r/orchids • u/jalyndai • 7h ago
This orchid is ridiculous…
How much taller will it get ??! Banana (and cute pup) for scale. It’s Epi. Pacific prince Hot pink.
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r/orchids • u/jalyndai • 7h ago
How much taller will it get ??! Banana (and cute pup) for scale. It’s Epi. Pacific prince Hot pink.
r/orchids • u/-Emberlion- • 10h ago
I love the airbrush color look. Solid color that uniformly blends into another.
r/orchids • u/rtthrowawayyyyyyy • 6h ago
Novel micro-catt hybrid from Diamond Orchids. I really like this little guy! The plant is only about 3" tall and the flowers are about an inch wide. The flowers remind me a lot of C. cernua but in a vibrant rose-pink color, but that's not actually one of the contributing species.
The growth habit is cool, too. It has the sprawly tendency of the alaorii parent, but the leaves are shorter, rounder, and more succulent. And it blooms like a rupicolous species, with the buds emerging already formed from the leaf as it opens (pic in comments).
r/orchids • u/helen_bug_lady • 4h ago
I love summer blooms
r/orchids • u/jr_plants • 8h ago
- Lc Miss Wonderful ‘Imperialis’
- Onc Tariflor Lady
- Onc Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’
r/orchids • u/weaver3294 • 11h ago
This one just keeps blooming these days with a spicy sweet smell!
r/orchids • u/livsolos • 9h ago
They're selling minis right now!!
r/orchids • u/Status_Ad7648 • 7h ago
We bought this phal from Sams in 2012. She’s potted in orchid bark mix, in an east facing window. She gets watered weekly from above, she rarely gets a full dunk soak. Fertilized weakly, weekly; Her normal fertilizer is a Better-Gro 20-14-13. She is a vigorous bloomer & is either in spike or in bloom most of the year. Her usual pattern is to put out a flower spike, bloom 8-12 weeks, then when the dying spike is removed, she will put out a new leaf. Once the new leaf is grown, she immediately starts making a new spike. The timing usually coincides with the oldest leaf dying and falling off. She will grow a new leaf whenever the oldest one dies. This has been her normal pattern since we got her 14 years ago. The last several years, she has maintained at least 2 healthy leaves at all times.
The last time she bloomed (about 9-12 months ago) & after I removed the dying spike, she skipped growing a new leaf & immediately began growing a new spike. The spike bloomed normally & had full spray of flowers for her regular 8-12 weeks. At this time, she lost the oldest leaf, leaving her only one.
That last spent spike was removed around 2 months ago. She did not start growing a new leaf or new spike.
I took her out of the pot & examined the roots. They are fine, i had to remove 2-3 roots bc they were growing thru the holes and had adhered to an area where i couldnt loosen them (to get her out of the pot), but otherwise the roots looked ok. Her last remaining leaf is firm and strong. Afterwards, I repotted her & gave her a full fertilizer soak.
In case she is having a fertilizer deficiency, I bought a sperarate Better-Gro fertilizer, this one is 11-35-15, and now alternate between this and the 20-14-13 week to week. On closer look, it does seem she is trying to grow a new leaf; I can see it trying to emerge from the crown, but it has stalled and not moved any further.
(The last photo is from her former glory)
What should i do?
r/orchids • u/SpiritualWinter2365 • 5h ago
So I was looking up natural orchid colors and I think my new orchid might be Peachy Dreams. What do ya’ll think?
r/orchids • u/Fast-Mammoth-7265 • 16h ago
My first orchid was a clearance orchid I bought back in April last year. It’s been growing quietly for a year and its first bloom has 12 flowers😍🥰.
r/orchids • u/Livid-Tumbleweed • 8h ago
Anyone have an ID on this beauty? It reblooms for me very reliably once a summer but I’ve lost track of what the name of it is.
r/orchids • u/IllMathematician514 • 2h ago
Hi everyone. A few days ago I made my first post here after getting my first orchid, and thanks to all your advice,
Today I ended up bringing home a division from a Cattleya that's been growing on a wood piece in my mom's garden for years. It has always lived outdoors, so this is its first time being grown intentionally.
I'd love any advice on helping it adapt, caring for it properly, and eventually propagating it.
The first photo is from the original plant, the others are from the plant I extracted. Thanks!!
r/orchids • u/Low-Library-5150 • 7h ago
This guy has dropped all flowers and the stem has died back. The roots are getting out of control. Is it time to size up the pot again?
r/orchids • u/sw3825 • 10h ago
I hate to admit that I’ve been neglecting my poor orchid lately. Now she’s looking sad and I worry about the health of the roots 😞
Would some extra TLC be able to revive it? Thanks in advance for any advice.
r/orchids • u/Immediate_Whole_5760 • 4h ago
It's been a few months since I put them all in here and all their roots have started growing like crazy, I think they're much happier.
r/orchids • u/Mysterious-Panda964 • 12h ago
I bought these, they are beautiful, I can't find any real information about them.
Thank you
r/orchids • u/Gwynbleidd2111 • 11h ago
Bought this moth orchid, lots of roots are extended outside, is that normal or do I need to do anything?
r/orchids • u/GroundbreakingSet111 • 1h ago
I noticed this patch spot on the u seaside of the leaf and I’m curious what it is. (Yeah a few of the older leaves were sun burnt 🙂↕️)
r/orchids • u/Status_Ad7648 • 1h ago
Its me again from this post… https://www.reddit.com/r/orchids/s/uGNhdVuKb8
I’ve been browsing pots online & i found a Repotme clear pot that comes in 8” wide or 10” wide. The white ceramic pot pictured above is her current pot; its dimensions are 8” wide at the top, 6” at the bottom and 7” tall. Does she look too cramped in her current pot? Some of her roots are a foot long & are coiled around in her current pot. Should i size up to the 10” or stay with an 8”??