Myrmecophila Tibicinis Loaded with spikes !

[Native2FL]

I have a big-ole Schomb on a palm tree and it is covered in spikes. Last year I had two dozen spikes blooming, and they were 5 feet long, and more.






After this mild winter in S. Florida, and some extra care.. I should have an even more spectacular display..
My Schombs-A-Poppin !!





I have half of my orchids blooming right now.. Even this ancient plant that I inherited from a deceased neighbor.. Only God knows how old this plant is...

[Gage]

Congrats! I thought you were gonna take that thing off the fence, LOL! Maybe I missed the conclusion to your efforts...

[Bud]

WOW! Thats a lot of long spikes...I am excited to see the flowers when it all opens

[Native2FL]

Hahahahaha ! I wanted to, but two different orchid-people told me not to. They said to cut the fence away carefully.. to preserve the specimen. Now that it is spiking, I'll have to wait.
The top pseudobulbs are 6 feet off the ground now, and the flowers will be over 10 or 11 feet up.. Makes it hard to photograph as the flowers are smallish..

[RJSquirrel]

thats an amazing plant indeed my estimate at the age, since I'm not god is around 30 to 40 years old.

that poor plants been thru more name changes than zsa zsa being married 14 times

[InspirChid1712]

Dude that is incredible!!! I'm so jealous!!! Do you have any photos of its flowering mass? And that cattleya is lovely too... beyond classic!

[tucker85]

Wow! What a huge plant. Those blooms will be impressive. I really like that classic cattleya. Great colors.

[Native2FL]

Thanks, all.
I can tell you that I was given a single pseudobulb about 16 years ago. My friend told me to tie it to a piece of cedar plank with a little sphagmoss where the roots would sprout. It was like a green carrot.
I did so, and tied the plank to a small foxtail palm in a pot. I placed it so the sprinklers would hit it and it would get some late pm shade. The pseudobulbs are now about 3 deep on the trunk. I toss a handful of lawn fertilizer on the top row of stems, twice a year.
Hey ! It worked. Now I use the expensive products, but I cannot move it. I want to stand up the palm and box in the base like a planter. However, the multi-stemmed, multi-named pbulbs have grown thru the fence and have lots of leaves outside the fencing.
I'm gonna cut the fence and scab in a new piece after it blooms out.

I have some pics I will add. Being on the end of a buggy whip, the small poms of flowers are hard to photograph with any relative scale. I have to shoot a low stem, or bend one over.

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! That's awesome!

[Wireman]

That thing is a monster! Great work growing that thing.