New Oncidium...?

[ilikeorchids]

So i just bought this oncidium and it has 4 thick and plump pseudo bulbs and 3 flowers and a secondary spike wich looks like the tip has dried up, and 2-3 more tiny flower buds to grow on the main spike. i bought it at P100 or $2.75 and i want to know how to care for it? How much light will it need? How to rebloom it? When to water? And it is a varicosum? A gower ramsey? A flexuosum? I dont know.(sorry for the flowers...the vendor accidentally sprayed insecticide on the flowers but that was last month ago...she said.and sorry for the blurry pics )







Thank you for your support and have a nice day

[RandomGemini]

Looks like Oncidium Sweet Sugar. Pretty commonly found hybrid. I have one and I love it. There are a bunch of similar hybrids, but this looks exactly like the photos of mine when it was in bloom, so I'd bet good money that it's probably Oncidium Sweet Sugar.

It needs a good amount of light. I'd place it in a south facing window with cattleyas. It looks like this one hasn't been getting enough light as it is. The leaves should be just a little bit darker than a granny smith apple when the plant is getting the right amount of light. I'd water it about twice a week, depending on the humidity in your area. Don't let it completely dry out.

You can put a skewer in the pot so that it reaches the center of the medium under the root mass, then check it every couple of days. When the skewer is just barely damp, it's time to water.

[tarev]

Don't know which cultivar that is, but it is commonly called as Dancing Lady orchid. And your area is good, Baguio's weather will be good for it.

It is monsoon season there right now, so typically Oncidiums like being moist a lot, just make sure your media is very well draining. And with the monsoon, your humidity is high over there. If you have a good bright area there, your plant will like that a lot, to encourage it to make more bloom spikes.

It would be nice if you can mount it. Your area gets either lots of rain or lots of morning fog, so those roots can take it very well.

From the looks of it, I think the plant is on the last stages of its bloom. If it were mine, I will just let it stay there on its spike. It takes a long while for the blooms to totally wilt. Different story of course if it gets heavily rained upon, so during very heavy monsoon season, try to give it some shelter from the heavy rains, but still have access to bright light. I know how our rains are like over there...like a grand waterfall. Take care!

[ilikeorchids]

Originally Posted by tarev

Don't know which cultivar that is, but it is commonly called as Dancing Lady orchid. And your area is good, Baguio's weather will be good for it.

It is monsoon season there right now, so typically Oncidiums like being moist a lot, just make sure your media is very well draining. And with the monsoon, your humidity is high over there. If you have a good bright area there, your plant will like that a lot, to encourage it to make more bloom spikes.

It would be nice if you can mount it. Your area gets either lots of rain or lots of morning fog, so those roots can take it very well.

From the looks of it, I think the plant is on the last stages of its bloom. If it were mine, I will just let it stay there on its spike. It takes a long while for the blooms to totally wilt. Different story of course if it gets heavily rained upon, so during very heavy monsoon season, try to give it some shelter from the heavy rains, but still have access to bright light. I know how our rains are like over there...like a grand waterfall. Take care!

You're from the philippines too? Where are you from there?

[james mickelso]

By bright light they mean short of full sunlight which will burn the thin leaves quickly. They prefer light levels less than standard cattleyas. This is a young immature plant so I would cut the spike and feed this. Your qweather is great for these although they do not like to be wet for any length of time. The thin numerous roots rot easily. They start to rot underneath the root mass because that is where the wet conditions last longest. If it is receiving a lot of rain fall I would repot into a medium size media. Put something like a small net pot or anything to help keep the roots under that root mass spread out so they can dry off.

[ilikeorchids]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

By bright light they mean short of full sunlight which will burn the thin leaves quickly. They prefer light levels less than standard cattleyas. This is a young immature plant so I would cut the spike and feed this. Your qweather is great for these although they do not like to be wet for any length of time. The thin numerous roots rot easily. They start to rot underneath the root mass because that is where the wet conditions last longest. If it is receiving a lot of rain fall I would repot into a medium size media. Put something like a small net pot or anything to help keep the roots under that root mass spread out so they can dry off.

I like to keep my orchids sheltered and yes here in The philippines, it storms a lot and the rain reaches my balcony but i am always prepared for the storms well that boosted my confidence thank you! I thought i would need light as much as cattleyas, but no! thank you so so much!

[tarev]

Your area is very nice for it..it is an intermediate grower, so your temps are really very suitable for it, compared to my old hometown in the lowlands were temps are just much warmer.

Just shelter it in your bright area, it will rest for now and pretty much it will bloom there around the dry season again over there, which will be November..which is good timing for it, the start of the nice cool season there too. In my area it blooms during early Fall or early Spring.

I remember we use a mix of charcoal, coco nuggets/pieces over there. Unless you have access to finer bark mix, that would be excellent for it. But since it is quite humid and rainy there, our usual media there will work much better, to help it drain faster.

In my area since it is just so dry here and so low humidity, I tend to water this a lot more than usual, such a thirsty plant...in your location, with the high humidity and very frequent rains, you would need to have a fast draining media, so the roots will not rot from being too wet, since it will take a lot longer drying time for it.

[ilikeorchids]

Originally Posted by tarev

Your area is very nice for it..it is an intermediate grower, so your temps are really very suitable for it, compared to my old hometown in the lowlands were temps are just much warmer.

Just shelter it in your bright area, it will rest for now and pretty much it will bloom there around the dry season again over there, which will be November..which is good timing for it, the start of the nice cool season there too. In my area it blooms during early Fall or early Spring.

I remember we use a mix of charcoal, coco nuggets/pieces over there. Unless you have access to finer bark mix, that would be excellent for it. But since it is quite humid and rainy there, our usual media there will work much better, to help it drain faster.

In my area since it is just so dry here and so low humidity, I tend to water this a lot more than usual, such a thirsty plant...in your location, with the high humidity and very frequent rains, you would need to have a fast draining media, so the roots will not rot from being too wet, since it will take a lot longer drying time for it.

agreed!