ID Help With A Bulbous Orchid

[cjm3fl]

I purchased this orchid a couple weeks ago for it's beautiful blooms and great looks.

But it's time to re-pot and I'm curious about what kind of orchid it is.

I just need the "kind" of orchid. I'm not looking for "deep" ID.


In total, it's just over 3 feet in height.
It has a flat bulb at the base of each plant.
And it's planted in potting soil...need some help here. Do I re-pot it in potting soil again or does this kind of orchid do better with orchid mix wood chips?



If need be I have other or can get additional photo's

[Optimist]

Its (possibly) a Beallara tahoma glacier (not sure of the exact grex but "sugar sweet" might be it, because the background is so faded.

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The potting soil might actually be orchid mix used by professional horticulturists that is not actually potting soil, but yes, they should be in wood chips. An oncidium kind has smaller bits of wood then a phalenopsis kind of orchid bark. So this really should be in oncidium bark. And they really get big. Tahoma glacier types are my favorite kind. Beallaras are fairly easy to care for.

[cjm3fl]

Thanks so much for your help.
It's a really beautiful plant and I want to do well by it.

I can definitely post some more pictures.
Actually I will, because I'm taking photo's of all the orchids that I'm re-potting and will be adding them to existing threads or beginning new ones.

Again, thanks for the info and advise!




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p.s.: I have two kinds of orchid mix.
The smaller size and the larger stuff.

I'll probably have it my on "to-do" list for tomorrow.

[estación seca]

Some people repot everything right away. If the roots look good, I do not. Slip the plant out of the pot and take a look. Many of these Oncidium/Odontoglossum hybrids do well in this type of medium, which can be very well-aerated but moist. My only concern is the pot is about twice the diameter I would use for this plant.

[cjm3fl]

Originally Posted by estación seca

My only concern is the pot is about twice the diameter I would use for this plant.

Your suggestion is a small pot, if re-potting is needed?

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by cjm3fl

Your suggestion is a small pot, if re-potting is needed?

Yes. The potting medium of orchids that get watered a lot breaks down more quickly. So, you will be repotting more frequently. Also, large pots stay wet longer. Many people would use a pot permitting 1-2 more growths.

[cjm3fl]

Ok, thanks.
If I can I'll move it to a smaller pot, or at worst leave it in the one it's in.


Either way I'll place the pot inside a larger pot and use pebble to give the whole plant some weight.


Pictures of what I do/can do, in a day or so.

[Optimist]

I have found that the easiest way to make a large pot into a small pot is to add some rocks, you have replaced open space with rock, which the plant cannot live in, and when you need to "re-pot", just remove the rocks. The pot will be automatically larger. It also eliminates the rocks for weight problem.

[No-Pro-mwa]

I have been using packing peanuts not the ones that squish up in water. But I have been sticking a few up into the root ball. I guess I will see how that works.

[Optimist]

Packing peanuts work. Just fill the area with non-water retaining or space filling inert, non-reactive "stuff" It can be corks, pottery pieces, rocks, toy soldiers, marbles, anything.

It is a macgyver, for sure, but it works.