Oncidium ornithorhyncum

[nenella]

That is FAB!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I have had one for over a year & it's not doing much!!!! It hasn't died but hasn't 'thrived' either..
I get my sweet sugar empire to flower more than a couple times a year, sharry baby too.... I have a spacelatum which has doubled in size (was really tiny) but ornithorhyncum and this last have not spiked yet!

Could you post a pic of your whole plant please?

I have always found my leaves/bulbs are a totally different colour to any of the others...

Triffid - thanks for the link - I haven't looked yet but will in a minute.

[Nic100]

Thanks nenella! I'm desperate for my Sharry Baby to flower - it's got a nice big new growth on it so fingers crossed!!

I can of course (and have) attached a picture of the plant. Very small - as you can see by the size of the label but the leaves / bulbs are pretty much the same colour as my Sharry Baby and Sharry Baby Yellow Flash. Maybe a little greener, as I've been more careful to protect this one from the sun.

Hope you have luck with yours!

[nenella]

Thanks for posting the photo - I'll say again that's a very nice healthy plant you have there!
Sharry baby's p/bulbs become enormous.. so if yours is growing big that's a very good sign!
here's a pic of my 'first' big p/bulb and it flowered and grew another huge one this year with 2 spikes this time..so Good Luck with yours!

[Izzie]

Beautiful! I've thought of getting this one before, as it's so sweet and little, but was worried that it might be hard to grow.
I smelled one once and it was love at first sniff.

[Mikeg]

It sounds like normal Onc. care. Thanks!!! This is a definite on the top 3 I need to get!! Does it get much bigger? That is tiny and a plus!

[Nic100]

Nenella - thanks for the pic of your Sharry Baby - I've a way to go yet I think, but getting there!

Mikeg - I have no idea to be honest. The only place I've seen them is at Burnham Nursuries and only this kind of size; maybe someone else will be able to help us out!

Izzie - I don't think it's been any more difficult to grow than my phals, although I would say that I probably lucked out as the plant was in good condition and ready to put up a spike. I find it dries out a little faster than most of my phals, but otherwise it's been a good one for someone like me with not much experience.

[Nic100]

Mikeg - here's a link (hopefully, if I've got it right) to another thread from a couple of years ago - has some good pictures of the size it might grow to, and much more detailed advice than I can give. Hope it helps!

Onc. ornithorhynchum

[Mikeg]

Thanks Nic100 that link helped! I don't know where I can find one of these in the U.S...........

[dendro photo]

looks like it may be somewhere in the pink clouds genealogy.

[Mikeg]

Hahaha the what??? Lol