http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/IMG_6239.jpg http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/?action=view¤t=IMG_6239.jpg My new oncidium has 11 spikes growing! how many can they get? can i fertilize now to see better flowering? How much should i water. Sorry, i am very new @ this:-)
That will be a really nice show very soon. That would considered a specimen sized plant. I would be fertilizing with a dilute bloom formula or orchid fertilizer (I rarely use full strength fertilizer on orchids). The only downside to large plants is that they are harder to repot into new media. Please post a picture when it blooms, I've never seen a specimen Oncidium in bloom before. Shaun
I actually just re potted it this season a few weeks ago. I have been fertilizing it weekly, the first spike began to flower today. I will certainly post pics when its flowered, i hope to enter it in some type of competition. I have had it for 2 years now and i have alot of time and effort into it, so rewarding to me as a novice orchid keeper to see some pay-off. Thanks
i had 80% of what you see, then i recently purchased a smaller orchid with 2 spikes early in the season, i potted them together to let them merge into a larger specimen. So i don't know if that makes it a "specimen" orchid or not? Either way its going to be quite beautiful
Here are some updated photos. This is such a beautiful specimen of an oncidium, i am really enjoying this transformation a great deal. I have been using a time released 20-20-20 and watering every other day. I keep it in my shade house and it gets filtered sun about 9 hours a day here in SUNNY south Florida. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/IMG_6241.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/IMG_0318.jpg
Keep 'em coming. With 11 spikes you will have a swarm of dancing dolls soon. I bloom a couple of Oncidium types under lights but nothing that looks like that. I don't know if any Oncidiums are native to Florida but your much closer to their native habitat than my conditions can match. Shaun
WOW simply amazing specimen. my favorite orchid i have ever owned. All spikes flowering at the same time!!!! <a href="http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/?action=view¤t=CopyofIMG_0492.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/CopyofIMG_0492.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/DarkForestReptiles/CopyofIMG_0492.jpg
