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| August 11. 2004 |
| Cirrhopetalum putidum Cirrh. putidum was given to me many years ago in bud. I enjoyed the flower very much at the time and waited a very long time to see another one. I have been growing the plant over the last three years on a slab under fairly sunny conditions giving it rain water twice a day and Peters fertilizer every so often. This plant seems intolerable of poor water and likes more sun than my Cirrhopetalum E A Buckleberry. Cirrh. AEB drops its older leaves if given that much bright light. The plant picture on the left was taken after the plant had flowered. |
| The flower is amazing, a wiggly purple lip and cute little tassles invite tiny flies, which buzz about it in the morning. The plant is enjoying its Summer home in our backyard under a Japanese Maple tree. |
| And a sideways view |
| Aerangis luteo-alba var. rhodosticta - one of two plant of the same purchased from Hoosier Orchids in bud. The flowers are very pretty. |
| And from the same shipment the teensy Angraecum distichum. |
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| August 26. 2004 one of the spikes of the second plant. This picture was taken outside under different light conditions. The flowers are identical. |