Haraella Odorata Bloom - Orchid Board

justatypn · #1 07-22-2006, 10:32 AM

My first mount bloom, thanks to Andy's

Photography is not my strong point, photo taken by cellphone. It's so teeny tiny ...

cb977 · #2 07-22-2006, 11:57 AM

Yippee!!!! Does it smell as wonderful as they say???
Congrats

Tikva · #3 07-22-2006, 05:59 PM

Nice! I think mine is in bud but I'm not convinced it will open for me.... :c) Are you doing anything special? Do you mist it? Where do you keep it - as in how much light? You know.... tell me your secrets :c)

Tindomul · #4 07-22-2006, 08:48 PM

Woo-hoo!!! This 'chid is too cool. Mine has one new bloom and one bud ready to open. Yay!

Oscarman · #5 07-22-2006, 11:17 PM

Seems like a really neat little pant - I may be tempted to grow it someday. What is it, Warm, Interm. or cool growing?

justatypn · #6 07-22-2006, 11:17 PM

I got the mount in bud, tiny guy and a week later I thought the bud had a fungus because it was turning dark on the bottom...well like dahhhhhh

,...it was the purple sepal, thank goddness I did not pinch the booger off, than she opened. Every now and than I can get a smell out of it and smells so nice, not as aromatic as I thought but she's a youngin' so I will be patient. Tik, I have both mounts in the breakfast nook, no direct sun at all, the nook is bright in light and with working I can only water it 2 times a day. But you know what I do every third day is I take the mount and put the mount in water to make sure the wood stays moist, I do not submerge the plant. Not so sure this is a good thing but so far they look happy happy happy. I have not put them in the home I wanted them to be in, as I keep my new plants away from my others for 2 weeks before moving to a perm home. I also have a single new growth on the lobbii.

Here is a picture of where the plants will be, they will be hung between the windows...left window is west, middle is north, right is direct east.

Tindomul · #7 07-23-2006, 08:20 PM

Cheryl, I also freaked out the first time I saw the dark spot. Though I never thought about pinching it off. Did you watch the darkspot rotate from the top of the bud to the final position on the bottom??

justatypn · #8 07-23-2006, 09:54 PM

Dave they are intermediate growers, will be an experience for me first mount, first bloom.

Tindo, for real, never thought about pinching the bud, just being funny. Actually I did not see the dark spot make a move. When I noticed the spot it was on the bottom of the bud. Are the blooms really 1/2 inch in size or is this a first bloom runt?? lol. Is my watering regimen workable to keep the odorata happy happy happy.

Tindomul · #9 07-23-2006, 10:52 PM

no thats the size

justatypn · #10 07-23-2006, 11:17 PM

Awwww....Tindo, its so cute. Mine is about that size so I take back the runt insult. It's so cute.