Show your orchids!

[Tyko_N]

First one for the season over here, if you don't count a Phalaenopsis that just wont stop flowering. Some kind of Cattleya hybrid is as far as I have got to identifying it, the local flower shops don't tend to bother with such mundane things as correct names, but it's growing well which is enough for me.

 

[The_storm]

Nice thread.

I always struggled with orchids until I did a weekly 10 minute soak in the dirty water discarded from my aquarium filter.
No more! They always seem to be in flower and the flowers last for months.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Some kind of Cattleya hybrid is as far as I have got to identifying it

It might be <"Brassolaeliocattleya Greenwich "Elmhurst">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tyko_N]

It might be <"Brassolaeliocattleya Greenwich "Elmhurst">.

That one looks very similar, thanks Darrel! Did a bit more digging on the site you sent and found another good candidate: Brassolaeliocattleya Alma Kee 'Tipmalee'.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Did a bit more digging on the site you sent and found another good candidate: Brassolaeliocattleya Alma Kee 'Tipmalee'.

That one looks nearer, with ruffled upper petals.

cheers Darrel

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Some kind of Cattleya hybrid is as far as I have got to identifying it

I should have said that it is absolutely gorgeous, whatever it might be.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tyko_N]

The "Cattleya" is starting to fade now, but the next one up already has two flower stalks in full bloom, I like it when they take turns 🙂
Oncidium ('Twinkle' hybrid maybe?):

 

[mort]

Looks like a tropical daffodil against the snowy trees🙂

 

[Tyko_N]

Yes it's quite a contrast. It was -13C outside this morning and we have had those kind of temperatures for the past week, but indoors the orchids are happily putting on a good show, makes winter a bit more bearable 🙂

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Oncidium 'Twinkle'

Yes, that looks a <"likely ID">. I really like these x Cambria type orchids.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tyko_N]

I really like these x Cambria type orchids.

Me too, great combination of hardy, pretty, and staying a manageable size 🙂 Shame that they are not more common in shops, I would rather take one of these any day over an artificially coloured Phalaenopsis...

 

[kayjo]

This little orchid (Dryadella Simula) just started blooming for the first time since planting it 2 years ago. It's planted on a drip wall over an aquarium. The miniature oak leaf ficus gives an idea of the orchid's size.

 

[Tyko_N]

The Cymbidium don't seem bothered by being moved out into the greenhouse, not a single flower bud was dropped and it's putting out new shoots. The flower pattern has even improved compared to last year when it had to spend the winter indoors (second picture).

 

[zozo]

Forgotten the name but I got these from Darrel - @dw1305 a few years ago. It's the first time it flowers, didn't expect it in the winter.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Forgotten the name but I got these from Darrel

The purple flowering one is a <"Dendrobium kingianum"> cultivar. They usually flower late Winter / Early Spring for me. The other one is the "Gooseberry Orchid" Coelogyne cristata, which should flower about the same time. I have eventually <"re-potted mine">, and it is still sulking.

cheers Darrel

 

[foxfish]

My Paphiopedilum are looking good this year, I did intend to split them up but never got around to it!

 

[foxfish]

@dw1305 , I have this funny cactus thing in flower too?

 

[mort]

I've got one of those in flower at the moment as well @foxfish , it flowers this time every year. It's a rhipsalis but I can't remember which one off the top of my head.

Edit, Rhipsalis pilocarpa Rhipsalis pilocarpa | hairy-fruited wickerware cactus Conservatory Greenhouse/RHS Gardening

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I did intend to split them up but never got around to it!

They look absolutely phenomenal. It is always difficult to know with splitting and or repotting with orchids.

The other one is the "Gooseberry Orchid" Coelogyne cristata, which should flower about the same time. I have eventually <"re-potted mine">, and it is still sulking.

I divided into four sections, one bit is doing well (flowering today) but the other three are still lingering somewhere between life and death.



cheers Darrel

 

[foxfish]

Well what I plan to do this year is dived one pot (as you suggested last year) into four pots.
I cant actually see any form of soil in the pots but I will pack the the divided plants with sphagnum moss and hope for the best.
All I did last year was add a little liquid seaweed a couple of times, once in April when they went outside and once in June. I did water the pots occasionally but most of the time they just had water when it rained.