My yellow twinkle is blooming again!

[greenbean]

Beautiful! What a cheerful color to have this time of year.

I had a red twinkle as one of my first orchids. I couldn't get the watering right for it back then so when I purged my collection twinkle went back to the stars. I'm thinking of getting another one now that I've had more experience. The lady who sold me the red one said the whites are more fragrant than the reds, but I don't know how the yellow compares.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by greenbean

Beautiful! What a cheerful color to have this time of year.

I had a red twinkle as one of my first orchids. I couldn't get the watering right for it back then so when I purged my collection twinkle went back to the stars. I'm thinking of getting another one now that I've had more experience. The lady who sold me the red one said the whites are more fragrant than the reds, but I don't know how the yellow compares.

Thank you, Evan!

now I want to try the white one just for the fragrance.
Somehow I was never really drawn to the white twinkle.

With the limited space I have, I've deciced to only collect either very fragrant orchids or something small.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Thank you, Evan!

now I want to try the white one just for the fragrance.
Somehow I was never really drawn to the white twinkle.

With the limited space I have, I've deciced to only collect either very fragrant orchids or something small.

I have a lavender colored one similar to this-- name is escaping me presently-- but the fragrance is a lightly sweet vanilla scent-- like others have said, when the sun warms the plant, it is an amazing scent and much stronger.

My Garden Center is having a pre-inventory sale tomorrow-- I saw a few of these I'd like, including a red variety-- I'll have to check them out!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Pilot

I have a lavender colored one similar to this-- name is escaping me presently-- but the fragrance is a lightly sweet vanilla scent-- like others have said, when the sun warms the plant, it is an amazing scent and much stronger.

My Garden Center is having a pre-inventory sale tomorrow-- I saw a few of these I'd like, including a red variety-- I'll have to check them out!

There's a lavendar colored Twinkle? wow~
Mine smells just like what you described. I like it a lot!

There was this one orchid store here that carried many of the yellow twinkle alikes ( I started a thread on it but no one seemed interested in that lol ). They didn't sell all and once flowers were gone, they sold them for $10 each. I didn't get any as they had aphids all over! lol

I already have one yellow twinkle and one of those twinkle alike, which is enough for me for now.

[silken]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

There's a lavendar colored Twinkle? wow~
Mine smells just like what you described. I like it a lot!

Could your lavender one be oncidium ornythorhynchum? I just got one and it is sort of vanilla scented with clusters of tiny pinkish lavender flowers.

[greenbean]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Thank you, Evan!

now I want to try the white one just for the fragrance.
Somehow I was never really drawn to the white twinkle.

With the limited space I have, I've deciced to only collect either very fragrant orchids or something small.

No problem!

I've been thinking of trying Twinkle again. It will either be the white or the yellow one. I wasn't much drawn to the white one at first either, but I've been on a white bloom kick lately. I've also been focusing more on fragrant orchids and miniatures, for the same reason as you, space. lol

[greenpassion]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Thank you, Evan!

now I want to try the white one just for the fragrance.
Somehow I was never really drawn to the white twinkle.

With the limited space I have, I've deciced to only collect either very fragrant orchids or something small.

I do have a Twinkle that is white with a little yellow center, and it is fragrant. I bought it in bud, and it has bloomed well for me, despite it having developed a yellow pb, which was already happening to it when it arrived. It is fragrant, but the scent is peculiar-sort of herbal I think. Here's a question from a onc. newbie: Do I cut the spent spikes off after blooming as I do phals? Speaking of which, I stuck a 'gone by' spike from a mini phal I have into some hydroton and water, and I now seem to have a kaki? (miss spelled??)

[NYCorchidman]

You may cut off the spent spike, but it is not necessary. I wait until it dries up and turn brown. Then it is actually easier to cut off. I just pinch off with my fingers.
You will not see second flowering off the same spike on oncidiums in general. They quickly grow new pb after finishing flowering. then once those new pb mature, more flowers will be made. Depending on the type, it will be either once a year or multiple times throughout the year.