Miltoniopsis Rouge Hanover

[Kerry]

I have actually made a few purchases recently, but I have not been spending that much time on the forum. Mainly because I have been selling books on an auctions site, and quite frankly that takes blooming ages, especially when people from Australia and Germany decide that they are going to buy at least 6 books in a series and then want to do deals with you on the postage. Not that I am complaining, as I have been really pleased to sell as many as I have... but listing them all gets a little boring, wrapping them up in bubble wrap and brown paper is getting very fiddly (my fingers are tired!), and I'm not going to tell you what I think of going to queue at Fulham post office every day!

Anyway, I hadn't even thought about showing off some new purchases. However, sitting here on the sofa I am actually being physically assaulted by the scent of this baby. I have been struggling to work out what she smells like, and I think that it is a rose smell - like the hybrid tea roses that have a lovely floral smell and turn your head when you walk past them!

So here she is, shame we don't have smell-o-vision!

She's quite a large plant with 3 spikes each with 3 flowers, and one mini spike with a solitary bud.


The colour above is a pretty good match, it just looks more "alive" in real life, that little bit glowier (I know, that's not a word!)


The white mark in the centre of the bloom seems to be a flaw on this bloom only, but I thought it was quite fun - sort of like a beauty mark!



I had told myself that I wouldn't buy another pansy orchid, until my NoID proved that it could last in my flat - especially as people on the forum have emphasises how difficult they can be to grow. My other NoID milt has been moved into the bathroom, as it's getting a bit hot in the kitchen in the afternoon, and the humidity has crashed recently. When the flowers end this will go in the bathroom too, I am just hoping that they will like it enough to flower again - the NoID certainly likes my house enough to send up two new growths, but flowering is another matter I guess.

Cross fingers eh?