Schoenorchis fragrans

I know this species has been posted a lot but here is mine. This is the first blooming for this plant that I purchased in August, 2013. It tried to bloom once before this but blasted. It ranks very high on my favorite list as do several others in the genus. Grown bright, dry-ish. Despite it's species name I do not detect a fragrance.

The whole plant is 4 cm tall and each flower is only 6 mm tall.

 

I just looked at this post on my LG tablet and the flowers look too "blue". The color looks realistic on my desktop computer. The flowers are the typical color of this species.

John, I grow in a greenhouse so growing mounted is easy for me. If I grew in your conditions I would be growing plants potted, too.

 

Marni, I was shooting under natural light coming through a window and was suplementing with a flash. I had the
camera's light source setting set to sunlight and it was also over exposed. I had to adjust in post processing. On my desk top monitor it looks good. Not so good on my tablet.

I am still learning the camera settings and lighting so any comments are welcome.

 

I shot these in jpg. I sometimes shoot in Raw and need to make a habit of doing that. I get lazy and default to my comfort zone. Do you always shoot in Raw?

I need to learn more about the white balance.
Again, any suggestions are welcome.

 

We were typing at the same time. You answered my questions.
Thank you.

 

Thanks Marni.
I reshot this plant this morning using RAW and a custom white balance. I think it is better color. We'll see how it looks in the post.

 

Marni, I am using Photoshop CS6 and when I open a RAW image from Photoshop it comes up in an embedded program called Camera Raw 8.3. When this new window opens with the selected photo there is a wide range of editing tools available. I am still very much a novice at using the editing but it is fun to me.

Natureman, my camera has that option and I have used it in the past. Perhaps I should start doing that again. Thanks.

 

Evargreen, I bought mine from Andy's. They are getting more common and the prices have dropped in the past few years. There are probably east coast growers that have it too. If you haven't dealt with Andy's before, they have a lot of plants that aren't on their web site. Give them a call if it isn't listed.