Karma Forester
Welcome to the Orchidkarma blog. My name is Karma and I live in Gothenburg, Sweden. A certified orchidophile with a definite penchant for orchids of the Pleurothallid Alliance, but we don’t have an exclusive relationship - at least not yet.

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Gothenburg International Orchid Show September 24-26 2010
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Angraecum florulentum

So the fragrant saga continues… This is a lovely medium sized monopodial epiphyte from the Comoros where it grows on altitudes from 600 to 1000 meters. It smells kind of like Lilly of the Valley with a hint of jasmine in the mix too perhaps. The scent is quite strong in the evening.

I bought this [...]

The Angraecum florulentum saga continues…

…but now it is starting to sound a bit more like a fairytale!  The first two buds have opened. They probably will open up a bit more, but I was so excited to see the beautiful crisp white waxy flowers that I just had to share. Especially after all the drama the past week… [...]

Angraecum bud-autopsy

The Angraecum villain hunt continues. Day two. I had already looked all over the plant for any kind of insects but did not see anything.  I am still trying to figure out why this one bud would fail, so I decided to perform a bud-autopsy on the mysteriously blasted Angraecum bud… No vermin found. Not even when scrutinized [...]

Mysterious Angraecum florulentum bud blast

Now I am a bit confused … one of the buds on my Angraecum florulentum has begun to fade. The other 4 buds are thankfully developing nicely and are looking fine – so far. I really have no idea why this one bud (top left) has decided to blast on me.

I have never had [...]

Finally! A phalaenopsis bellina for me!!

I don’t know how it happened, and I can’t remember where, but I fell in love with phal bellina about a year ago and have ever since dreamed about a vivarium for warm growing species. Now that I have one, I finally came home with my beloved bellina. I am soo happy!! I had [...]