What kind of orchids are these?

[Gage]

Epidendrums are not vines, they are related to cattleyas. Here is what yours might look like as it grows, although my bloom spikes a sagging quite a bit from the heavy rain we have been getting:

[MattWoelfsen]

Beautiful epidendrum, Gage. I live just south of Michigan--Indiana, and to be able to grow my orchids outside would eliminate my bi-annual orchid migration from inside to outside. Or spend a fortune on a greenhouse!

[Gage]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Beautiful epidendrum, Gage. I live just south of Michigan--Indiana, and to be able to grow my orchids outside would eliminate my bi-annual orchid migration from inside to outside. Or spend a fortune on a greenhouse!

Thanks Matt! You'd be surprised at how much migration happens within my little yard. Since my little patio and yard make an L on the NE corner of the building, plants have to move around from season to season to make sure they get enough light or don't get burned.

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Gage

Epidendrums are not vines, they are related to cattleyas. Here is what yours might look like as it grows, although my bloom spikes a sagging quite a bit from the heavy rain we have been getting:
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I don't think this is a Epi because this is a vine looking orchid, or it was before the person that gave it to be cut it.

Beautiful plant you have

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I'm thinking vanilla, could it be that

[MattWoelfsen]

Here are a couple of vanilla plant pictures.

[Gage]

Originally Posted by SlipperGirl

I don't think this is a Epi because this is a vine looking orchid, or it was before the person that gave it to be cut it.

Beautiful plant you have

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I'm thinking vanilla, could it be that

It may look vine-like when it's just one growth, but put 10-20 of those together and you get what's in my picture. Take one growth out of my clump and it looks precisely like your picture. Plant it in mulch and give it full sun, and it will be a big leggy clump full of blooms in no time (well, blooms in no time, big clump in just a couple of years).

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by Gage

It may look vine-like when it's just one growth, but put 10-20 of those together and you get what's in my picture. Take one growth out of my clump and it looks precisely like your picture. Plant it in mulch and give it full sun, and it will be a big leggy clump full of blooms in no time (well, blooms in no time, big clump in just a couple of years).

[WhiteRabbit]

for comparison -

pix of a (spotty) reed stem epidendrum - mine is a more petite growing one


Den. victoria-reginae
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Den. Mingle's Sapphire

[SlipperGirl]

Thanks everyone for your help out of curiosity how big does a Epi get?

[Gage]

Originally Posted by SlipperGirl

Thanks everyone for your help out of curiosity how big does a Epi get?

The longer piece you have is pretty much as long as the canes get, then add a couple of feet for the bloom spike. In the ground they will continue to put out new pseudobulbs and will spread as far as they have room.