The Phragmipedium caudatum has opened both flowers now. I absolutely love them. I hope the blooms will last at least until first week of June. We have the first of our two annual shows and I'd love to show it there.

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I can't stop watching them. Those long twisting petals. They grow longer by the hour. I don't know how long they'll get before they stop growing.

The Scorcerer's Apprentice has grown also quite a lot, but it's not in bloom yet. I'll post pictures of it when it blooms. It also has two buds forming.