last for at least several weeks each, if not a few months.

Stay tuned.