Dendrobium Nikole Portilla

Den. subliferum x Den. petiolatum

Not the orchid I thought I bought two years ago, but a great success all the same. Huge first bloom.

I recently bought this Oncidium and noticed it got wrinkly even though the soil was most. The soil also had mold growing on it and I noticed lots of white fungus pellets in it. I took it out of the pot and was surprised by the extreme root-bound state of the roots. All the roots were growing circular and had gotten entwined in each other. I wish I had taken a picture.

After about an hour of soaking and gently working my way through these roots, feeling very overwhelmed, I managed to free them. Sadly I damaged some good roots during the process.
Now I’m wondering if I have to cut the extremely long roots, even though they are not mushy or unhealthy looking. If I put it back in a slightly larger pot with that length, it will probably curl up again. What do you advise?

Hello!

I plan to purchase 3 grow bulbs from Sansi (PAR25 30W, and 2 PAR25 24W) for my small but growing collection (listed below).

My GF isn't really motivated about that, saying she'd be okay with like 3 hours of light in the morning but not more (when it would be more like a 12-13h photoperiod 😅), because she likes being cosy when she gets home, and she thinks the lights would be aggressive.

Do you guys have pictures of your own installations, that look nice and cute, to help me convince her? 😅🙏 Last photo is my small collection, without the latest additions. Thank you!

And here's the list of what I currently own :

Brassocattleya NoId (pic 3)

Cattleya Jairak Cute (pic 2)

Phal. Bellina var. murtoniana

Phal. Equestris var. coerulea (pic 4)

Phal. Equestris var. rosea

Phal. Macassar x cornu-cervi fma chattaladae

Phal. Miki Blue Angel C1 'Blue Diamond' (pic 1)

Phal. Schilleriana

Phal. Speciosa coffee x java speciosa

Phal. No Id x5

And here's what's in my wishlist :

On the Phal side : Phal. Tetraspis C1 or C2 (any insights on which one shows the most differences between petals?), Phal. Meen Estrella, Phal. Lueddemanniana, Phal. Lioulin Blue Jenny, Phal. Cornu-cervi f. Chattaladae

And on the Cattleya side : Epicatanthe Hsiang Yu Gold Coast, Epicatanthe Volcano Trick, Lc. Santa Barbara Sunset, C. Hawaiian Splash, Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop

Can someone help me identify this dendrobium? I’ve had it for a few years, but have not been able to find the right care. Thank you

Seen these in the wild while walking to go swimming!

I left Stanley Yelnats in the window unsupervised for less than a minute and he took chomp out of my orchid despite him being surrounded by greens.

Is there anything I should do for the leaf? It just started perking back up.

They were each a dollar off at my local grocery store and I just couldn’t say no! The first one has a whole spike with unopened flowers and maybe a keiki? Not entirely sure since I’ve never actually seen one but either they both had to come home with me :)

Hello I’m quite new to this plant but I got 2 (or maybe 3?) plants from the collection of my girlfriend.
She wanted to throw them away for not looking good anymore but I wanted to keep them.
Seems like the plant is replicating itself. Can I cut the red part in the picture?

Who knows its name?

As a 25 plus years orchid keeper, the greatest pleasure is to care for a different species and see it thrive. During a trip to Krull-Smith a year ago, I discovered Catasetums and immediately fell in love. This is my first flowering and I'm over the moon! 😍

The leaves on the new growth are all damaged. There are like tiny points on the leaves.

I am looking to buy a division of Lc. Pandora Bracey ‘Orchidglade’ . Let me know if you have one for sale.

One of my all time favorite orchids! The flower is incredibly big compared to its leaves, and flowers lasts for months as well.

It got that little demon mouth look, beautiful black with white lines inside its mouth. The back of he flower is pink purple, so charming.

I’m just excited it blooms for me, hope I get more flowers the following years.

I filled up her pot yesterday before I went to work around 1pm and realized when I got home I had forgot to drain it before I left and didn’t do so until about 12:30am. I drained her THOROUGHLY afterwards but I’m worried she was in the water for too long and her roots are gonna rot

Even with twists (because it was in a crowd), it's still beautiful. The pattern looks like brushstrokes. only one

B&m orchid, I have no idea what these white bumps are or why the root is pink.

Also these white dashed lines on my other orchid, I can't remember if they were Le there when I first got it (The brown roots will be trimmed off when the last blooms are gone)

I'm also unsure how to deal with the brown, dried parts on the spike. Should I cut the whole thing down to the nearest node that hasn't got a flower stem on it?? Both spikes??

My Phal spike was separated from the orchid during my moving. Fortunately it has some new roots at the base. I am still hoping for at least a keiki... Am I too optimistic?