I got one of these a few months ago... so I'll post about it here. I mounted it on a kool log a few weeks ago, and it seems to be pushing out a new root tip now. (Growing it in the house, in a narrow shaded East-facing bathroom window.)

Mine came down with some sort of fungus infection! :( . I think I caught it in time but i touched the plant and the top leaf came off and I came serious about saving it. It spread to my Phal Hilo Lip that I got from big leaf orchids so I am NOT happy!!! I have both plants undergoing treatments, but now they have ugly black spots on them! It has been about a week and I am spraying them every other day and no more lost leaves!

I hope you can save it. This is what happened to mine. It is the only one I lost so far. I think the others are now OK but I finally got a fan in that room. It's all my fault.

Should I cut back this spike? I bought it in spike over the winter (Nov-Dec) and it started to grow two tiny buds which promptly blasted. It has since pushed out a tiny root tip but nothing else. I left the spike because it wasn't browning in the hopes that it might try to bud again but no luck. I'm thinking maybe I should cut it back so the plant can focus on roots and hopefully a new spike some day but I'm not sure if that's the case with this orchid as it is with Phals and others.

If it's brown, cut it down. If it's green don't be mean. :)

been a while since last on OB...sorry...anyway, here's my plant currently in bloom....enjoy!

Wow!! It's beautiful :) great job! Mine has done nothing but grow a leaf. I patiently await a bloom that beautiful.

Mine Died :(

Reading this thread is like reading a Russian novel.

SPIKE!!!!

Now fingers crossed it actually blooms

I missed some of these. Aussie great job. Also keeping my fingers crossed for you Lady M.

Mine's in spike again!! Any recommendations for supporting a nice flower as far as fertilizing?

I'd just say, keep up the good work as you are clearly doing something right.

Guys. Mine finally bloomed.

Received May 2015
Bloomed January 2017.

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I wasn't around for doing this plant as a project but wish I had been. This is a delightful species! The purity of the white flower is special.

Cambria that looks beautiful, wow!!
Unfortunately mine passed but I'm thinking of trying again.

I'm sorry that I wasn't around when this was the project plant. It's an orchid I've long admired and only recently picked up, and I'm still learning my way around the plant. I've got to read through this whole thread and get some ideas!

It's fantastic! Such a lovely bloom. Mine hung on for about a year and three months then it threw in the towel. These guys grow slowly and die slowly lol


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I had high hopes for my orchid in this project. I bought the plant in May 2015, moved it to semi-hydroponic in March 2016 and watched it sit there for a year. Very little growth. Very discouraging.

Then I changed my cultural practices - took the shade cloth off of the greenhouse and let way more light in. All of my orchids benefited. I placed this orchid higher in the greenhouse where it would get much stronger light and it started to grow, and grow, and grow! It just bloomed this January - with four fabulous white blossoms! (I would post a picture but my tech skills are non-existant!)

For this orchid (and others) that were not blossoming, the problem was me - in my eagerness to control the high temps in the greenhouse, I was limiting the light so much that the plants were just not happy. Now, with more flexible heat control and much more light, they are rewarding me with impressive growth and beautiful flowers.

Also, I have had wonderful success, stunning plant growth and strong blossoms, using a liquid fertilizer based on earthworm castings - this has made such a difference in all my orchids!

Earthworm castings! For years I kept a bin full of red wigglers on my porch, feeding them after most meals. Despite the absurd, euphamistic term which names the stuff it's a great fertilizer.

Mine finally bloomed but the flowers only lasted a couple weeks. Is this normal for this plant?

Mine was the same

Well done both of you.

I've had mine for about 6 months. It bloomed beautifully, the flowers lasted a couple of weeks, and now I'm just watching. I also have a monticola and two hybrids called Sparkling Jewel.