Easy to grow and cheap mini?

[Lordoftheswarms]

Try some mini-cattleya.

[snowflake311]

Thanks guys. I like to get matrue plants I don't want to wait for a seedling to grow.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Again, sticking to Pleurothallid recommendations because you posted in the Pleurothallid forum, you could try Plths tribuloides, Plths corniculata, Plths scheidei, or Plths grobyi, (as someone else on this thread had recommended).

Scaph swertifolium are pretty easy to grow and bloom too.

Restrepia striata are pretty easy to grow and bloom, and they're pretty rewarding to grow.

If you like Platystele, Platystele stenostachya are not difficult to grow either.

@ snowflake311: Are there any particular miniature orchids you're eyeing that you might be questioning whether they were easy to grow or not?

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

I have a few phals that stayed mini. Most didn't though lol.
I won't recommend twinkle. But that's just cause I find it impossible to grow.
I will recommend mini cattleya. Superbly easy to grow and they don't care about humidity, and love my south window.
If you get creative with vases, fish bowls, candle votives and the like. You can delve into more mini orchids. Lepanthopsis astrophora grows pretty well in just about anything with sides. Haraella retrocalla also grows supremely well in a vase.

I think many of the smaller dendrobium would do well.
My oligophyllum grows in my window.
I have two ascocentrum pusillum. One grows outdoors year round and one in a window.
Neofinetia are mini, but I have no experience with them.

I think I compact den phal might be rewarding. They don't get very big, and bloom multiple times a year

Is the Haraella in vase culture, or just sitting in a vase?

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Originally Posted by snowflake311

I have a nice south facing kitchen grow window I would like to add minis too. I would like to know what kind of easy to grow minis would do well is med to high light?

Easy to find and not too expenses would be nice.

Darwinara or mini catts are nice.

[Orchid Whisperer]

Try Restrepia brachypus. It stays small, a 4-inch pot will not be outgrown for many years, plant maybe 3 inches high.

I grow mine in seedling -grade bark, kept moist, not soggy. You can cut the top & bottom off a plastic 1-liter seltzer bottle, slip that over the plant to keep the humidity higher (or grow in a terrarium). Phalaenopsis light, mine blooms 2-3 times a year, usually after a flush of growth & a modest temperature drop.

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

Try Restrepia brachypus. It stays small, a 4-inch pot will not be outgrown for many years, plant maybe 3 inches high.

I grow mine in seedling -grade bark, kept moist, not soggy. You can cut the top & bottom off a plastic 1-liter seltzer bottle, slip that over the plant to keep the humidity higher (or grow in a terrarium). Phalaenopsis light, mine blooms 2-3 times a year, usually after a flush of growth & a modest temperature drop.

That sounds good! I might have to get one of those.