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IT’S TWINKLE TIME! So many orchids in spike or in bud at my house, but this little guy was first to burst. Despite some struggles with keeping it hydrated, it has three spikes and the one that hasn’t bloomed yet has dozens of buds! Love this little guy.
My cymbidium is finally blooming again after recovering for about a year or two from really bad root rot. There were 4 flower stalks but only one stalk made it to maturity. One stalk is still growing but it looks runty and likely will dry up like the others did before blooming. Really happy that the plant is doing better now.
truly obsessed with this paph bloom
Bulbophyllum Cindy Dukes is flowering!
Bought two of these beauties today!
Something bad is happening with this orchid. But I don’t know what and why. The newest bulb is starting to discolor and turn brown and soft. Just two weeks ago it was doing really well and putting on a lot of growth, green, and firm. The older bulbs are firm and look like they are plumper than they used to be months ago. When I got this “grocery store orchid” earlier this spring it only had two bulbs - the flowering bulb and an older bulb and very little roots. After I repotted it, new roots and a new bulb started growing and the old bulbs never plumped back up, which is not unexpected. Now the new bulb is dying and I don’t know why. No changes have been made to the plants living conditions. No pests observed. Should I cut the dying bulb off? What’s happening? Pictures from today during watering when I noticed the bulb discoloration.
Good afternoon everyone I was looking at my Cattleya. Is this going to be a flower or a baby. I'm new to this kind of Orchid.
Omg look at this little b—-ard trying to hide the spike under a leaf! You’re busted, mister!
After two years of waiting, the Paph. spicerianum has bloomed! It was purchased as a young plant without a bloom spike, so this the first time I’ve ever seen the flower. Sure is cute and worth the wait 😊
just picked up these two paphs, my local store actually messaged me with first dibs!
I'm new to orchids. A co-worker left and gave away her plants. So, of course I needed to adopt. My main question is: it's potted with a palm, should these be separated? It's potted in loose moss, is that ok? I'm sure I'll have additional questions. They seem happy so far and I don't have history on it.
I’m trying a new way of potting my ‘Lemon Heart’ Oncidium. The newest bulbs seem to grow vertically or climb up and potting it in traditional round orchid pot buried all the old bulbs and left the new bulbs “floating”, so I’ve repotted the plant on it’s side. I couldn’t find a long and narrow planter at my local big box store but did find a clear refrigerator storage containers. I got nested containers. The inside container has slots and holes; I think it’s supposed to be a colander. The outside container holds the colander. I’ve planted the orchid in the colander and added clay pebbles to the outside container so there’s some airflow and to help me lift out the inside container when it’s time to water. It’s a little different but it’s an experiment. Plus side, I can see the roots and assess the root health. Wish my plant luck 🍀
Orchids of October
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HELP!!! i was going to repot this new orchid (phalaenopsis “red cat”)and put her into much better, airy soil, but i took her out of the sphagnum moss she was in and her roots look terrible!! is there any way i can salvage her or is she a goner…? she has two normal sized green leaves that are slightly flappy and wrinkly, and one new leaf that hasn’t stopped growing, so obviously she’s got some green on her. what do i do?? any suggestions?
Another orchid update 🫶
They grow up so fast 🥹
The current orchid setups 😍 I’m very proud of their growth too!!!
I think it might be time to call it on this phalaenopsis. It bloomed for a year straight, and I think I should have stopped it earlier, but now it’s been dying for a year straight, I’ve taken loving care of it and it puts out new leaves but I just can’t seem to truly make it happy.
Friends my Oncidium twinkle is partially blooming and I’m not sure why this is happening. Last year all the bloom spikes bloomed at the same time but this year some of the spikes are blooming and some are still developing. Has this happened to anyone else?
