Phalaenopsis, Oncidium Twinkle, Cattleya-Laelia orchids

To follow on from the previous post, here are a few more orchids.

Here is a photo of the Oncidium Twinkle Yellow and Red Fantasy from the last post, next to a mini phalaenopsis. So you can see they are much smaller.

This is a mini phal that I purchased online already blooming in mid-July. It is a small, sturdy plant with relatively small orange blooms of about 4 to 5cm. As you can see, the first photo was taken later and all the buds had bloomed by then.

Here is a close-up of the blooms with some pink and purple shades around the lip. This mini phal is still going strong 6 weeks later and it looks like it is going to keep going.

Here is a much larger phalaenopsis I purchased at the same time, a very soft purple moth-type bloom.

However this was a bit more delicate and did not deal with the post/new weather very well. It has since been repotted and we are waiting now to see if it will recover.

This Cattleya-Laelia orchid was picked up even earlier - mid April. Lovely graceful purple blooms. These are meant to be fragranced but we could not detect anything.

Just waiting for this one to bloom again one day.