Odonticidium Hilo Bay 'Sunny Daze'

[mjHuntingtonBeach]

An unloved almost unadopted plant from an orchid auction last summer that I decided to try with no idea what it looked like It was in a 4 inch pot and I moved it into a 5 inch, put it outside, found gaping wholes in the sides of two of four new pseudobulbs from snails over the winter but I guess I caught it in time. Moved it up into an 8 inch pot when it started showing flower spikes. Now it is a huge orange mass, almost 3 feet tall. Here are blooms from this morning.

[Zoi2]

Beautiful, way to grow!!
Joann

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! It's obviously extremely happy! I love the colors!

[Oscarman]

Very good, but I don't see that your cat inspected this one!

[mjHuntingtonBeach]

my cats (I have 2) are both orange-ish Norwegian Forest Cats, the Hilo Bay was orange-ish, of course he had to avoid the competition, the El Hatillo was not.... use common sense

[james mickelso]

Veeeeerrrrryyy nice. Good culture.

[NYCorchidman]

Nice! I love the color!
I almost bought one at Trader Joe's the other day.