Can anybody tell what this might become?
 

I found this, in much worse shape, at an estate sale (glorified garage sale ;) ). It was not potted, just lying on it's side on a shallow dish. I grabbed it, and the dish, for 2 bucks! It's looking great, has a spike coming up, and I have absolutely no clue what it is. It's the next level of NOID!!!

looks like a cattleya alliance something...but I can't tell you any more than that. maybe some of the experts will know. the new growth looks good!

I have to agree it looks like a cattleya. My cattleya has the same leave shape and texture. Can't wait for the surprise bloom.

I'm also guessing a unifoliate Cattleya. If it has a spike coming, you won't have to wait too long for an answer!

Julie

That's kind of what I thought but since there are so many kinds out there and this one is much more established than the other catts I have, I wasn't sure, it looks a little different.
Happy to see the spike! Can't wait for the surprise :)

Ooo-ooo-ooo! Found a second spike on this baby this morning! Yippee!
There are spikes on a few other plants too, I think the total is 7, so far.
2 on this plant, 1 on my B Little Stars, 1 on my Onc Aloha Iwanaga and 3 of my others (though I'm not sure which ones, but definitely either Pot Miya's Beauty Red Radiance or Blc Hawaiian Passion Carmela) are all shooting up with spikes!

Awesome girl, you have found the right formula...keep up the good work. I keep looking for spikes, just see lots of new growth...which is a good thing.. :)

Definately from the Cattleya alliance. Wow, lots of new leads developing, and more leads = more flowers!

I am guessing RED flowers.

Is that just a wild guess or do you know something I don't (which would be very easy ;) ) ?

Actually I am guessing red flowers and that it is an Slc. NOID!

It could be an educated guess, or simply the idle typing of a madman at 8 am!

Perhaps something like this......pretty hard to tell from an unlabelled plant though.
http://www.sqr.or.jp/usr/fujiengei/orchid/WL5620.jpg

That'd be acceptable :)!
I'm so curious. I don't know if it has no tag because it's a NOID, or if the tag is missing just because a number of people lived in the house while the lady was in the nursing home and they didn't take care of it. Like I said, it was just lying on it's side with no pot, no medium...no nothing!

It certainly looks like it responding very nicely to it's new home.

Whatever it is you sure have made it happy! Look at that sucker grow! :)

Well, I scrolled to the end of this string to see the photos of the flowers - come on, let's see them!
Regards - Nancy

Nothing yet...it's making me crazy! As soon as something happens, believe me...there will be pictures posted :D

Definatly from the Cattleya Alliance, Id say that it needs to Bloom to get a good ID,
But Honestly I would doubt to get more than a Genus ID since so many Species / Hybrids look alike .


Todd

I see the light!
 

Here's an update on my mystery orchid!

It's been growing like crazy since I originally posted my question here. All the new growths have progressed happily. I recently found a sheath with something iside! Oh boy!!! After keeping close watch on it and seeing nothing, I looked again last week and the sheath was turning brown and starting to shrivel. I decided to help my baby along...I snipped open the sheath and found 2 tiny little buds, one promptly fell out but the other has tripled in size in a week's time! I expect to see something bloom very soon! :dance: :dance: :dance:

That's great! I cannot wait to see what it looks like :)

I see you have it potted in Cocoa Puffs.

:biggrin: That's a funny, right? :scratchhead:

It's only a funny if it's something else...what is it? I got a plant at our swap potted in the same thing.
Well, it sure *tasted* like Cocoa Puffs.

Wow-what a find! This is fun! :D

Carol

:hmm Cocoa puffs as a growing medium?
If only they didn't get so mushy when wet ;)

I am with you Nancy I scrolled to the end to see if the blooms were appearing and making their first OB debut to see "cocoa puff's" what a :shock:er. Can't wait for the finale' Sue.

The new bud gets a bit bigger every day...I'm hoping to see something new soon :banana: It was thrilling to get it back to health but to actually have a bloom on the way is exhilarating :dance: :dance: :dance:

still waiting...
 

but this bud grows a bit every day!!!
It looks like I'll be getting something very dark...could it be a red??? :shock: :pray: That would be the best!!!

The wait is killin' me!!!

This is exciting! Are those frills I'm seeing just starting to emerge?

Looks like some red or purple-this is as exciting as watching a birth! (Only prettier) ;)

Carol

I think I'm gonna like this one ;)
 

Does anybody care to venture a guess? :scratchhead:
It's in a 6 inch pot...

The way the p'bulbs look, might be a C. walkeriana cross. Very pretty!

I'm thinking that when I walk out into the room today, this bud will have opened for me... :pray:
Of course, there will be a picture :coverlaugh:

Okay folks, time to educate me
 

The bud opened today and there are problems. I'd like to know what might have caused this and what I can do to avoid it in the future;

First, the petals were overlapped. I had to "nudge" the right one into place. See first thumbnail pic:

Second, in the center, at the bottom of the lip, there's a hard white spot. What could that be? See second thumbnail pic:

The pics don't show the true colors, which are very pretty but they do show the problems

Nah, there's a problem. Maybe not with the shape or color, but that little white spot should not be there.

Yup! It's hard, like a calcium deposit or something.