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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.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Pleurothallis quadrifida


Pleurothallis quadrifida
(La Llave & Lex) Lindley 1842
Subgenus: Specklinia 
Section: Acuminatae Lindley 1859

Geographic Distribution: Caribbean, Mexico to Venezuela.
Elevation/ Temperature: up to 1800m/ hot- cool growing species.
Plant Type: epiphytic and lithophytic.
Growing Habit: sympodial
Cultivation Treatment: plastic pot with small-medium sized rock pieces and top-dressed with sphagnum moss.
Flowering Month(s) in Singapore: October.
Flowering Period: 10 days.
Flower Colour: yellow.
Flower Scent: slight sweet fragrance. 
Flower Count: 18-20.

This small sized orchid have been growing at the bright spot of my balcony since July 2010. This is the plant first flowering in the month of October 2011. The flowering may have been triggered by temperature drop for the past days in Singapore, due to the sudden heavy rain coupled with strong Northeastern wind.









This is the plant growing area with good air movement.





















The bloom opens sequentially over the days. Each compact flower do not open wide and they are arranged to one side of the spike.


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2 comments:

  1. islaverdeDecember 25, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    nice to see you are trying out the neotropics stuff.

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  2. cyber-ragaDecember 25, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Hi islaverde, I just wanna try a different genus for fun.
    I just hope that it can re-flower again. Thanks for leaving your comment!

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