Oncidium Debutante - Orchid Board

orchidsarefun · #1 03-21-2013, 10:59 AM

another reliable bloomer. Plant is on the large side. Blooms are fragrant in the sun.

Leafmite · #2 03-21-2013, 12:36 PM

Beautiful! I love the coloring! I gave up my large oncidiums but have just gotten a third mini. I really found I couldn't live without them. Oncidiums are fantastic.

terracotta7 · #3 03-21-2013, 01:23 PM

Beautiful orchid! What a great number of blooms. The color is really nice, too...the word that comes to my mind is "saturated" but I am not sure that is completely the right word. Anyway...thanks for sharing!

Leafmite...What would be an example of a mini oncidium? And where would you obtain one? I love my oncidiums as well, but they do get awfully big.

Leafmite · #4 03-21-2013, 02:02 PM

Oncidium Twinkle (onc. ornithorhynchum X oncidium cheiroporum) come in many colors and fragrances and oncidium cheiroporum (yellow), one of the parents also stays small. I bought them all quite cheaply at shows (Porters Orchids had the maroon one this year).

terracotta7 · #5 03-21-2013, 04:16 PM

Thanks Leafmite! I have long admired the onc. ornithorhynchum, but have never seen it for sale at the vendors I buy from.

NYCorchidman · #6 03-21-2013, 04:21 PM

so that's the name. I see this a lot at flower shop. I like them too!

WhiteRabbit · #7 03-21-2013, 06:13 PM

Beautiful!

Leafmite · #8 03-21-2013, 07:45 PM

I hope you find one soon!

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Bob from our forum works at a place that he says has the ornithorhynchum. I can't remember the vendor's name, though.

Dave Deane · #9 03-22-2013, 06:02 PM

Beautiful!

Dave

orchidsarefun · #10 05-03-2013, 08:45 AM

I pollinated 3 flowers - and 3 pods are growing on.
But, something interesting - and what I have never seen before. One of the spikes is branching ! I thought oncids do not branch - but see the photo evidence that they can ( 2nd photo, blurry ).