Many minis!

[birdybrain]

Went to my first orchid show last weekend and this is what I came away with. I had decided to go for all compact or mini size, but it didn't quite work out that way.
Sedirea japonica. Someone *please* tell me what to do with that root when I repot this!
Den rigidum.
Den oligophyllum.
Onc Tsiku marguerite. Smells like cake icing!
Den sea Mary snow queen. Has a nice perfume smell
Potinara risky business with fading bloom that still had a nice scent
Wilsonara aloha sparks, just opened today
Wilsonara eye candy
Howeara lava burst with a nice sweet scent
and a total impulse buy of Dyakia hendersoniana that I really hope I can provide the right conditions for!

[KellyKhaos]

Have to say, I'm just a little jealous, love the wils eye candy. Great haul!

[JamesL]

Such a haul.... Good luck with the Wilsonara's there mainly cool growers and hate everything... There a mix of Cochlioda, Ondotoglossum, and Oncidiums. All the rest like intermediate conditions, Bright Light, Be careful not to scorch with to much sun...Google the Wils. at the Amer. orchid soc. I've killed to many of them and don't even try any more.. JamesL

[birdybrain]

Thank you, KelzKhaos. I have to say I didn't really care for the eye candy at first, but my mom really liked it. Now that I got it home it has really grown on me.

JamesL, I'm so glad you mentioned this about the Wils being cool growers. What I quickly looked up at the show didn't mention cool temps. The aloha sparks came from the biggest commercial grower in Mississippi, OrchidsPlus, and she had much larger examples of the same plant, so it might be ok with warm temps. The eye candy though came from OrchidGallery, who successfully grow miltoniopsis and masdevallias in the mountains of Tennessee. I'm worried that this may be a cooler grower. I bought cool pots from her to try other orchids in and she commented not to plant the eye candy in the cool pot, though now I'm thinking I might need to

Just in case I won't be putting either of these outside this summer in the soaring temps and humidity we all get to enjoy in Memphis. Hopefully if they're always in the AC I can keep them happy.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

The Dyakia hendersoniana will not tolerate anything below 60 F for a night temperature. During the day it likes it warm; I wouldn't really grow it below 80 F or 85 F.

[james mickelso]

Your wilsonaras will grow fine in Tenn. Do not put them anywhere near an AC unit. Just give them water when they are drier than just damp and intermediate light. They should be a light green color. A small bark with some sponge rock will give them all the moistire they need. They do not like to be wet. That will rot the roots quickly. The flowers are like odontoglossom. If you can, because of the heat, pot them in clay poys that wick moisture away from the potting media quickly thereby cooling the roots a little. Of course the more open or coarse the media the more often you can water. A fan nearby will add to the cooling effect and help moderate the moisture in the mix. But.....dpo not keep these wet. The pbulbs will wrinkle when the new growth starts. If you can wait to repot, do so when the new growth is starting to put of new roots. Just as with oncidiums these like a small pot and don't like to be repotted until they are spilling over the edge of the pot. Leave them alone and don't keep them wet and they will grow for years.

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And cut off the fading flowers on the potinara. Iy is robbing too much energy from the plant. Let that energy go to producing new growth right now. Mine do much better when I cut the flowers off right when they are just beginning to wilt. Your next batch of flowers will be bigger for it.

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And just protect the long root at all costs. If you can find a way to keep it still you can lay sphagnum moss loosely on top of it and keep it moist. It is a bonus that there is that much root on this small plant and will help give it more energy to produce new growth. Treat it gently.