Hello from South Florida!

[Lorraine]

Hi Jason and to OB.

You'll find lots of information here to help you. There are several Orchid Societies here in South Fl. and Orchid Shows that are really great

[jasonadair]

Thanks for making me feel so welcome
So Keikis are baby orchids? Or just Newly branched?
I'll try to get some pictures of what I have soon. Nothing is in bloom at the moment, but I think I do see a spike coming in on one of them..
I started with 2 Phals a few years back, then grabbed another one up in Central Florida.. While at the Delray Affair, we bought an Oncidium and a Dendrobium.. And just recently I have a friend that has a bunch of those Encyclia Tampensis growing on his front porch which he gladly shared with me. The Encyclia has a few bulbs and looks healthy. I just potted it with Better-Gro "Special Orchid Mix" with the bulbs just above the media. And even more recently I discovered another orchid on a fallen tree in the back yard that was about to be trashed. It had red and yellow blooms, flowers are maybe 3/4 of an inch in clusters of about 15 or so? I saved it and put it in a mix of the bark it was clinging on to, this is the one that seems to be putting off a spike right now. Does that sound familiar to anyone the red/yellow flowers, it has tall stalks and it seemed to be 3-4 different plants than just one but they were all clumped together..

[Lorraine]

Originally Posted by jasonadair

And even more recently I discovered another orchid on a fallen tree in the back yard that was about to be trashed. It had red and yellow blooms, flowers are maybe 3/4 of an inch in clusters of about 15 or so? I saved it and put it in a mix of the bark it was clinging on to, this is the one that seems to be putting off a spike right now. Does that sound familiar to anyone the red/yellow flowers, it has tall stalks and it seemed to be 3-4 different plants than just one but they were all clumped together..

Sound like a CTNA to me. I have 2 in bloom now here is a picture. It is much redder than the picture. Let me know and post a picture when you can.

[Angurek]

Good to have another Floridian on OB. Welcome, and greetings from Central Florida!

[jasonadair]

Lorraine, those are not the ones I have. I have a pic of it, just need to find my cable to upload it.. Hopefully today!

[RosieC]

Welcome to Orchid Board

[jasonadair]

first up is the mystery orchid i found in the yard...

[jasonadair]

first one is the Encyclia Tampensis...not in bloom...

[jasonadair]

on my Dendrobium..

[marydaniellesantos]

Originally Posted by jasonadair

on my Dendrobium..

The pictures are a bit blurry, but it def looks like a Keiki. (The Definition is found in the glossary section on the tabs on the left hand side of the site.)