Quote Originally Posted by mauraec View Post
Ah, your brilliant tangerine aurantiaca is at it again, Geoff! Brilliant! It seems to be settling into some kind of blooming pattern for you - last year it bloomed at the end of January, I think, and the year before, it bloomed in May. When, I wonder is the "official" blooming season for this orchid?
Many of the South American thin-leaved species in the Oncidium alliance complete a whole year of growth, flower and rest (if any) in about 10 months in UK conditions, so they tend to flower at different times of the year ; but most are a bit shy of autumn flowering, so they may go from May, to March, to January and then - with a multi-growth plant, a different growth will flower a few months after the last one, before skipping best part of a year to start all over ; in other words its a bit erratic , and I strain to try and fit a pattern to it, and maybe `i am misunderstanding what is going on.