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Hi ! Welcome to my blog on orchids and landscape design. I have been growing various type of orchids along the balcony of my high-rise apartment since 2004. My favorite orchid genus of all times are Bulbophyllum, Onicidium as well as Cattleya alliances. I love bulbophyllum for their exotic form and intricate 'movable lip'. Although I have been growing orchids with little success, due to the lack of sufficient sunlight and low humidity, as well as strong wind which prevail at my growing area, I still try to find the right types of orchids for my flat through trial and error. Occassionally, my orchids have surprised me with unexpected bloom that would make my day! Beside orchids, I also enjoyed strolling in public gardens and parks, and at the same time looking at the landscape design intent. In my blog, I'll be sharing with you, photographs of orchids that I adore and as well as interesting parks that I have ventured. I hope you will enjoy these photos too and please feel free to leave some comments or thoughts. Thank you for viewing my photo blog.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Bulbophyllum medusae

Bulbophyllum medusae
R(Lindley) Rchb.f. 1861
Section Corymbosa (Bl) Avery.1994
  
Flower buds waiting for the 'big hair' day
Cluster of flower buds





















This spectacular orchid, Bulbophyllum medusae or common known as 'Medusa's Bulbophyllum' with snake or mop-like flower with reference to Gorgon Medusa's head of snakes (as featured in Greek's tale  'Clash of The Titans').

It is a warm to hot growing lowland Bulbophyllum species and its habitat range from Malaysia, Thailand to Indonesia. It is also a native orchid of Singapore, but now the orchid is quite rare due to urbanization.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Bulbophyllum abbreviatum



Bulbophyllum abbreviatum
Rchb.f 1881 Section: Cirrhopetalum
This is another delighting warm growing bulbophyllum species (石豆兰 in chinese) from the lowland forest of West Malaysia (formerly Malaya) and northeastern Madagascar. Similarly to the flower of bulbophyllum lepidum, its inflorescence is also arranged in umbel and variable in the color intensity. The color of its sepal ranges from pinkish red to brown.


































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