Rhyn Thailand Kultana

I love this photo ! And this orchid is amazing, it is flowering again now and it only flowered in October.

The flowers last for weeks too.

The lilac is so pale, it is almost white...actually it is white with the tiniest lilac spots.

What a success this creation was! And I'm so glad you bought it for me, Mum!

Doritis again

This is the whole plant - Doritis pulcherrima!
The flowers don't all open at once unfortunately.
And wow, it is tough to get a sharp photo of this orchid - white again! What a problem. I should try it with a black background?
The flowers are very pretty, about 1.3 cm across. The yellow is kind of like egg yolk - but from a caged chicken, not a free range one!

Doritis pulcherrima var chomporensis

A gift from Jenny as a baby plant a couple of years ago! Now it has flowered! This flower broke off - so I have tried to take a shot of it with the macro lens in natural light. (Limited success!)
It is an upright spike of mainly white small flowers with some yellow splashes....
This is my only Doritis orchid but I think I might buy some more, they seem easy to grow.
This plant came from Brighton Orchids. It is a species from Thailand - and a lot of their orchids come from this part of the world.
It is supposed to be semi terrestial and similar to a Phaleanopsis - but I have it in a small vanda pot sitting high on a bench in a sunny spot. I have treated it like any other vandaceous orchid. The next photo will be of the whole plant. Hopefully all the flowers will be open this weekend.