La primavera llegó - Spring is here!

With spring, three of my outdoors orchids started to show their bottoms and the beautiful flower, then, they are allowed to be inside so we can see them all day long.

Prosthechea Cochleata

First one is a Prosthechea Cochleata, I usually call it  the spider, without knowing it, I found it in a book that describes it as a spider-shape, it is known as little octopus or "pulpitos" in Spanish. It has a colorful lip with a shell shape which must be sweet as ants are there since the bottom started to appear.   This plant has provided flowers every spring since 2006 when I started recording.  It has bulbs.

Up to now I have 2  flowered plants. Many flowers are available at each spike.

Laelia Speciosa

Second is a Laelia Speciosa . This beauty is intense pink, petals are 8-9 cm long. 1 bottom per spike.  I have seen upt to 3 spikes in the same Plant although always one spike per bulb.
Flowering is between April and June.  This morning bulbs were closed and completely open by night. 

This is a Encyclia linkeana also found as encyclia luteorosea. Flowers have a diameter of 1.5 cm. P¨lant has many fragile flowers. It shows their beautiful tiny flowers every April, no miss. Nature knows!!!..