One flower. These guys are pure yellow in the heat of June, the red only comes out when it's cold.

Nick

Nick- looks terrific! Must get more Aussie cold tolerant plants....

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Maryanne

Nick. Last Spring I traded you for a hilda poxon. And now there are new buds. And I'm excited and checking far too much. So help me with the anticipation by letting me know how long from my pic until it blooms? And how many flowers per spike? And how long does it stay in bloom. We have our show in early March and I'm wondering if they will be blooming then.

I have 3 canes. The 2 older canes have 2 buds each and 1 on the small cane for a total of 5. And the speciosum I traded from you is just a week or 2 behind the hilda Poxon with 3 buds...

I feel like a kid at christmas waiting for that morning to come...

Thanks

A couple of month I would say. Feb/March is their peak bloom time. Good luck.

Nick

Here is my Hilda poxon starting to open. I love it. The red is not as prominent. It has a lot more to go. I'll take more pics later. Thanks Nick!

I'm told that the amount of red is strictly a factor of how cold it got. If you are too nice to it you won't get much red. You have a lot of flowers per spike, more than I'm used to seeing on my plant. I guess they react differently to different conditions.

Nick

I got a 3 cane division of Hilda in May. I think it is remarkable that it has 5 blooming spikes now. Actually just 2 have opened so far. The other 3 are moving along.

Are you seeing signs of flowers on your Hillii?

A close up picture of the previous one.

It's a real blooming fool. Started blooming in July and has bloomed off and on. Hilii has buds. Dend speciosums have a reputation of needing to get big before they'll bloom.

Nick

My Hillii has the 5 beginnings of spikes. Growing ever so slowly but growing.

My Hilda Poxon is doing great. Thanks Nick. 5 spikes in all. on the bottom right is a beginning of a spike.

A close up

You seem to do exceptionally well with the Australian Dendrobiums. As they begin to bloom I should make divisions for you if you have the space for them as they do get big.

Nick

Beautiful.I need to get one of these.

Yes Nick, I'm getting turned on to Australian orchids. I will have a lot of space by mid to late Spring. I'm building more space.

Love the way you posted the whole plant. Always interesting.

An updated shot...

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