Oncidium Tiger Crow 'Golden Girl' spiking!

[NYCorchidman]

I buy a lot of these from TJ as I love their lemon yellow flowers with dark spots. Since they are common and cheap, and plants are rather big for me, I only have them while in bloom.

This particular one I'm posting is the smallest I've seen. I would say about the size of yellow dancing lady.
I kept this one because of the unusual color. It has much less spots and some orange hue on the petals, which I find very pretty.

I didn't watered it well during the critical time and the new pb matured rather small and I didn't expect much.
To my surprise, it still spiked last month and now I see nine buds, one of which I broke off accidentally.

Just the other day as I was cleaning the leaves, I found another spike emerging from the same growth.
I know this variety can double spike, but I didn't expect any spike this time from such a small growth.

well, I can't complain.

What appears to be like a dark brown stick on the right in the picture is part of the first spike, and then there is a second one kind of buried in the leaves on the left.

[Paul]

Tiger Crow is one of my favorites. Like you though, it gets too large for my space so I have not tried one.

[NYCorchidman]

Oh, you will like this particular one because it is less than half the size of the regular ones, yet the flowering is about as nice or better, with unique color pattern.

[Dan796]

what is a "TJ" that you buy from?
I'd love to have one myself !
Thanks!

[Ferns Daddy]

T J is Trader Joe's not sure if you have one near you but its a great place to find Oncidium's.
I really like Oncidium's and think this one would be great in my collection.

[Dan796]

No we don't have one here.
Too bad, I'd really like to have one.
Oh well!
Thanks for your reply!
God Bless!
Dan~

[NYCorchidman]

Try some other stores like Home Depot, the Whole Foods, Lowes or whatever other large grocery or household stores. I haven't been to WV, but from what I hear people discuss and from my little trips to different states, there are many different stores that sell orchids.

but this specific orchid is very famous and popular that it has been mass-produced and distributed.
You can try online and will come up with a few sources where it is available.

[brsucculents]

At my Trader Joe's, none of the orchids are labeled. Is that the case at your TJ's?
They have beautiful orchids there and a nice selection.

[Silje]

I didn't know what to expect when I bought my Tiger Crow 'Golden Girl' and was shocked when I saw the size of the plant! It was the largest pbulbs I'd ever seen. Luckily, I've got a greenhouse with some space still available, so I'm not complaining about the size, but I certainly understand how people with larger collections and less space choose to not buy loads of these.

Mine is also spiking at the moment. It's a first time bloomer for me. I can't wait to see the flowers! I've only seen them on pictures so far.

[james mickelso]

NYOM do you donate your castoffs to your local club? Lots of folks could use them and maybe you could get some divisions from them after they grow them. Lots of folks can't afford much and donations are a way to preserve membership in clubs and of course preserve the orchids.