Onc. Twinkle 'Fragrance Fantasy'

[Ray]

FWIW, it grows better for me if I treat it like a tolumnia - frequent watering/very fast drying/mounted

[Barbara]

That doesn't look good at all. Even if you could manage to save it, it will take forever to recover and bloom reliably again. However, if you want to save it, it would probably be best to treat with a fungicide regularly and hope that the new growth grows out without infection. If you see signs of the infection on the new growth, than it's not a good sign. Hard to say if that's fungal or bacterial, I would favour bacterial...

Reguardless, it would be wise to get it as far away from your other plants as possible. Keep a close eye out for bugs which could transport the infection. Remove the flower spikes if you haven't already.

[Barbara]

Originally Posted by Ray

FWIW, it grows better for me if I treat it like a tolumnia - frequent watering/very fast drying/mounted

Agreed, although mine isn't mounted, it is sitting right next to a fan so it dries out fairly quickly. It's also in a tight spot (root bound). Gets watered every three days or so, depending on how fast it dries out.

[Lagoon]

Thanks Barb. I did end up moving it after I took the photos this morning, I don't trust these sorts of things either.
I'll apply some fungicide a few times and see what happens, if any of the new growth shows signs of the same thing - its' outta here, not something I wanna deal with.
Probably pick another one up next shipping season.
Thanks for lookin

[shakkai]

My fingers are crossed for you, Gloria! Hope you get a good result.

I agree with Ray and Barbara that this one doesn't like to stay too moist for too long. I have mine in the smallest pot possible. I repotted it after getting it home, and took the pot size down over an inch.

Mine dries out pretty slowly, but overall it stays on the dry side, especially now when the days are so short here. It can go for weeks with just a misting of the top of the medium every few days or every week. Down inside the pot, it still stays slightly moist, but the medium is very open with lots of air spaces. With this treatment, I'm seeing nice new root growth.

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[silberhaarig]

A nice healthy looking plant,Barbara! I have the same plant,and have been waiting for months for the doggone spike to develop buds and bloom. It just sits there and looks at me. After reading here that other plants are also slow to produce blooms,I feel better.

Nancy

[Lagoon]

Thanks Shak

[orchidilirious4]

I have an Oncidium Twinkle 'Fragrance Fantasy' and I noticed today that it has a flower spike! The only thing is, so far there is only one healthy looking spike. I checked the plant over for more spikes, and was successful, however, they look to be very weak, and under developed? Is this normal? Is it common to have one spike that is much more advanced than the others? I also noticed that some of the spikes were growing back into the pseudobulb or getting tangled.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Laura

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by orchidilirious4

I have an Oncidium Twinkle 'Fragrance Fantasy' and I noticed today that it has a flower spike! The only thing is, so far there is only one healthy looking spike. I checked the plant over for more spikes, and was successful, however, they look to be very weak, and under developed? Is this normal? Is it common to have one spike that is much more advanced than the others? I also noticed that some of the spikes were growing back into the pseudobulb or getting tangled.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Laura

Laura,

Not to worry. The spikes on mine always look weak when they emerge but after a few days they get longer and stronger. Keep looking for spikes because they continue to pop up. Mine had 6 and a few weeks later there were 12.

[Grandma M]

I'm happy to hear others say how long the spike takes to open. Mine just stays with lots of small buds and don't seem to want to open. Now I at least know that is normal.

Marilyn