Brassidium Gilded Urchin 'Ontario' HCC/AOS

[NYCorchidman]

I got this one alone with other Brassidium. I like this one better but could have missed it as this one was buried in the midst of Brsdm Yellow Star.

As I was picking out the Yellow Star, I noticed this one was different, and da da! I love it! the greenish yellow color and how narrower the petals and sepals are!

This one also has a typical Brsdm scent, which is rather soft but nice.

I released the spike from the supporting stake on this plant because I really like to see the spidery flowers on horizontal spike. It has 19 buds on the spike.

will post more pictures as more buds open up.

[flexdc]

Wow, wow, wow, 19 buds!! if one flower has little scent, when all 19 open up your room will smell really nice!
I love Brassias. They are so versatile. I grow them in my garden year round with minimal care and they just spike every year sometimes twice!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by flexdc

Wow, wow, wow, 19 buds!! if one flower has little scent, when all 19 open up your room will smell really nice!
I love Brassias. They are so versatile. I grow them in my garden year round with minimal care and they just spike every year sometimes twice!

aw~ I wish I lived in a milder zone like Southern Cali. I would have tons of cattleyas, oncidium alliance and nobile dendrobium all over!!!

The scent is nice but you have to get right up to the flowers though.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by flexdc

Wow, wow, wow, 19 buds!! if one flower has little scent, when all 19 open up your room will smell really nice!
I love Brassias. They are so versatile. I grow them in my garden year round with minimal care and they just spike every year sometimes twice!

aw~ I wish I lived in a milder zone like Southern Cali. I would have tons of cattleyas, oncidium alliance and nobile dendrobium all over!!!

The scent is nice but you have to get right up to the flowers though.

[flexdc]

Thanks there are some advantages to living here. But our summers are just not hot enough for my nobiles. I actually have to grow nobiles in a mini green house to give it a bit more heat. Plus phal type dendrobiums are next to impossible to flower here. Again, not enough heat. May be I should move to the desert. But then it would be too dry. Plus LA water is terrible. NY water is great, thus you can grow those lovely paphs!

[Lana]

Beautiful, beautiful flower! What a great find. I agree, horizontal spike with these kind of flowers looks sooooo cool!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by flexdc

Thanks there are some advantages to living here. But our summers are just not hot enough for my nobiles. I actually have to grow nobiles in a mini green house to give it a bit more heat. Plus phal type dendrobiums are next to impossible to flower here. Again, not enough heat. May be I should move to the desert. But then it would be too dry. Plus LA water is terrible. NY water is great, thus you can grow those lovely paphs!

LA summer is more than enough for growing dendrobiums. Maybe the winter time, you'll have to move the phal types indoor, but not the nobiles.
I know people who live in coastal area in Washington and they grow dendrobiums just fine and their summer is like winter compared to what southern Cali summer is like.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Lana

Beautiful, beautiful flower! What a great find. I agree, horizontal spike with these kind of flowers looks sooooo cool!

Yep, while staking the spike up saves lots of space, letting it arch naturally makes such stunning display!

I was taking a big risk of potential breaking off of the spike though when I release the spike from the supporting stake.

As more buds open up, the spike will get heavier and should arch nicely. The spike seems very sturdy but I'm still worried it may break. maybe no need to worry.
I will have to wait and see what happens.

[flexdc]

Be careful. I broke off half of a spike on my first Brassia. Poof 7 flowers gone.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by flexdc

Be careful. I broke off half of a spike on my first Brassia. Poof 7 flowers gone.

I accidently knocked it off the other day, but fortunately the pot landed on the carpet so there was a minimal damage. I just lost two sepals and a lip on one flower and some cracks on two other flowers.
All other flowers/buds and leaves are perfectly fine and none of the media came out ( so many roots are keeping them from moving at all!!!)

I really have to watch out for the long spike though. When I take this plant to the sink to water, I forget how tall the spike is and I hit the ceiling (my kitchen has a lower ceiling) with its spike.

On the second thought, I might have to stake the spike in case it breaks off. I see these stunning pictures of brassia type orchids with their spike running horizontally.
I will just have to watch for the angle of the spike as more buds open up and add more weight on the spike.