My first orchid show and "tiny" haul

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by oliverthewonderhorse

The Maryland orchid society is having their auction soon . Its date has changed to the 13th of November and so has the location. It will be held at the American legion in Halethorpe MD. Dewey Loman Post 109 from 11am to 4pm. The first 1 hr is preview . It'll be a great opportunity to increase the size of your collection even more! Consult the Maryland orchid societies web page for more details. By the way the SOS show was really nice with some great vendors.

Glad you enjoyed our show! do you have a picture of you display? im not sure which one yours was.

sadly, i wont be available that day. i have a bonsai workshop, thanks anyways. maybe some other will go!

[trdyl]

Nice group of plants.

The Encyclia looks like there in plenty of room in the pot. I would only repot if....

1) The medium is too far gone.
2) If the medium is too difficult for you to handle until it shows new root growth.

The down side of repotting at the wrong time is loosing all your good roots.

[Call_Me_Bob]

im not worried about it outgrowing the pot, im kind of worried about the pot being too big. in the picture, if i turn the plant a full 180* you would be able to see that about half the pot is STUFFED with psuedobulbs and half of it is empty. im worried about it not draining properly. i will post a pic from a different angle tomorow

thanks for all your help

[shadytrake]

I would mount the Encyclia. I 5 or 6 species including tampensis and they like to be mounted. They will grow like weeds with filtered light and tolerate a range of temperatures. We have a shadehouse in the spring and summer and we close it with Visqueen in the fall for temps that dip below 54 at night.

We don't let the temps go below 54 in the fall and winter and in the summer, the highs occasionally reach 90s (we mist then). Our mounts get sprayed every day unless the moss is still damp. We have 2 fans going full time unless it is below 60, then we leave them off and set the heater thermostat (just in case).

Last spring all bloomed except the babies (not ready yet).

I have
E. bractescens x 2
E. guatemalensis 'MC3432' x self
E. tampensis v. alba
E. alata
E. alata v. virella

All in all they are a low maintenance bloomer! Good luck.

Edited to add.

Bc Kosh Wallis is a cross of Brassavola Little Stars and C. Caudebec.

Brassavola Little Stars is fragrant at night.

C. Caudebec is a very fragrant Cattleya with light pink flowers that are heavily spotted with dark pink-red.

This doesn't necessarily mean yours will be fragrant, but based on the parents it should. I googled it but I didn't find if it was fragrant.

[Call_Me_Bob]

sadly, i ant mount it. i really would like to, but its just not practical. i grow inside for winter, and i cant keep up with it

thanks for your help! i cant wait to hopefully get some blooms.

i wanted to get an e. tampensis var. alba, but there were none :\ but im happy with this big guy. 28 psuedobulbs