Odontoglossum Frechdachs

[mjHuntingtonBeach]

I posted some patio pictures a few days ago of this one as it was opening up. Well now it is in full bloom, and this is what I consider the perfect orchid, simply beautiful. Pictures from yesterday and tonight.... and add my Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester that just started blooming too.

[billc]

Beautiful !!!

Bill

[tuvoc]

Fantastic!

Kim

[silken]

It's a beautiful arch of blooms! I love it. great growing on your Rawdon Jester! any tips to get it to bloom. I have one of these that was supposed to be bloom size from Paramount 2 years ago. It does seem small and is so slow growing for me. I try to give it the recommended culture but seems to make no difference. right now I do have a nice half grown new growth happening. I also have a Rossioglossum grande-same story small and slow but currently with two half grown new Pseudobulbs from the last mature one. Have yet to see any blooms.

[eggshells]

What is the name of brownish flower on the left.

[RosieC]

So pretty!

[WhiteRabbit]

Fabulous!

[VickiC]

Oh so pretty!!

Originally Posted by mjHuntingtonBeach

I posted some patio pictures a few days ago of this one as it was opening up. Well now it is in full bloom, and this is what I consider the perfect orchid, simply beautiful. Pictures from yesterday and tonight.... and add my Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester that just started blooming too.

[mjHuntingtonBeach]

To Silken: Well I guess I have a culture more similar to the species making up Rawdon Jester than you do. But I understand it needs bright light, airy but somewhat moist mix during the growing season, and a drier cooler winter when it is not growing. Mine I got late last summer, it was growing in 100% sphagnum which I always feel uncomfortable with. So I put it into a new pot, and filled it with a mix of sphagnum, coconut husk and some hydroton. It is on a shelf where it gets dappled sun until mid afternoon and I water it about once a week. It pushed off one new lead, the one that is blooming, after I repotted, and now it has three new leads growing on it so I am optimistic, it seems happy

To Eggshells: They orange brown oncidium is Onc. Hilo Bay 'Sunny Daze'. I picked it up at an auction last summer and it was sitting on the patio all this time, started sending out spikes in late Spring. I posted some pictures of it here a few weeks ago, check it out.

[Lagoon]

Gorgeous group of orchids