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11-01-2014, 09:35 PM
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Location: Palm Desert California
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Oncidium twinkle won't bloom. PLEASE HELP
Hello everyone. I have so many questions about my oncidium twinkle. I bought it in January at an orchid show in San Francisco. It came with probably a hundred flowers and they lasted about a month after I bought it. After the flowers dropped I cut the spikes and by March started getting new growth. It is November 1 now and I have about 6 new growths. Even one of the growths I got back in March has a new growth ( not flower spike but new growth). I keep hearing about how they flower multiple times a year and I haven't gotten mine to bloom once. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Watering too much, not enough light, too cold, too hot. PLEASE HELP!!
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08-29-2014, 02:41 PM
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The older yellowing leaves will drop off on their own with time, just like phal leaves do.
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08-29-2014, 10:29 PM
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2 spikes per pb is the norm, but I've seen even more!
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11-01-2014, 09:53 PM
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You just got this plant. I know it seems like you've had it for a while but, in terms of orchids, this plant is still new to your collection. I also got mine in March and it is blooming for the first time since I got it.
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11-02-2014, 02:01 AM
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Folks. Mine are still on spike. And I am in tropical SINGAPORE with 34 degrees days. Gotta be patient! From August till now and the buds haven't former yet.
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11-02-2014, 02:01 AM
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Formed I mean!!
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11-02-2014, 06:38 AM
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I was told by Robert Fuchs down here in RF orchids, they can bloom up to twice a year. And to never cut the spikes. It just finished blooming 4 months ago. No buds forming at the moment. I'm down in Miami.
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11-02-2014, 10:35 AM
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I've had mine for YEARS and I've only had it bloom once per year. Typically 2 spiked per pbulb (one per side) and sometimes a third spike from the apex of the pbulb. I suspect that the multiple blooms per years requires that that the conditions be just right. I have never had a spent spike rebloom.
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11-02-2014, 11:33 AM
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Me either, they dry up and I cute them off. I have had mine for years and it only has bloomed once a year. I of course wasn't taking good care of it and now that I am it is going to be really nice this year.
I can't wait till it opens.
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11-02-2014, 05:30 PM
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So.. oncidiums can bloom on the same spike if it doesnt die back?? Oh no... wish I had known that.  |
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