{"id":1093,"date":"2020-11-18T23:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2020-11-29T22:20:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T22:20:07","slug":"queen-of-the-orchids-cattleya-blooming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/queen-of-the-orchids-cattleya-blooming\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of the Orchids, Cattleya Blooming at Our Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has been raining almost every day for weeks.\u00a0 A long unusual raining season. So far the orchids at our yard were blooming one after another.\u00a0 Here are some photos and time lapse of our favorite Cattleya, queen of the orchids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MVI_0635-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We used a camera, canon EOS Rebel T7i to take Time Lapse video of the orchid.\u00a0 Just had opportunity to practice.\u00a0 With built-in Time Lapse and flexible sitting in camera, we did not need to watch the process. Just click a button and go away.\u00a0 We used 45 second interval, 300 shots, recording time approximately 3:44 hrs to yield 5 sec Time Lapse. \u00a0The challenge was the size of 109 MB .mov file produced.\u00a0 So we had to convert the mov file to mp4 file.\u00a0 The end result is 8 MB mp4 file to upload to the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/queen-of-the-orchids-cattleya-blooming\/cattleya1\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya1-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lc. Spring Drumb &#8216;Volcano Queen&#8217;: \u00a0Large and extremely fragrant petal and sepals are deep pink with contrasting lip as purple and yellow.\u00a0 First time ever at our yard, there were four flowers from two different pseudobulbs, as two flowers had light pink petal and sepals and other two flowers had deep pink color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/queen-of-the-orchids-cattleya-blooming\/cattleya2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1121\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya2-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>RLC Liu&#8217;s Joyance: Large orange flower with contrasting red ruffled lip.\u00a0 Flower is proximately 5&#8243; across. \u00a0So far this is the largest Cattleya flower size.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya3-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lc. Tropical Pointer &#8216;Cheetah&#8217;. Sepals and\u00a0 petals are ivory and spotted in rose &#8211; deep pink.\u00a0 The spathe lip is deep rose-lavender. \u00a0One of my cousin had imagination of lip, column, and stigma together as a young lady portrait with white hat, yellow shirt and red skirt.\u00a0 Interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/queen-of-the-orchids-cattleya-blooming\/cattleya4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya4-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya4.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cattleya Aclandiae, Tripp Johnson: \u00a0Waxy, light-brown background heavily overlaid in deep chocolate brown spots and blotches. The lip is deep-pink. \u00a0Anther Cap is light pink. Also there were some deep chocolate brown spots and blotches on some of the leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/queen-of-the-orchids-cattleya-blooming\/cattleya6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya6-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya6-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cattleya6.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>C. lueddemanniona, darkxsib: Rose &#8211; purple color lip with yellow at the base, irregular purple line to the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a current member of the Port St. Lucie Orchid Society and an online orchid group organized by a Plant Ecologist, I learned different ways to grow orchids.&nbsp; It&#8217;s getting much better and easier at this point and I might add that a close friend of mine living in West Palm Beach who earned her PHD in Biology\/Plant Ecology is always available for consultation on issues I do not completely understand or have experience with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been raining almost every day for weeks.\u00a0 A long unusual raining season. 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