Oncidium twinkle keeps growing but no flower spikes

[Plodde]

Hello everyone! Hope this message/questions find you in good spirits.
So I bought an oncidium twinkle in January from an orchid show in San Francisco. After the flowers all fell and the spikes turned brown I cut them, repotted the oncidium in bark and ever since then the new growth kept coming. This is my first oncidium so I don't know exactly what to expect but I'm getting alittle worried because the new Pseudobulbs that started growing about 6 months ago are already starting to grow new growths ( Pseudobulbs not flower spikes). Does this mean that they won't flower because they instead decided to grow new bulbs? Am I doing something wrong to initiate growth instead of spikes?

[801229001]

if the plant is growing, it is healthy. sometimes you have to wait a while before it flowers.

[Tommyr]

Is it getting enough light? Are you feeding it?

[orchidsarefun]

I don't know if this is typical but mine only blooms if grown in cooler conditions. I grow mine under lights in the basement where temps don't exceed 75f in Summer and 65f in Winter. I only get about 2 spikes though, but at least its better than none when I grew it warmer.


just checked again......now have 5 spikes. 2 are 6in + long and another 3 are just starting.

[weederwoman]

Mine is flowering but stingy with the new growths. Not sure which is worse. (It was a rescue plant, but that was 3 yrs ago now.)

[Plodde]

I just started putting a light on my oncidium twinkle during the day and I also open the window at night to get the temp to drop about 10degrees. I water it when I think it's getting dry. Does it need winter rest?

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by Plodde

I just started putting a light on my oncidium twinkle during the day and I also open the window at night to get the temp to drop about 10degrees. I water it when I think it's getting dry. Does it need winter rest?

this doesn't need winter rest.
Both species parents flower mainly Oct through Feb - this is the time in other words - so you may get spiking triggered with the lower temps. Please let us know what happens with yours.

[Optimist]

My twinkle had spikes that doubled back where they came from. I think it is a humidity issue because several of my oncidiums did it.

[silken]

Mine had a few blooms over summer. Now I am seeing more spikes. Mine does get cooler nights, winter and summer and I am forced to give it cooler temps in winter as the greenhouse is cooler. Not sure if that has anything to do with the spikes it is getting tho.

[gngrhill]

My oncids (including 1 twinkle) are on a window sill where they get lots of sun (when the sun is shining, we've had a lot of cloudy days) with a rise in temps during the day, but nights are about 63 to65 F at night and I have a sherry baby in flower and a twinkle in spike.