My orchid collection

[meijien]

hi everybody, im a new lover for the orchids...in my collection now i have miniature dendrobium hybrid....i buy it with flower...and it last for 2 month....after i cut the spike...is it spike ...brown colour...how long i could wait for new blooming...any suggestion how to care of it? is the colour of the leave show it in good health? enough light etc? please please help me...

[meijien]

this is one of my collection...from the orchid hobbyst i buy new ...is it really wild orchid...he said it was gramathophyllum or tiger orchid...when it want to bloom ...i wait almost 1 and a half month now...he said it already matured...

[Triffid]

Hello,
A beginner myself here but you peeked my curiosity, so I did a little digging on Grammatophyllum.

Unfortunately these varieties of Orchids (the cultivated ones apparently) seem to be infrequent bloomers, with one grower saying that they waited three years between blooms.

Generally speaking with this variety, from what I've read, it's a bit of an event when it does bloom and well worth the wait.

Hope that helps.
And here's a couple of links that may also help.

Grammatophyllum Orchids,
Grammatophyllum - Gardenology.org - Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening wiki

Here's hoping it blooms sooner rather than later!

PS you other plant looks lovely, but not sure I can help you there.

[meijien]

Originally Posted by Triffid

Hello,
A beginner myself here but you peeked my curiosity, so I did a little digging on Grammatophyllum.

Unfortunately these varieties of Orchids (the cultivated ones apparently) seem to be infrequent bloomers, with one grower saying that they waited three years between blooms.

Generally speaking with this variety, from what I've read, it's a bit of an event when it does bloom and well worth the wait.

Hope that helps.
And here's a couple of links that may also help.

Grammatophyllum Orchids,
Grammatophyllum - Gardenology.org - Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening wiki

Here's hoping it blooms sooner rather than later!

PS you other plant looks lovely, but not sure I can help you there.

ooooh thank you...last week i'm going to orchid garden...i ask them about gramatophyllum...they said we can push it to flower by using fertilizer made by bat waste/dung and sulphur from volcano...so i buy it and try...so i need to wait...hopefully...it worth to wait...when it start flowering? so need to wait hehe

[RosieC]

Your dendrobium looks like it a Dendrobium phalaenopsis hybrid. These tend to like bright light to flower. Here in the UK I grow mine in full sun, but that might be too much light in your part of the world, I am not sure.

If you move it to brighter light then move it slowly so it can get used to the extra light.

[meijien]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Your dendrobium looks like it a Dendrobium phalaenopsis hybrid. These tend to like bright light to flower. Here in the UK I grow mine in full sun, but that might be too much light in your part of the world, I am not sure.

If you move it to brighter light then move it slowly so it can get used to the extra light.

Actually i put it to near windowsill..so it can get bright light...but right now...our weather was hot..

and the bud that near bloom fail..it drop and dry...

and some say when the orchid want to forming bud it need cold temperature at night....but at night our temperature was hot also...so i switch on my fan...is it helpfull?

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by meijien

and some say when the orchid want to forming bud it need cold temperature at night....but at night our temperature was hot also...so i switch on my fan...is it helpfull?

For some Phalaenopsis orchids that is true. But it is not the same for all orchids. Different types of orchids need different conditions to get them to flower. I'm still learning with mine what each of them needs.

[meijien]

Here is my other collection but not sure wht type is it anyone know please help me...i just buy it by it beauty of colours....

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by meijien

Here is my other collection but not sure wht type is it anyone know please help me...i just buy it by it beauty of colours....

The first of these is another Den. Could have some Den Phal in the hybrid, but not sure.

Both the red flower and the first purple one after it, look like something in the Vanda alliance.

I'm not sure about your others.

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by meijien

Here is my other collection but not sure wht type is it anyone know please help me...i just buy it by it beauty of colours....

Pictures #1, 2, and 8 are Dendrobiums
Pictures #3 and 4 look like a Doritis
Pictures #5, 6 and 7 are Vanda Hybrids with Aracnis in them.