New Orchids

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I picked up two new Orchids today - a Den. phal hybrid of some sort and something that belongs to the Oncidium alliance. It wasn't labelled at all (anymore) so I've really got no leads other than its alliance.

The other is easy (Not that I have a name or anything. I really don't even know what colour flowers it has):



NOID Dendrobium phalaenopsis (hybrid)

From my research I should start to water and fertilize fairly heavily once the new shoots roots start to grow. Then I should let it rest (but not a complete rest rest, just reduce watering and no fertilizer rest) once the growth stops (I guess I'll figure out when that is when it happens?) and hopefully it'll bloom in the spring. Then, once even more new growth starts in the spring and starts to put out roots, water again, letting it rest at the end of the summer for a fall flowering. Doesn't sound too bad.

The plant needs to be re-potted though, as I'm sure 90% of the roots on this thing are visible in the picture and the medium is complete garbage (compacts so much when dry, really not good when it's supposed to go dry for long periods of time). Seems like it'll stay too wet the rest of the time too.

New orchid growths

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Yesterday I was having a look at my Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' AM/AOS (Sorry, I just like typing its name out in full) and noticed that the new growth that was on the plant when I bought it had finally decided it was not going to grow again. Boo. Well then I noticed two new growths. So I watered it and fertilized it. It's also sending out new roots.



Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' AM/AOS Growths.

Later that afternoon I was checking in on my Cymbidium NOID to see if it needed water or anything and found that it too was growing. Yay! I see two so far. This year it will live outside for the summer until the nights get cold in the fall and spikes are developing.



Cymbidium NOID Growths.

Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' AM/AOS

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Onc. Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance'

Smells nice but does not remind me of chocolate. Attractive though, and with a reduced price. Oh, and while I was shooting closeups found aphids (At least aphids are easy but I seriously need to stop buying plants from where I work, I'm not even joking we need to include sample sized End-All bottles with each houseplant, it's sort of embarrassing.)