Stanhopea embreei

[Jakob]

This orchid is one of the two that taught me what it means not enough light.
The growth of the pbulb with a blue dot was already there when i got it in february, it then matured and it was quite small, I tought it was becuse of stress as I got it bareroot, and was actually the first orchid I ever potted and the potting was probably subideal. After it matured it didnt do anything util I put it outside; then the root growth began, and in the summer it produced a new growth (the one with a green dot), this one matured middle of august, and to my satisfaction it's so big, round and plump, it looks like a small pumpkin
It then started new growth in the middle of september, and to my surprise i discovered a second and a third one a week or so later...
This one is definitely getting a bright spot when i move them inside and I hope they will get so big as the summer one - If they do, it should be blooming size, right?

[rbarata]

My Stanhopea wardii went through a similar situation as your plant but it taught me what it means not enough water.

About you blooming size question, I also wonder what blooming size is and how to recognize it. Mine was only two pbulbs bareroot 2 years ago and I'm planning to repot it in a basket next spring to see if there's flowers (I believe that's the way to know it it's blooming size).

[Rothrock42]

To me that looks to be blooming size -- as long as it is happy on other fronts. I have one in the house and got it to bloom at about the size of yours. Good luck. They are really pretty.