Oncidium 'Sharry Baby'

[Carolla]

It's an amazing plant, but I don't so much feel I can take any credit for it - it was a big happy plant when I bought it for $7 at a nursery last spring (the blooms were nearly done, it was obviously a section of a much larger plant and had roots for 2 or 3 plants!). I've just kept it going as it was and am very much enjoying it. When I brought it home, it had that wonderful smell, I'm not so much smelling it now - does it need more light? heat? My sense of smell isn't great though, so that's not why I grow orchids. The flowers just started opening two/three days ago.

[nlnelson]

It's an amazing plant, but I don't so much feel I can take any credit for it - it was a big happy plant when I bought it for $7 at a nursery last spring (the blooms were nearly done, it was obviously a section of a much larger plant and had roots for 2 or 3 plants!). I've just kept it going as it was and am very much enjoying it. When I brought it home, it had that wonderful smell, I'm not so much smelling it now - does it need more light? heat? My sense of smell isn't great though, so that's not why I grow orchids. The flowers just started opening two/three days ago.

It will take a few days for the smell to really get going, it probably just needs a bit of time.

And give yourself some credit for this lovely plant - managing to keep them going is all any of us do