My trader joe's orchids are usually potted in Promix. I'm considering tracking some down, because I have two miniature oncidiums that are just thriving in the stuff and I could be a lot better about remembering to water my plants.

That is a version of Tahoma glacier. Not all have the greenish hue, I've seen them pure white no dots, some are even purplelish, I have 2 Tahomas they do not like the heat, had blooms for 4 days. I would definitely keep it on the cooler end .

So oncs do well in it? Interesting. I know Repotme sells Pro-Mix HP.

Thanks for the tip! :) I've been leaning toward Tahoma Glacier since NYCorchidman pointed out that they have variations. Maybe I should just stop Googling…

And I don't know what's up with my plant, but a few blooms are missing bottom sepals. These have very few spots. One has the bottom sepals but no lip and only one spot. I've never encountered variations within the same plant before but I am rather new to this.

Oncidiums do like a lot of air around their roots, but they also like a good amount of moisture. I water my oncidiums that are potted in Promix once a week and mist them when I think of it. I think the Promix probably works better for the ones with teeny roots. My Oncidium Sharry Baby has roots that are about the same size as my twinkle's. They look almost like hair, but I have an Oncidium Sweet Sugar with much larger roots, a bit thicker than a spaghetti noodle. That plant seems to be really, really happy in chunky bark mixed with perlite. I haven't done any homework on it, but what I've seen with mine, is that the finer the root, the finer the medium.

I'm still new at this too, but I can tell you, variations do happen. I rebloomed a Phal this spring that when purchased, had very bright pink blooms with fuchsia colored spots. When it rebloomed, the background was more yellow, with a pink edge to it and the spots were almost purple. Still pretty, but not what I thought. There are all kinds of factors that cause blooms to appear different between blooming cycles. No one seems quite sure which has the most impact, but temperature seemed to make the most sense to me. I posted a thread on it. If you're interested, I can post the link so you can see the discussion. It was really interesting.

Yeah please post that link, would veryuch like to read it:biggrin:

Sure thing!

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-very-big.html

Thanks, Gemini, that was a really interesting discussion! Beautiful phal, too! I also prefer its latest coloration, the yellow does give it a little more character. :)

Honestly i am no expert, however the flowers of this plant are identical to the Beallara Tahoma Glacier i just got in the mail last week from seattle orchid.

I agree this looks like a Beallara orchid. But it also looks like a more like a Odontoglossum.


Beallards are a mix of Brassia, Cochlioda, Miltonia and Odontoglossum (Brs. x Cda. x Milt. x Odm.).

I just picked up a purple Beallar that looks like "Howards Dream" from Trader joes Friday. From what I read they are easy to grow.

Folks, this is an old thread from August...