Oberonia setigera!!!! Very unique looking!!!

[No-Pro-mwa]

Strange, and strange. Have never seen these before either......oh so many wonderful orchids.

[IcePenguin]

I don't have this particular one but I do have Oberonia toppingii and rufilabris. The toppingii blooms for me late summer and is reddish/orange in color. 3 spikes this time. The rufilabris I just picked up in Sept. it had just finished blooming so not quite sure of color. Pictures I've seen almost appear to have some brown tones in it.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by Subrosa

The foliage on the pics of oligotricha look a little different from my plant, but I suppose that could just be cultural in nature. Until it blooms there's no way to be sure....... fwiw I keep mine in a paludarium that gets fogged solid for a couple hours a day. It's in a bright situation, but is shaded by being mounted to the underside of a piece of wood. I've only had it a few months, but it's definitely growing.

It could be that mine is a different species. I don't think he has any of the oligo listed right now. ???

Thanks for the info on how you're growing it (same or not)...I've suspected my issues might be humidity related. Maybe? Mine is growing but the growths don't look healthy. It almost looks beat up and the new growths keep getting stuck in the other foliage. [if that makes sense] ?? If it's a humidity issue then it'll either stay ugly or I'll get tired of messing w/it and it'll go away.

[hcastil3]

Originally Posted by katrina

I have setigera and it's gearing up for it's best bloom ever...7 or 8 spikes this year. And, it's still in a 2" pot.

I also have the braided one from Andy's but I thought it was ID'd as oligotricha. ??? ID or not...it's not doing as well as the setigera. I've struggled w/it for about 2yrs and it just doesn't look good.

WOW !!! how do you grow yours ? moist dry in between waterings? or just dry and random misting..

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How are you guys growing it? just wondering I wan to compare

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Originally Posted by katrina

It could be that mine is a different species. I don't think he has any of the oligo listed right now. ???

Thanks for the info on how you're growing it (same or not)...I've suspected my issues might be humidity related. Maybe? Mine is growing but the growths don't look healthy. It almost looks beat up and the new growths keep getting stuck in the other foliage. [if that makes sense] ?? If it's a humidity issue then it'll either stay ugly or I'll get tired of messing w/it and it'll go away.

oh no!!!! don't let it die !!! I wonder why its not doing well how much humidity do you grow yours in?

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[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by katrina

It could be that mine is a different species. I don't think he has any of the oligo listed right now. ???

Thanks for the info on how you're growing it (same or not)...I've suspected my issues might be humidity related. Maybe? Mine is growing but the growths don't look healthy. It almost looks beat up and the new growths keep getting stuck in the other foliage. [if that makes sense] ?? If it's a humidity issue then it'll either stay ugly or I'll get tired of messing w/it and it'll go away.

A bit of research apparently rules out oligotricha. That species is endemic to New Guinea and Andy's lists the Phillipines as the country of origin for the braided.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by hcastil3

WOW !!! how do you grow yours ? moist dry in between waterings? or just dry and random misting..[COLOR="Silver"]

I'm growing setigera in a short 2" clay pot (not the standard height kind)...a couple of small pieces of cork in the bottom and topped w/sphag. Med-bright light. I water it just about every day in the Summer and a couple of times a week in the Winter. It's definitely dry (Summer and Winter) between waterings.

Originally Posted by hcastil3

oh no!!!! don't let it die !!! I wonder why its not doing well how much humidity do you grow yours in?

My humidity swings from the single digits up to very humid...just depends on the time of the year. Most orchids do fine under my conditions and I do my best to avoid those that do require constant high humidity.

And, don't worry about the other one dying...before it gets that bad, I'll likely give it to one of my orchids friends who might do a better job of making it happy.

Originally Posted by Subrosa

A bit of research apparently rules out oligotricha. That species is endemic to New Guinea and Andy's lists the Phillipines as the country of origin for the braided.

Thanks for checking on that. I appreciate the info.

[Paul]

That rat-tail reminds me of the spikes of a Dendrochilum ... albeit a hairy one.

Never seen this one before. How big is the plant?

[hcastil3]

[QUOTE=Paul;650618]That rat-tail reminds me of the spikes of a Dendrochilum ... albeit a hairy one.

Never seen this one before. How big is the plant?[ /QUOTE]
Mine is about 2 inches across a little under that .......2 inches lond and really thin abot 1/8 of an inch thick... Also infloresence is
About 6.8 inches long solo pretty long compared to plant

[TOMMYMIAMI]

Hector, Amazing plant, LOVE IT!

[annak]

May I post some pictures of mine?
She is currently in bloom, the inflorecensce has just stopped growing and is much longer than the first two photos.
DSC_3079 by anna_karioti, on Flickr
DSC_3103 by anna_karioti, on Flickr
DSC_4657 1 by anna_karioti, on Flickr