New In Collection..

Ni lah koleksi OC yang terkini semasa pergi Kuala Lumpur dan Cameron Highlands tempoh hari..

  These are new orchid in my collection..from previous posts..

Plants that I've got from LUM CHIN Orchid Garden..

1. Dendrobium bracteosum
2. Phalaenopsis speciosa
3. Calanthe vestita
4. Cattleya intermedia coerulea 'aquinii'
5. Tolumnia Popoki (not in the picture)

 These are from HOURAI Orchids..

1. Phragmipedium caricinum
2. Cattleya eldorado 'alba'
3. Dendrobium lineale
4. Dendrobium cochliodes
5. Dendrobium stratiotes
6. Coelogyne verrucosa
7. Dendrobium williamsianum
8. Cattleya deckeri (not in the picture)

From MR. SIN CHAN WAH'S  Nursery..

1. Bardendrum (Barkeria x Epidendrum) hybrid noID
2. Gongora superflua
3. Gongora species noID
4. Sobralia macrantha 'alba'
5. Cyrtopodium paniculatum
6. Stanhopea jenischiana
7. Sobralia atropubescens
8. Dendrobium insigne
9. Dendrobium glomeratum
10. Warszcewiczella amazonica
11. Schomburgkia moyobambae
12. Encyclia hybrid noID

...and these are from TAIPING CENTRAL Orchid Show 2012..

1. Bulbophyllum ( phalaenopsis x sanguineopunctatum )
2. Grammatophyllum scriptum
3. Dendrobium hybrid noID
4. Dendrobium hybrid noID
5. Dendrobium hybrid noID
6. Tolumnia hybrid noID
7. Bulbophyllum ( phalaenopsis x graveolens )
8. Bulbophyllum (echinolabium x longissimum )
9. Bulbophyllum hybrid
10. Dendrobium tobaense 'giant'
11. Rhyncorides hybrid noID (Rhyncostylis Gigantea x Aerides lawrencea) is not in the picture..



Banyaknya yang nak kena tanam semula.! Majoritinyalah..Hybrid-hybrid yang tak ada ID tu nampaknya OC kena cari kemudian la..

Have to repot most of these..Guess I have to find the name of the hybrid with noID later on..

 Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; 

who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all. 

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Jalan-Jalan Cari Orkid : Kuala Lumpur to Cameron Highlands..

          Just getting back from Cameron Highlands last Saturday, bringing back a lot of stuff.. Yes, none other than orchids, orchids and more orchids..Hmm..what can I say, once you get stuck with orchids nothing else matters..Its a craziness, an addiction,  an obsession.. Actually, this trip was not planned. I have to go to Kuala Lumpur to settle some errands, At the same time both of my pal were also there, so we decided to meet and on the way back we went orchid shopping..!  We travel our way from Kuala Lumpur to Cameron Highlands. We've visited 2 nurseries in KL. Lum Chin and Hourai..and Sin Chan Wah's nursery in Cameron Highlands..I did the posting about all the nurseries mentioned before.( Just click on their names..) Found anything interesting? You bet! From only two plants targeted we brought back 3 medium boxes filled with orchids! Half of it were shared cause that was the only way we can buy more. In this post I just wanted to share some pictures of orchids from the three nurseries that we've visited..

           OC baru balik dari Cameron Highlands semalam, Banyak oleh-oleh yang dibawa pulang..apa lagi.. orkid, orkid dan lagi orkid..yang tak pernah cukup-cukup..Nak kata apa lagi, sekali ter'lekat' dengan orkid, apa pun tak kira dah, duit ni jangan cakaplah.. tabur macam bunga..! Bagi OC, orkid ni merupakan satu kegilaan, ketagihan dan satu obsesi..Sebenarnya trip ni tak la plan sungguh-sungguh pun, kebetulan OC kena pergi KL ada urusan. Kawan-kawan OC pun kebetulan ada di sana pada masa tu, walaupun pergi tak sekali, tapi bila jumpa di sana, apa lagi...dalam perjalanan balik tu memborong orkidlah sudahnya..Mula-mula di KL lepas tu terus sampai Cameron... Masa di KL kami pergi 2 nurseri iaitu Lum Chin dengan Hourai, manakala nurseri milik Sin Chan Wah (Ah Sang) di Cameron Highlands. Posting berkenaan ketiga-tiga nurseri ni OC dah buat dulu. Kalau nak tengok sila klik pada nama-nama nurseri tu..Jumpa yang menarik? Mestilah..! daripada kononnya nak beli dua pokok saja..jadi 3 kotak sederhana besar..!  Tu pun kira separuh daripadanya OC kongsi ngan kawan-kawan..kalau tak kongsi.. macam mana nak beli banyak lagi..he..he..Dalam pos kali ni OC cuma nak kongsi gambar-gambar orkid yang menarik yang sempat OC 'snap' untuk tatapan pengunjung blog ni, di ketiga-tiga nurseri yang kami kunjungi..

LUM CHIN Orchid Garden

           First nursery that we've visited was Lum Chin's. What's special there? Have a look..

