Orchid Man in the United Kingdom

One of the amazing things about Cattleya type orchids is the variety of forms they come on, from tiny wild flowers to very big flamboyant one's which are breathtaking. Somewhere there there is a hybrid which has sunny yellow flowers shaped like stars which has the most outstanding fragrance. This orchid is Brassocattleya Yellow Bird, a gem in flower with a very interesting foliage. First of all Brassavola is a very showy genus of the Cattleya family named first by Robert Brown in 1800 in the honour of a Italian botanist Antonio Musa Brassavola, with currently 20 species recognized in the registry. Brassavola orchids easily cross with other Cattleya genus orchids and have contributed to a vast amount of modern hybrids, and are well known especially for their outstanding evening fragrance and longevity of the flowers. The Yellow Bird was created by crossing  Brassavola nodosa × Cattleya Richard Mueller (Brassolaelia Richard Mueller (Bl. Richard Mueller); Brassophronitis Ri...

Paphiopedilum is by far one of my beloved orchids ever, and will always take a crown place in my collection. They are hassle free, don't require any special hot or cold temperatures or humidity. They prefer shadier places and bit more moisture, and the flowers can last for weeks. Paphiopedilum are divided into two cultural groups: the warm growing, more sun tolerant and with mottled leaves - like our famous Maudiae Green, and cold growing with plain leaves, preferring colder temperatures and more shade. Both types however require a bit colder nights for the flower buds to set but this isn't hard to achieve and a open window during the night should be suitable enough. Paphiopedilum Maudiae Green is a beautiful, old hybrid that stood the test of time for more than 100 years, where others have passed and gone out of fashion, this cross of P. callosum and P. lawrenceanum is still one of the most desired orchids ever. When you look at it you can easily understand why, the ...

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This will be my first ID post where I'm not really ID-ing a orchid, because this is a nursery hybrid which is a result of so much crosses It would be impossible for me to guess. The very dark Paph orchid types are known as vinicolours and there are dozens of growers trying to "hit" the perfect black. In my wild guess it may be a Paph Mustafa's Hot Pink x Magic Leopard or something crossed with Paph. charlesworthii but i can't be sure. This Paphiopedilum however is wonderful, first of all because of its very deep purple/burgundy coloring which depending on the light it can seem almost black. Furthermore it has molted leaves which are very silky in appearance with a reddish tint to the center of the crown of the plant.  Besides in the nursery they had several of these and they showed some particular difference between the plants themselves. This is cause by the fact that Paphiopedilum orchids aren't grown like other orchids as clones, no they a...