I saw a number of Grammatophyllum hybrids at Olympic Orchids a few weeks ago, so I ordered them. I wound up with five different ones. They are in the bottom row in the photo. Olympic plants mostly arrive in 2" / 5cm pots, in fresh long-fiber sphagnum. The mounted plant next to them is Cadetia taylori.
I've also been buying tiny Oncidium mericlones from Ellen over the last couple of years. With these new arrivals I have almost three dozen different ones. The largest in the photo is Onc. Heaven Scent 'Sweet Baby.' Its pot has the most flash glare of the plants in the photo. I ordered a $2 'Ugly Orchid Special' and got this. It has a few spots on one leaf, but is otherwise a nice plant.
The plant in a potting soil mixture is a free companion plant, in this case Hatiora salicornioides, an epiphytic cactus. It will grow nicely alongside orchids. I have one already growing in water in a wine bottle. I'm hoping this is a different clone, because they are self-infertile. I like to set seed and contribute it to the Seed Depot at the Cactus and Succulent Society of America.
The plant with leaves poking up the farthest toward the top is Cymbidium rectum, a hot-growing Cym from Southeast Asia. I've never seen it before. It has stiff leaves, as stiff as Cym. aloifolium.
Olympic Orchids May 2021
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