Had this plant for a few years and always got male flowers. This flowering I get a female spike AND a male spike. Should I pollinate?

Dactylorhíza baltica

Last bloom was in October when I got her, so I'm super glad I got another one now. ♥️

I wish my Oncidium would bloom soon as well, but it doesn't seem like it will.

Epidendrum cinnabarinum
“Que linda esta flor de la cima de la montaña, es como tu Gloria Valentina”
Fotos: JARV
Observación directa:
Flores de aproximadamente 4–6 cm.
Sépalos y pétalos rojo escarlata.
Labelo anaranjado con bordes rizados y pequeñas manchas rojizas.
Flores agrupadas en un racimo terminal.
Encontrada en una zona de montaña con roca y helechos, un hábitat típico de muchas especies de Epidendrum.

This is my first bloom spike (!!!!) and I'm anxious to know how long I've got until it blooms. I first noticed the spike June 11th and this photo was taken today. I know the average time is 3 months soooo... mid September, does that sound right?

Looks like lots of new babies growing too. root bound def but these are much different than what I normally have. It was so beautiful and I’m hoping to get it back again! I’m not sure the type nor where to go from here basically! First photos are what it was like bloomed the next set are what she looks like now

And why are the new leaves growing half way up the stalk?

I picked up my first cattleya orchid at the end of February from my local orchid show!

I was so excited when I saw it on the presale website (the last two pictures are from the SFOS listing where it stated it had last bloomed in January).

The ID is trianae ‘cashen’s’ FCC/AOS X laelia alaorii ‘SVO II’. Which I had pretty much no idea what that meant but they said it would be fragrant.

The 6” pot size was much bigger in person than I imagined! I saw a lot of other orchids for sale at the show half the size and double what I paid, but looking back that makes sense since it’s easier to collect smaller plants. This one takes up a lot of space!

I’ve given it light and water and I was so excited a few weeks ago when I saw the bud start to grow! I thought I’d have to wait until the winter for another bloom. I was out of town during its peak blooming but it has a subtle spicy scent to me :)

I’m so impressed with the quality of plants from the San Francisco Orchid Society that I couldn’t resist when I saw their presale go live. This weekend I’m picking up my first dendrobium, RNJ-8 - Dendrobium parishii var rubra!

I accidentally snapped a flower spike but it didn’t fully break off, it was hanging on by just a tiny bit!

So I decided to leave it alone and it kept growing!

And it ended up growing 4 buds ☺️

Getting it soon Miltoniopsis Breathless Fireworks variable SOLD OUT

Does anyone know why my Vanda leaves coming out like this? This orchid has been doing it since I got it which is 3 years now. It has only ever had flowers once in three years. Plus I’ve never seen a Banda have 3 separate stems where the leaves come from so if anybody knows anything and could tell me I would appreciate it

After seeing that the Psychopsis Orchid I had in my cart on Etsy was now sold out I figured eh it’s just my luck and I waited so no big whoop.

I went to our Farmer’s Market this morning and as I entered there it was… with not one but two bloom spikes!! Afraid to ask, while this vendor has cut me a deal now and again she does sell high. When she told me and it was the same price as the one that was in my Etsy cart(not in bloom) I said yes I’ll take it.

I have wanted this orchid for probably 30 years, but either was new in my experience or never really pursued acquiring one in the past. Psychopsis Mariposa ‘Special’.

Sort of as the title says really, ive had this orchid for 10 or so years and earlier this year when I reported it into fresh medium I noticed it had root rot. Not a problem says I.

I cut all the mushy roots off which left it with 2 healthy roots and stuck it in a bag with some wet sphagnum moss and crossed my fingers.

2 weeks later the 2 healthy roots were furry and mushy and the sheaths came off.

Bugger.

So I did what I did with another orchid that hadn't flowered in 10 years and stuck it in a glass with some wet medium and a few drops of orchid food, put it on my kitchen windowsill and recrossed my fingers and added in some toes for good luck.

MONTHS passed and one day whilst checking it I noticed a new little nub forming. Ooooh I thought somethings happening!

Before I knew it multiple rootlets had formed and I was very excited!

Only then it decided that it was going to lose a leaf. But not all was lost! A NEW leaf was appearing!

I moved it off the windowsill as its become quite bright and hot there over the summer month and watched and waited.

Checked it this morning and now the other mature leaf is starting orange and im worried that despite my patience its still going to die.

Is there ANY hope at all for this orchid? It has 5 roots forming and 1 new leaf starting.

And advice greatly appreciated.

i was gifted this orchid, it’s kind of hard to tell but half of the roots are planted in bark in a plastic pot and the other half are planted/grew outside into sphagnum moss surrounding the walls of the planter. Im wondering how i should go about watering it? I usually do a soak but i can’t take the plastic cup out of the glass pot without uprooting half of the roots, and the glass pot doesn’t have any drainage holes. Should I just repot it early and risk shocking the flowers?

Fiancé & I brought home our first orchid today! What are some tips, tricks, and useful knowledge for us orchid newbies?

Hey everyone, I am in a bit of a crisis and looking for some advice on what to do next with my collection.

I have a collection of about 20 orchids (a mix of Dendrobiums, Cattleyas, and Phalaenopsis) that I have grown for a number of years. Recently, I had several "sick" looking plants that just weren't thriving or blooming. I honestly assumed it was a care routine issue, a fungal infection, or maybe a bit of sunburn, but I finally decided to buy some Agdia test strips to be sure.

They came out positive for Cymbidium Mosaic Virus (CymMV).

Once I realized what the virus symptoms actually looked like, I threw out all the plants showing obvious signs of decline. I had been cleaning my tools between plants, but just learned the hard way that isopropyl alcohol isn't enough to kill a plant virus.

Here is where I am stuck: I decided to test 6 of my healthiest looking plants that show no symptoms. Two of them just finished blooming beautifully for me this spring, and two were new additions that I assumed were clean. Every single one of them tested positive.

If even my healthy, asymptomatic bloomers are positive, I have to assume the entire collection is infected.

I’m completely devastated and don't know where to go from here.

• Do I really have to throw everything out? The thought of tossing years of growth and plants that currently look completely healthy is making me sick.
• What would you all do in my shoes?
• Is it possible/realistic to just keep a separate, closed CymMV-positive collection? I don't plan on selling or trading, but I'm worried about the logistics of virus management if I ever want to buy a healthy orchid again.

Any advice, comfort, or harsh realities would be greatly appreciated right now. Thanks guys.