Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance'
 

Here is another big one I picked up. Just love this one. Already about to fall over and it hasn't even bloomed yet! Could of used some more light too I think... leaves are too green.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...Frangrance.jpg

Nice find. I'm confident you can bring it to the proper level of light!

It's too big to fit under my light, so I'm going to wait until it's finished blooming to put it under. Right now it's under three 60w incandescent grow bulbs along with the other one I just picked up. It's the only place they would fit! Hopefully that's enough light to keep them going through bloom... then they'll go under the 430w hps.

Almost completely opened now. It's kind of strange, there are two different colored flowers on the plant. They smell the same though! :biggrin:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...rangrance2.jpg

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...nceFlower2.jpg

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...anceFlower.jpg

VERY nice! Mine blooms in June!

Always a reliable orchid.

It is a good consistant bloomer. The fragrance is very heady. Wait until it gets big enough for 1/2 doz. spikes and you will get a headache from the smell.

Nice, nice, nice! I just love Sharry Baby. It is one of the most reliable orchids I have. Like Tommy, mine won't bloom again until later this year. I must divide and repot it and I fear it won't produce any blooms until next year. I just love that chocolate fragrance. Do the rest of you think I should divide it? It is quite large and is growing up and all over! Or just repot and let it grow as large as possible? Sorry, I don't have a digital camera yet and can't post any pics.

We need a pic of it! Can't tell about repotting without a pic.

I have a Sharry Baby that I bought a month ago, the big spike is almost finished blooming, and to my delight I see a new spike coming up. I keep her in a south window. The sun is getting stronger now here in Chicago, and will add a sheer to the window in the summer.
She is so sweet!
Jill

Yeah, I know. I'm pretty sure I'll make the determination once I have it out of the pot. I like the idea of a large plant, but it may have too may old pseudobulbs. Thanks! And when I get a camera, I'll figure out how to post some pics.

moogiemama - Depends on how much room you have. If it is one of your favorites, it always nice to have a "specimen" or two. They are show stoppers. A lot of ooohs 'n' aaaahhhs! If not, divide and share for another orchid you don't have or donate to a newbie to share your love of orchids with.

- My "small" (as in, one spike) Sharry Baby has just finished its first bloom. What should I do with its spike? I do not see any new buds or growths.

- When it gets bigger, how do I divide the plant to share with others? I have never divided an orchid before.

THANK YOU! I hope my Sharry Baby blooms again very soon...what a delightful and sweet orchid it is!

Once it is done blooming, you can cut off the spike - it won't bloom again like a phal.

To divide Sharry Baby, you really should have 3-4 pseudobulbs per division for a strong, healthy plant to bloom asap. Maybe others will have differing opinions, but this is what I would do.

Good luck!

Thank you for the advice!

- Where exactly do I cut off the spike?

- How do I divide the pseudobulbs? :)

I just bought a Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' from Baldan Orchids on eBay! I love the idea of having an orchid that smells like chocolate. It's like combining my lifetime as a chronic chocoholic and my new phase of being an orchidaholic! I can't wait to see my new purchase, it's a mature 9 year old!:drool:

Congrats! You will love it!

Thanks, Tommy!:biggrin:

Mine is just starting to spike. You will really like it.
Oh, last year I left the spikes as an experiment and they grew branches so I had blooms for a lot longer period of time..........
Al

I just realized I mixed up the orchids I just bought on eBay :blushing: :roll: I bought the Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' compot with three (3) seedlings from The Orchid Gallery. The mature 9 year old orchid I bought was the Phal. 'Ever Spring Prince' from Baldan Orchids. Either way I'm still looking forward to them all. :biggrin:

Dividing Onc. Sharry baby
 

I can help, since I have just gone through the process a few months ago, and have since read and think I know what I should and shd not have done:
1st as someone said earlier up here, you shd have atleast 3 to 4 per division - so, about 7-8 pbs
- then, preferably div. in spring, when in growth mode
- then, preferably have young bulbs on the way to keep the growth momentum post-divide
- and then the actual process of dividing:
- take the plant carefully out of the pot, and make a neat cut with a clean sharp knife between the bulbs to be divided, place a small sheet of plastic with your preferred germicidal (listerine, cinnamon powder, or physan-20) in the space between the cut, and put the plant and fir bark medium back into the same pot, and continue with usual care. Let the cut harden, and the 2 divisions get used to living separately in the same pot for a few weeks to a month, till you see new growth, a small new root or leaf [this is a step I did not do, and my plants seem to be still in trauma - not sure where I read this, but most places do not tell you to do this, and unfortunatley I read about this process only after I had done my deed, but now I think it seems to make very good sense, and is probably a critical part of the process.]
- once the divided plant seems to have adjusted to its cut, take the plant out of the pot again and separate the roots, cutting through a few if needed, trim roots, cut off dead roots, powder root ends with germicidal, and soak in a weakened rooting solution, pot each half over fresh fir bark (or chosen medium).
- the plants may still display some trauma/adjustment problems for a few months, even a year, I believe.
- any additional dead pseudobulbs can be separated at this time or when making the first cut, bagged with moist sphag moss (see sphag and bag method elsewhere on this site), which should produce its own shoot within 6-8 weeks - I have got 2 sprouting as we speak!
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Hi Razka

Your Sharry Baby looks beautiful and healthy.
It seems that there is an immature growth next to the blooming one which develops best if it has good light. I have had little trouble bending spikes until they hang out of the way so the plant can sit under the light. You may still be able to loosen the upper ties and gradually let it fall away in a more natural fashion.
Right now I have 2 Sharry Babies with 4+foot spikes which I am bending out of the way with rubber bands. I have done this before many times. They have never broken for me and I find the display more pleasing than the stiffly staked ones.