Well, at work today, I asked if I couldn't open these two boxes of plants. The first one tittilated me, as I saw dendrobium flowers! What suprised me even more when I opened the second box were yellow oncidium flowers! Oh my! We've never carried more than Phalaenopsis!!!
We ended up with Dendrobs, Oncidiums and Vandas!! WOOOOW!!! Yes. I really like Vandas, on the pricey side though, sixty bucks...
Anyways. There was one "Oncidium" that interested me. The floweres weren't opened yet, and to me, it didn't quite look oncidiumish.
It did grow from pseudobulbs, and the leaves did look like oncidiums. What caught my eye were the unopepend flower buds. The spike was tall and bending, with NO branches what so ever. It resembled a phalaenopsis spike, but much more frail. The buds themselves were too big to oncidiums, and had a purplish tinge to them... I am not aware of any oncidiums that are purple, though I could very well be wrong. The buds came off of the spike, individually, and all pointed in the direction that the spike was growing (though I'm thinking that that could be attributed to the light source), Again, not typical of an oncidium, as far as my knowledge leads me to believe, that is. The buds were slender, like a beak. Not too too long, so I"m not sure that its a brassia... If they were longer, I'd be wetting myself, but they're not quite long. They look like beaks. Volume wise, the buds look about equal with a dendrobium, but again, they're longer and they lack that little bit of a "tail", if u know what I mean...
Anyways. I THINK that that is all I can describe. I didn't get a look at the roots, as none of them were sticking out anywhere (can that be a clue too?)...
Any help would be appreciated. I set the plant aside RIGHT AWAY, now I just have to wait a week and a half for pay day...
Also. Marie, a co-worker, put aside a Vanda for herself... Do you have any quick words for the care of them? I gathered that they need reqular misting, or VERY high humidity as they aren't even planted in medium. They're sitting in small pots, attached to wooden orchid baskets... the roots just tied the plant down firmly... very pretty...
Thanks muchly!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg
Edit: Thru some research, I've come up with "Odontoglossum" as another candidate for what mine might be... The bud shape seems to be similar at least... Thoughts?
We ended up with Dendrobs, Oncidiums and Vandas!! WOOOOW!!! Yes. I really like Vandas, on the pricey side though, sixty bucks...
Anyways. There was one "Oncidium" that interested me. The floweres weren't opened yet, and to me, it didn't quite look oncidiumish.
It did grow from pseudobulbs, and the leaves did look like oncidiums. What caught my eye were the unopepend flower buds. The spike was tall and bending, with NO branches what so ever. It resembled a phalaenopsis spike, but much more frail. The buds themselves were too big to oncidiums, and had a purplish tinge to them... I am not aware of any oncidiums that are purple, though I could very well be wrong. The buds came off of the spike, individually, and all pointed in the direction that the spike was growing (though I'm thinking that that could be attributed to the light source), Again, not typical of an oncidium, as far as my knowledge leads me to believe, that is. The buds were slender, like a beak. Not too too long, so I"m not sure that its a brassia... If they were longer, I'd be wetting myself, but they're not quite long. They look like beaks. Volume wise, the buds look about equal with a dendrobium, but again, they're longer and they lack that little bit of a "tail", if u know what I mean...
Anyways. I THINK that that is all I can describe. I didn't get a look at the roots, as none of them were sticking out anywhere (can that be a clue too?)...
Any help would be appreciated. I set the plant aside RIGHT AWAY, now I just have to wait a week and a half for pay day...
Also. Marie, a co-worker, put aside a Vanda for herself... Do you have any quick words for the care of them? I gathered that they need reqular misting, or VERY high humidity as they aren't even planted in medium. They're sitting in small pots, attached to wooden orchid baskets... the roots just tied the plant down firmly... very pretty...
Thanks muchly!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg
Edit: Thru some research, I've come up with "Odontoglossum" as another candidate for what mine might be... The bud shape seems to be similar at least... Thoughts?