Bag babies-encyclia steinbachiana and brassavola nodosa x Richard mueller

[kimstwin]

Picked these up a few weeks back. Wondering if anyone has tips on these orchids. They are doing well so far.

The brassavola had a broken spike in the bag, so I know it's blooming size. It's putting out 4-5 new growths right now. How long will it take for these to produce a spike? Is it possible for more than 1 to spike at a time?

The encyclia I have more trouble finding info on. It's doing good, has some new bulbs and roots started. If anyone has a pic of this plant I'd be happy to see it.

I potted both of these in coco husk mix with charcoal and perlite. They are in 4in pots.

I'm trying to branch out from my catts, phals, and oncidium alliance plants.

[Optimist]

These are very good choices for next step up plants. The brassovola is very much like the catts. Very well drained medium. Higher light. The encyclia is similar to oncidiums but I believe needs more moisture. When ever I need to read a culture sheet I just google the species name, and the word care, or culture. Generally I get a bunch of culture sheets, from AOS, from reputable dealers, blogs, youtube, orchid board, and other similar forums.