Bllra. Marfitch〝Howard’s Dream〞

[blrnut]

My favorite among Onc intergenerics

[DEC]

Nice, looks sort of like a red X.



Sorry, couldn't resist.

[blrnut]

hmm.. not sure what went wrong. Here is a link to my pictures on picasa:

https://picasaweb.google.com/satishs...O6d8PH-58DF5gE
https://picasaweb.google.com/satishs...CIbovJbcm__rfA
https://picasaweb.google.com/satishs...P_1zuvN0MTA9QE

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Satish - you are trying to link to photos that you must be logged into your picasa to see. You need to link to photos that are in the public domain or upload directly to the forum. The members here cannot see your images if they are behind a login. Note the "https://" at the beginning of your links...

I updated your original post with a thumbnail image.

Cheers,
BD

[zainal abidin]

Very pretty Satish, lovely,lovely.

[gardenguysorchids]

One of my favorites. Love the coloration of this one. Mine hasn't spiked yet and usually is in bloom this time of year. Will have to show it your pics. LOL

[AtantaR]

the picture links seem to work fine...hmmmm...I agree with bill...mine isnt in the blooming mood either. To tell you the truth. This is prob one of the hardest and slowest growers that i have....i dont know...i dont understand it.......but very beautiful blooms here......whats your culture on this orchid? if curiosity may kill the cat

[blrnut]

Thanks Zain, Bill, Andrew. To be frank, nothing special for this guy. The only thing is I ensure that he does not get too much sunlight (direct that is). I try to keep him as humid as possible as in my area by grouping with ferns and other similar intergenerics, the humidity in summer plummets to 20s. Yes. the spike on this guy was very very slow to grow compared to my Bllra Peggy Ruth Carpenter and Mtssa.Cairus”New River”. They finished their blooms (Peggy Ruth has probably few more days on it) though they started to spike almost at the same time. I hope my intergenerics start to put out new growths like crazy now! I got most of these guys almost a year back (last October). I was keeping my fingers crossed as I heard most of the intergenerics don't do well in warm climates like Bangalore (hits almost 104 F in summer with low humidity). Now my headache is to not let them be too moist during monsoon, as they do not like to be wet near their roots.

The regular oncidiums are ill-treated by me they get the dry hot summers and lot more heat compared to this guy. For ex, I bought a Sharry Baby along with this, and it refused to spike when my other oncidiums were spiking. I roasted him for 2 days in direct sun for half-day each and viola, a spike appeared. The first buds have opened up yesterday on that guy.

[AtantaR]

thanks Satish...seems like you get good results either way....i have a problem with giving him tons of water but keeping the roots dry.....it seems to want tons of water during growth but i can never get it to him in time. Last years bulbs grew a little bit shriveled but this year seems to be fine. Tho the medium doesnt dry out enough...i think i might do a semi-hydro on this guy...