Home Grown Orchidaceae!

The highlight of last week was the orchid I acquired in Vythiri (Kerala) in August last year flowering after me having almost killed it. Here's the beautifully delicate flower and there are about 10 more buds.
This is a Dendrobium Orchid (or so me thinks:-)) and this is the first flower of my orchid.
This is a Dendrobium Orchid (or so me thinks:-)) and this is the first flower of my orchid. Although, I am deliriously happy my joy has been blunted by the fact that this gorgeous flower is only 1.5 cm wide!!!! Imagine my shock on expecting a gorgeous large orchid flower as is commonly photographed all over the place and get my carefully nurtured (he he) orchid putting out a tiny flower that needs magnifying glasses to be admired :-D. Yet it is a perfect orchid flower demostrating its unique structure in its flower. I am thrilled.

My orchid collection is improving - I now have 2 vandas, 2 dendrobiums and 4 others that are unclassified. Hyderbad is discovering orchids big time - and people were picking them up everywhere - we are all probably going to massacre these lovely plants in our hot and dry city together!! There were several tens of varieties on sale in the recent Horticulture Exhibition at Tank Bund. Starting from Rs 50/- all the way upto Rs 2200/- The priciest ones were just gorgeous.

References -
Dendrobium in Wikipedia