           This is Paphiopedilum armeniacum. A rare sight for orchid collectors in Malaysia. I don't know about other country but this was such a surprise to me. Seeing live plants with flower, I've never expected to see this plants available for sale. But I dont know who will buy this plant because it needs intermediate temperatures to do well, Otherwise you can forget to grow this species. Very tempting..but knowing that I cant provide the best condition.I held myself..Least I get to see the live plants up close and get to photograph it..

          Nurseri yang mula-mula OC pergi ialah Lum Chin..Apa yang special di sana? ni dia..

          Pernah tengok tak 'slipper orchid' di bawah ni? Kalau belum, ni lah Paphiopedilum armeniacum..berasal dari negara China..Pertama kali OC dapat lihat spesis ni depan mata..memang cantik sangat! Antara warna yang unik di dalam famili Paphiopedilum ni..Pokok kecik saja tapi bunga besar..terutama sekali 'pouch' nya tu..Sayangnya OC tak boleh tanam spesis ni. Sesapa pun yang tinggal di kawasan tanah rendah jangan harap nak tanam la..lain lah kalau ada cool house di rumah...Tak tanya lah pulak harganya berapa..sahaja nak tahu..Walau bagaimanapun OC dapatlah tengok dari dekat dan ambil gambar buat kenang-kenangan..

Cantik, cantik dan cantik....!.hai kalaulah OC boleh tanam..

terliur tengok walaupun tak boleh makan..!

Very nice isn't it?! But to me, that is as far as it goes..

HOURAI orchids

         Selepas puas membelek orkid d Lum Chin OC ke Hourai Nursery pulak., namun tak banyak gambar yang OC snap..cari pokok yang ada bunga, mana rasa yang sesuai untuk ditunjukkan sajalah..

         Right after Lum Chin, we went to Hourai Nursery..this is my second time here..got some pictures of orchid blooming that day and of course bringing some home..!

 Bulbophyllum species..

 Paphiopedilum glanduliferum..

 A common Dendrobium linguella.

 Aeridovanda hybrid

 Bulbophyllum blumei

 Bulbophyllum species, NoID.

 Doritis hybrid with peloric petals..

 A special Doritis pulcherrima hybrid also with peloric petals 

(a mutation that makes the petals resemble the lip)

MR. SIN CHAN WAH's Nursery

           On the way back we decided to go to Cameron Highlands, we spent a night there and next day went straight to Mr. Sin Chan Wah's nursery. This is not the private nursery, only people that knew Mr. Sin, clients or special invitation, can visit his nursery, cause he must take us in his jeep through a steep slope..

          'On the way' nak balik sempat lagi OC singgah di Cameron Highlands, tidur di sana semalam, esok paginya terus ke Nurseri En. Sin Chan Wah..Nurseri ni biasanya dilawati oleh orang yang kenal dengan En.Sin sahaja..kalau tak kenal macam mana nak masuk? Nak ke sini pun En.Sin sendiri yang bawa naik jip..naik kereta memang tak sampai la..Tengok orkid-orkid di nurseri ni memang 'Wah' lah jugak..! Tak tahan..rambang mata..! Maklumlah tempat cuaca sederhana..Nak tengok orkid yang pelik-pelik di sini memang banyak..Teruja tu memang lah..tapi makan hati la jugak tengok..he..he..

 Cochleanthes amazonica

Dendrobium cuttberthsonii..

Antara Dendrobium idaman OC..berangan dulu boleh la..

Dendrobium nobile,

Kalau di tanam di tanah rendah ni bunganya ada la 2,3 kuntum..

 tu pun kalau berbunga..

 Sobralia macrantha 'alba'

 Pleurothallis species

 Phalaenopsis hybrid

 Phalaenopsis hybrid

 

 Phalaenopsis Wintik Golden Dragon

 Paphiopedilum complex hybrid. 

One of the parent is Paphiopedilum villosum.

 Epidendrum hybrid

Phalaenopsis gigantea..tengok la besar mana daunnya..

sikit pun tak ada rosak, bintik.bintik dan sebagainya..

berbanding kalau tanam di tanah rendah..

A very healthy Phalaenopsis gigantea. 

See the proportion of its leaves with my hand.

 Phalaenopsis amabilis

 Psychopsis Mendenhall

 Masdevallia

 Masdevallia

 Gastrorchis x Phaius hybrid

 Cattleya hybrid

 Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

 Dendrobium macrophyllum

 Paphiopedilum Lynnleigh Koopowitz (malipoense x delenatii)

Phragmipedium Calurum 'Lydia Merkle'

 Encyclia radiata

 Dendrobium spectabile

 Dendrobium spectabile, yang ni lain sikit bentuknya.. 

Another different forms of Dendrobium spectabile.

 Barkeria x Epidendrum hybrid

 Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum

 Cattleya hybrid

 Paphiopedilum curtisii

           Semasa datang tak bawa apa-apa tetapi masa balik penuh satu kereta dengan orkid..
Dah sampai rumah jenuh  nak me'repot' lah pulak..tapi tu lah kerjanya dengan orkid ni. tak pernah habis..tapi amat menggembirakan bila melihat pokok kita tanam tu hidup subur dan berbunga..

