Diane Marie

Here are a couple bloom studies of Chirita Diane Marie

Sunday morning bloom

Just thought I would share this chirita bloom with you. This is Chirita Destiny.

Trio from one plant

Since the orchids have dropped their flowers (the plants are STILL alive---wonder of wonders), I decided to post the newest blooms of interest. Last year I set leaves from Optimara Little Apatite. This one of my favorite Little Jewels. Some of the Little Jewels get wonky over time and you need to set leaves and toss the plant. Some sport in warm weather, like Opal, which will turn all purple and never turn back. I could go on, but if you really want to study the idiosyncrasies of the Little Jewels, visit my website. Anyway, I grew out three baby plants. One has true Apatite leaves, so I figured it would bloom true. The other two have light green leaves, so I figured I would get two Crystals, the registered sport of Apatite.

Here is the momma plant (two different lighting situations---NOTE--all the Apatite blooms on this page are the same exact color, but they look different under different lighting situations. So let that be a lesson in bloom color on the internet):

Optimara Little Apatite - Window lighting

Optimara Little Apatite - Indoor lighting

And the babies:

Optimara Little Apatite

Two babies had light green leaves, so here is the expected and registered Apatite sport, Optimara Little Crystal

And surprise!! The other green-leaved one turned out to be another registered sport, 

Amethyst Confetti (7555) 09/20/1991 (C. Carter) Single-semidouble chimera purple wasp/wide white stripe. Medium green, heart-shaped, pointed, hairy, glossy. Miniature.



Too cute!!!

My Treat

I love the orchid my daughter bought me so much I decided to treat myself. This is Odontocidium Wildcat "Rainbow"

The pseudo bulbs are cool!

Gift

My daughter bought me a gift. We saw so many beautiful orchids! Then I saw this green Lady Slipper and I gasped, so she grabbed it and put it in the cart. I tried to make her put it back but that didn't work LOL

The dragonfly clip is cute, too

Neat markings!

The leaves are gorgeous!

I think it's too pretty, I'll never be able to take care of it properly, but I'm going to try. 

Bloom Time!

Richter's Green Dawn

Richter's Green Dawn again

Chirita Moonlight

Chirita Diane Marie

Awesome trade!

I just completed a trade with a fellow collector. I sent some of my larger-growing violets in exchange for chirita. I received waaaay more than I expected!