Bulbophyllum

 

 

 

 

Ladybug larvae eating an aphid

It's not an orchid, it's a rose bush, but it was so cool to see the ladybug larvae eating an aphid. The other aphids around fled to the other side of the flower - mass exodus!

Those long things sticking out of the larvae's mouth are aphid legs!

While I'm digressing about ladybugs, here are some photos of a ladybug just emerged from it's larvae body.

Epidendrum polybulbum

Dendrobium

Dendrobium Andree Millar (atroviolaceum 'Pygmy' x convolutum)

Miltassia

Zygopetalum

Pendulous Cymbidium

Lowianum 'Green Oaks' x Mighty Mouse

I bought this plant last year knowing it was too young to flower. These are its first flowers and my first pendulous cymbidium. I love the graceful arc of the spike.

Odont that reminds me of Sam

Bulbophyllum

Paph. Haynaldianum