          Came with nothing, but back with a car full of orchids..Now some of the orchid really needs repotting..the never ending chores. But its all worth it when watching the plants grow and flower for us..

A flower falls, even though we love it; 

and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. 

                                                                                       - Dogen

Lady of the night..

              No, not Brassavola nodosa, if you think the title refers to..! Cause this is no orchid..just a blooming white lily at the back of my orchid shade..secretly I was fond of this kind of flower too..! but they are not very popular here in my country..I've read somewhere that orchids and lilies shared the same ancestry in plant evolution..correct me if I'm wrong..!I have collected a few species and hybrids, but never attempted to search their names or origins whatsoever..just grew them casually.. while looking at my orchids tonight, I was attracted to the strong heady smell wafting around the surrounding, it turns out to be from the blooms of this white lily..I never thought that it has such a nice smell kinda vanilla-ish..During the day the smell was not so obvious and the petals do not open wide..Now I know that they are night bloomers.. At night time they are in their full glory..Searching on the internet, I've found the names and its origin..that is Crinum jagus or the local name St. Christopher Lily.

              Plants is native to tropical Africa. There are many forms, sometimes given variety names, although these variety names have not been published. Crinum jagus is a tender perennial bulb in the Amaryllis family that is native to tropical Africa. Tulip-like white flowers bloom in clusters in summer atop leafless stalks typically rising to 2-3’ tall from a clump of strap-shaped green leaves. Some flowers are fragrant, but other have little aroma. Crinum bulbs typically taper into elongated necks.

              Kalau baca tajuk pos kali ni, bukan Brassavola nodosa..yang memang dikenali dengan 'nickname' tu.. Cuma 'title' ni juga nak bagi untuk sejambak bunga lili putih yang sedang berkembang di belakang rumah orkid OC (sekarang nak bahasakan diri, OC iaitu singkatan 'OrchidCraze'..)..walaupun bukan orkid tetapi ada OC pernah terbaca yang orkid dan lili ni adalah dari kelompok famili tumbuhan yang sama..Betulkan kalau silap..! Pokok ni buat tak peduli  pun biar saja dia tumbuh, tak ingat dah dapat dari mana..Sebenarnya dalam diam-diam OC juga suka bunga jenis-jenis bebawang ni, OC tak ada lah kumpul banyak ada lah sikit..spesis dan hybrid..tak pernah pulak rasa nak cari nama ke, asal-usul dari mana datang..hanya 'suka-suka' tanam saja..Masa jenguk-jenguk orkid malam tadi datang pula satu bau wangi yang menusuk hidung..toleh dari arah mana bau tu datang rupanya-rupanya dari bunga lili ni lah..Tak sangka pulak baunya kuat juga nak macam vanilla sikit pun ada..Masa waktu siang baunya tak kuat pun, kelopak pun macam kuncup sikit, rupa-rupanya baru OC tahu yang pokok ni kembang waktu malam..kira  malam ni 'dia' promosi habis-habisan..! lebih kurang macam bunga buah naga atau sesetengah pokok kaktus..(pokok buah naga tu pun sejenis kaktus juga.!)..Bunga teratai pun ada yang kembang waktu malam..Jadi sajalah OC pun cuba cari dalam internet jumpalah nama dan asal-usul spesis ni..iaitu Crinum jagus atau St. Christopher Lily..

          Berasal dari kawasan tropika Afrika. Terdapat banyak varian yang diberi nama, walaupun tidak secara rasmi. Tergolong dalam kategori tumbuhan berbawang dalam keluarga Amarilis. Umumnya pokok ini mengeluarkan tangkai bunga setinggi 2 atau 3 kaki dari rumpun pokok yang berdaun hijau, lurus dan panjang. Ada jenis yang bunganya berbau wangi dan ada yang tidak.

        

            This variety known as vanillodorum has very attractive, broad, wavy foliage & grows best in moist soils with some protection from hot sun. The very fragrant flowers smell similar to vanilla which is not entirely unique amongst C. jagus types, however this is strongly so. Though this may be one of the most attractive Crinums for its foliage, it also has exquisite fragrant flowers.

            Varian yang ada di rumah orkid OC ini dikenali sebagai  vanillodorum. Sebab tu baunya wangi macam vanilla sikit..Satu lagi yang menarik tentang pokok ini ialah bahagian tepi daunnya yang beralun.

Close up..The flowers open wide at night.

Pandangan dekat. Bunganya terbuka dengan luas pada waktu malam.

This is the plant during the day. See the flowers are slightly nodding waiting to bloom fully at night. They doesn't last long. The most are 3 days..but it bloom many times a year.

Ini pokoknya pada waktu siang. Bunganya tunduk sedikit menanti malam hari sebelum kembali kembang sepenuhnya. Bunganya tak lama dalam 3 hari saja..Tapi boleh berbunga banyak kali setahun.

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily 

do not rob the little violet of it's scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. 

If every tiny flower wanted to be rose, 

spring would lose its loveliness. 

- Therese of Lisieux