Hi All!

Have just popped by my florist and found the most amazing oncidium-like
orchid, with sprays of tiny flowers, much alike the chocolate scented
oncidium sharry sweet sugar baby(?)
Should I just treat it like the usual onc. or does anyone have a different
experience with this kind of orchid?

Thanks,

Victoria

Vestman wrote:

Hi All!

Have just popped by my florist and found the most amazing oncidium-like
orchid, with sprays of tiny flowers, much alike the chocolate scented
oncidium sharry sweet sugar baby(?)
Should I just treat it like the usual onc. or does anyone have a different
experience with this kind of orchid?



Is it Onc. ornithorhynchum? That (I believe) is the smelly part of
smelly baby. Cute little thing. Easy to grow, but probably not as easy
as Sharry Baby. If you are growing other oncidiums, you shouldn't have
to treat this one any differently. I've seen this mounted, quite
frequently. It probably grows best that way if you want to try growing
things on mounts. If not, maybe a clay pot with some rather loose
medium in it.

Rob

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1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit

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Vestman wrote:

Hi All!

Have just popped by my florist and found the most amazing oncidium-like
orchid, with sprays of tiny flowers, much alike the chocolate scented
oncidium sharry sweet sugar baby(?)
Should I just treat it like the usual onc. or does anyone have a
different
experience with this kind of orchid?



Is it Onc. ornithorhynchum? That (I believe) is the smelly part of
smelly baby. Cute little thing. Easy to grow, but probably not as easy
as Sharry Baby. If you are growing other oncidiums, you shouldn't have
to treat this one any differently. I've seen this mounted, quite
frequently. It probably grows best that way if you want to try growing
things on mounts. If not, maybe a clay pot with some rather loose
medium in it.

Rob

--
Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit

Hi Rob

I don´t think it is a onc. ornithoryncum- I might not have been sufficiently
informative, but this miniature onc. like orchid is not scented. And the
flowers are much smaller than an onc. ornithoryncum. The flowerstalks are so
thin, and it has small bulbs. I have placed it on my windowsill, where there
is sunlight late afternoon.

Victoria

Rob's Rules: http://www.msu.edu/~halgren
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a. See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to purchase
more orchids, obtain more credit


To these I would add:

Rule 4 - "Too many orchids are not enough"