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Forum: Coelogyne Alliance 03-23-2009, 02:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,473
Posted By Mike O'C
Nice Laura. I wish I could flower mine. It is...

Nice Laura. I wish I could flower mine. It is growing well nut will not flower. I think that the name has been changed to Coelogyne viscosa. Check it out.
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 03-23-2009, 01:53 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,245
Posted By Mike O'C
Stephen, I have the same problem. I have had a...

Stephen,
I have the same problem. I have had a plant now for about 6 years and I grow it with all my other Bulbophyllums which flower but my sik sikkimense:biggrin: So I too would like some cultural...
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 02-12-2009, 02:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,139
Posted By Mike O'C
Yvan,very interesting. How big are the flowers...

Yvan,very interesting. How big are the flowers and what is the country of origin?
Forum: Propagation 02-12-2009, 01:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,827
Posted By Mike O'C
I do not know what Aliflor is. Your bark, is it...

I do not know what Aliflor is. Your bark, is it much bigger than thumbnail size and do you grow in clay pots or in plastic pots? When I used plain bark about 3cm in diameter and clay pots the roots...
Forum: Coelogyne Alliance 02-12-2009, 01:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,005
Posted By Mike O'C
Nenella, tonight I have learnt something. Your...

Nenella, tonight I have learnt something. Your plant does not look like Coelogyne tomentosa (syn Coelogyne massangeana) to me . It looks like what I know as Coelogyne dayana so I pulled out my book...
Forum: Propagation 02-10-2009, 04:43 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,827
Posted By Mike O'C
Thanks Royal. Am thinking seriously of going back...

Thanks Royal. Am thinking seriously of going back to straight bark and perhaps putting a few strands/ribbons of sphagnum in the bark.
Forum: Coelogyne Alliance 02-10-2009, 04:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,005
Posted By Mike O'C
Nenella do a Google search for Coelogyne dayana...

Nenella do a Google search for Coelogyne dayana and see how your plant's flowers compare. You need to look at how the plant is flowering. Coelogyne dayana flowers from a pseudobulb which developes...
Forum: Coelogyne Alliance 02-10-2009, 04:32 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,947
Posted By Mike O'C
Thanks Pheli. The plants certainly do look...

Thanks Pheli. The plants certainly do look different but as I have never flowered my Coelogyne gramnifolia I cannot tell you how the flowers differ. I will have to look at Clayton's book on...
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 02-10-2009, 04:26 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,643
Posted By Mike O'C
Tom, it seems that we are never happy with what...

Tom, it seems that we are never happy with what we have got ;):biggrin: That is why plastic surgeons are so rich.:biggrin: I would love a white one and you would love a dark one! I have 4 plants of...
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 02-10-2009, 04:17 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,192
Posted By Mike O'C
Ross, without flowers it is impossible to ID your...

Ross, without flowers it is impossible to ID your plant. Could be something like Bulbophyllum sinapsis but then again it could be one of the Careyanum section species. Patience my man, patience!!
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 02-09-2009, 03:49 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,294
Posted By Mike O'C
Dorothy before logging off for the night I...

Dorothy before logging off for the night I checked my Vermeulen (Orchid Monographs Volum 2 : A taxonomic revision of the continental African Bulbophyllinae) and I have mine growing under the name...
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 02-09-2009, 03:45 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,294
Posted By Mike O'C
Dorothy the name Bulbophyllum maximum did not...

Dorothy the name Bulbophyllum maximum did not mean a thing to me until I went to the website that you referred us to. Straight away the picture rang bells in my clouding up memory. This used to have...
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 02-09-2009, 03:31 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,643
Posted By Mike O'C
Tom, I seem to remember that you had an almost...

Tom, I seem to remember that you had an almost white form with the spots. If not you then somebody else posted photos of their white one. I have both the dark and the one like LaraN's yellow one but...
Forum: Propagation 02-09-2009, 03:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,827
Posted By Mike O'C
Orchid roots

Guys, not sure if this is the right forum to post this query but if not I apologise.
My preference for growing orchids is in pine bark in a clay pot. Lately I have topped it off with a layer of...
Forum: Coelogyne Alliance 02-09-2009, 03:09 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,947
Posted By Mike O'C
Pheli, nice photo. I have never flowered my...

Pheli, nice photo. I have never flowered my Coelogyne viscosa/gramnifolia so I do not know what it should look like. Your picture reminds me of my Coelogyne trinervis.
Keep well and kind regards
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 12-20-2008, 06:05 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,940
Posted By Mike O'C
Susanne got an e-mail from administrators that...

Susanne got an e-mail from administrators that Matt had posted the above reply. Checked out the previous discussion on the thread and being bored and lethargic on this hot and dry summers Saturday...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 12-20-2008, 05:04 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,326
Posted By Mike O'C
Terri I grow all my orchids in an unheated...

Terri I grow all my orchids in an unheated greenhouse and the Cattleyas all flower but I agree my set up is too dark. Having said that my Dendrobium thyrsiflorum and Dendrobium chryseum, both of...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 12-19-2008, 04:16 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,326
Posted By Mike O'C
Thanks Terri. I do not think that I have a...

Thanks Terri. I do not think that I have a digital photo of the flower of my plant. I may have a slide of it somewhere but I do not even know where to start looking. It does not flower for me...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 12-18-2008, 03:16 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,326
Posted By Mike O'C
Sandy, I have a plant labelled as Dendrobium...

Sandy,
I have a plant labelled as Dendrobium atroviolaceum and when it flowers (not a regular bloomer) the flowers look like your pictures but mine always only has one flower on a spike. Folk here...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 12-13-2008, 09:53 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,702
Posted By Mike O'C
r1475z I am not sure who you addressed your...

r1475z I am not sure who you addressed your question to. I use large pieces (about a hen's egg size) of pine bark in a clay pot for mine. I have moved them into a higher light area (40% shade cloth)...
Forum: Cymbidium Alliance 12-10-2008, 02:44 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,702
Posted By Mike O'C
Pleasure Gin. Enjoy your Ansellia. I am looking...

Pleasure Gin. Enjoy your Ansellia. I am looking to buy one of those more northern forms with a greenish background and very dark almost black spots.
Forum: Bulbophyllum Alliance 12-09-2008, 03:53 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,283
Posted By Mike O'C
Interesting! In the original pics the blooms...

Interesting! In the original pics the blooms appear "yellow" but in these they appear "white"
Forum: Maxillaria Alliance 12-09-2008, 03:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,624
Posted By Mike O'C
Thanks for that Roy. The names of the parents...

Thanks for that Roy. The names of the parents suggest a complex hybrid and that they have gone beyond primary hybrids in the genus Promenea. The yellow makes me think of Promenea xanthina and the...
Forum: Maxillaria Alliance 12-08-2008, 04:45 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,624
Posted By Mike O'C
Nice one Roy. Do you have a name for it? Could it...

Nice one Roy. Do you have a name for it? Could it possibly be the hybrid between Promenea stapelioides and xanthina? I think that it is called Promenea Crawshayiana or some like that. I do not have...
Forum: Maxillaria Alliance 12-06-2008, 10:29 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,503
Posted By Mike O'C
Frederico muito obrigado. You think that you have...

Frederico muito obrigado. You think that you have problems!:scratchhead: At present our rand (unit of currency) is about R10,40 to the US$ and so I would have to multiply the price by about X 5 to...
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