One of the very few oncs I haven't killed

[pavel]

Oncs are a pain in the butt for me. They rarely survive let alone bloom. This is one of the few, the durable, the not too bad looking ...

Onc Costume Carnival 'Summer Sprite"

[orchid-man]

nice,is the spike branched and what is the flower size

[Molly Taco]

Love those polka-dots !!
Cin

[IdahoOrchid]

Hey! I have one of those too! My wife loves the way it looks on our window sill. Ours has 4 spikes and has been in bloom for what seems like forever.

Yes, it is branched, but not by much, 4-5 flowers at most on each branch but each spike has more than a dozen flowers.

By the way it is HCC/AOS.

[Piper]

Nice one, Pavel!

McJulie

[Mark V]

?!?THE NOT TOO BAD LOOKING?!? This is the type and coloration orchid that got me hooked. I love it.

[Piper]

Hey! I have one of those too! My wife loves the way it looks on our window sill. Ours has 4 spikes and has been in bloom for what seems like forever.

Yes, it is branched, but not by much, 4-5 flowers at most on each branch but each spike has more than a dozen flowers.

By the way it is HCC/AOS.

Steven, this is from the AOS Website:

How are orchids judged? What do those letters after their names mean?
The American Orchid Society (and other national groups) has established a series of criteria of excellence by which orchid plants are evaluated. Individual orchid plants ("cultivars" or "clones") may receive flower quality awards such as the First Class Certificate (FCC/AOS, 90+ points), Award of Merit (AM/AOS, 80-89 points), or Highly Commended Certificate (HCC/AOS, 75-79 points). Other awards may be given for achievement in culture (Certificate of Cultural Merit [CCM/AOS]), or for botanical novelty (the Certificate of Botanical Recognition [CBR/AOS] and the Certificate of Horticultural Merit [CHM/AOS]). While there are other flower awards that may be encountered, these will be the most commonly seen. Such awards are the purchaser's assurance of a high level of flower quality, whether in the plant itself or of its parents. Plants are judged at monthly judgings held at Centers around the country, or at AOS-sanctioned orchid shows, of which there are more than 250 annually around the world. To learn more about judging, click here.

http://www.aos.org/aos/orchids/page02.aspx

McJulie

[Hoa Tony Nguyen]

That is a very nice oncidium!
Cheers. Hoa.