Something's missing...oh yeah FLOWERS!

[Leisurely]

Looks like one of the Robert's Delights to me.

[JennS]

I don't know what type either, but it sure looks great. The flowers are nice and flat and very close together, which I always find very attractive. Good job on your rescue!

[AaronM]

I think things may finally be going my way in the flower department. I currently have two flowering plants and four in spike. I also had four that flowered over the winter. My huge onc. has produced maybe twelve spikes since new years but I lost eight of them to frost damage. Still hoping for more since that plant produced probably twenty new growths last summer. Thank you to everyone who has given me great advice (also thanks, somewhat less, to those who gave me lousy advice as well). This year should be a great year with my new shade house set up in the back yard.

Aaron "The Flowernator" M.

[Leisurely]

Congratulations Aaron on your success with flowering your plants. Sorry to hear about the frost damage though.

[m_ms09]

Hey!

This is the first year that I managed to get my Phals to bloom, and they're both stunning!

What I changed:
Since Phals need a 8 degree celsius temperature difference between night and day in the fall in order to bloom, I put them near a window that I kept open at night at the end of the summer and into the fall as the weather began to cool here in Ontario. That way, the Phals got more light, and a temperature drop. Not too much later, each formed a spike and both are now in bloom. Very exciting

Not sure what other kinds of orchids you are growing, but if lighting is the issue, maybe consider a light setup?? I'm going to be setting up something major this coming spring

[AaronM]

I currently have several plants spiked or blooming. Including: Phal equestris 'Riverbend' x 'Zuma Beach', Den. pierardii, Phal. Brother Lancer, Onc. Big Mac 'Sargosa' x leuchochium 'Short Spike', one NOID Onc., Onc. sphacelatum (six spikes out of fourteen survived the frost), and another pudgy little Dendrobium with small curly-petaled purple blooms I forgot the name of. I believe my Brassavola cuculatta is about to join the crowd as well.

Yeah me! O.K., I admit they are probably blooming in spite of my efforts rather than because of them. But still, yeah me for not managing to kill them all!

I'll post pics in a couple weeks once they really get going.

Aaron "Orchid Master" M

[AaronM]

Although I still have several plants I've yet to see flower, this has been a pretty good year. Probably would have been even better but I had a serious problem with disease after ten straight days of rain early this summer. Thanks again for all the helpful info.

[Doc G]

I have to disagree with everyone about the light and all that sunshine bunk. My orchids never bloomed until I got the $2700 speaker set. And what most people won't tell you is that you have to intersperse the soothing rainforest sounds with the morning grunts of the tree-toed sloth. And maybe you would want to splash down just a little bit more of your hard-earned for a professional leaf massager.

Sunlight! That's funny.

[Bird Song Farm]

Originally Posted by Doc G

I have to disagree with everyone about the light and all that sunshine bunk. My orchids never bloomed until I got the $2700 speaker set. And what most people won't tell you is that you have to intersperse the soothing rainforest sounds with the morning grunts of the tree-toed sloth. And maybe you would want to splash down just a little bit more of your hard-earned for a professional leaf massager.

Sunlight! That's funny.

Huh???

AL

[Leisurely]

If sounds of the rainforest work then I should have an abundance of flowers because I have about a dozen Cuban tree frogs that have taken up residency in my greenhouse. They make music through the entire night.