What kind of orchids are these?

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Gage

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.

ok thank you, I am just going to put them in a pot its to cold for them to live outside in the ground.

Now I must go to Google to do more research on them

[Gage]

Perfect! Just use a big pot and you can use mulch for media, they don't like to dry out like true epiphytes. These are ground orchids. And give them as much sun as you can, preferably full sun all day, or at least half the day. Good luck!

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Gage

Perfect! Just use a big pot and you can use mulch for media, they don't like to dry out like true epiphytes. These are ground orchids. And give them as much sun as you can, preferably full sun all day, or at least half the day. Good luck!

Thanks for the info. Will just any mulch work?

[Gage]

I would think so. We use Cypress mulch around here, but I'm sure pine would be ok, just break down faster.

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Gage

I would think so. We use Cypress mulch around here, but I'm sure pine would be ok, just break down faster.

Thanks for all the help

[Gage]

If you give them air flow, sun, and mulch kept relatively moist they're pretty hard to keep from growing like a weed.

[SlipperGirl]

Originally Posted by Gage

If you give them air flow, sun, and mulch kept relatively moist they're pretty hard to keep from growing like a weed.

Air flow, sun and mulch, no problem for the summer I am a little worried about the winter.

[POLKA]

Howdy
1 = Epidendrum (why? see below...)
2 = Oncidium
3 = Dendrobium
4 = Cattleya type
5 = Catt
6 = Dend

Epidendrum because the stem is flexible green for much/most of its length.

A slender Dendrobium, in similar fashion will have a sheath-like covering for as much as half the length from the bottom up -- typically -- not always. But, it is often more substantial in strength, tho it may grow out and down by habit. A lot of dendie leaves tend to be a bit wider, and certainly thicker from where they originate on the stem.

Hope this helps

Rex
aka POLKA
may all your orchids bloom like crazy

---------- Post added at 06:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:13 AM ----------

another thing about epi's

they always bloom from the terminal end of the newest growth.

dendies with this appearance /growth habit will tend to bloom all along the cane. Am not talking about grocery store/traderjoe dendies.

Look for previous blooms, and where they originated -- this will help in identification.

Take care
Rex

[SlipperGirl]

Hi everyone I just wanted to thank you all for your help and to let you know that the Epi's are doing really well, some of them started to lose leaves I think I was not giving them enough water but almost all of them are growing new roots and some have started to grow new leaves

here's some pictures of one



Thanks again for all the help

Oh I almost forgot but they are getting a red kind of color under the leaves is this from to much light?