Ryan's Oncidiums and Tolumnia

[Pilot]

I find them highly variable too...like Tolumnia versus an Onc...it's crazy. Have you seen my post about my twinkles? People are telling me is a fungal thing, which I don't deny. It's certainly no typical trait of these plants as it seems way too aggressive. I've treated several of the plants and can only now hope and wait for it to clear up. I'd like to move these guys outside for the summer but it's not easy to adapt and harden off plants like orchids into my highland environment.

[Pilot]

A Tolumnia I bought a few months back is finally flowering. It had a spike, that stalled for a month or so, but I think my conditions encouraged it back to life. So here you go! Oh and I don't know why I did this but I threw this glass vase thing together and the plant seems to like it. I spray it down every day thoroughly and the excess drips into the hydroton below. The plant you see below is called baby tears... It came with an orchid of mine like a year ago and it grows like a dang weed. I have a hard time keeping up with it but in this case I'd like it to fill up the vase and provide some good humidity for the roots of this Tolumnia. I should mention this plant is growing in nothing but the pot and hydroton... No sh so it dries out pretty fast.


It's named Elfin Star 'Kosaki'

[Pilot]

An update on this bloom:

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Very nice! Looks like the plant is happy.