Miniature Onc. question
 

Hello

I recently purchased a small Oncidium (no labels on the plants over here,
well if one is lucky the genus might be mentioned) which I think might be
Onc. Twinkle 'Red Fantasy'.

What perplexes me though is the size of my plant, it's
quite tiny with a few 1-3cm pseudobulbs, 5-10cm leaves and maybe 4-5, 10 cm long flower
stems with around 20 very small buds each. A few buds have opened and the flower is maybe
1cm across with pink and deep raspberry colors

Is that anywhere near what a Twinkle might look like? If so, how come my plant is that tiny
when all the pictures I've seen show them to be quite a bit bigger. I'm not complaining though,
it's really a lovely little plant.

Sorry for the poor formatting, my news-reader is acting up.

Regards
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Miika

Miniature Onc. question
 

That sounds like it may well be Oncidium Twinkle.

As far as size goes, plants are like people, they come in all shapes and
sizes. Yours might be naturally small, or it might be immature, so will get
larger with new growth.

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"Miika Sillsten" wrote in message
...
Hello

I recently purchased a small Oncidium (no labels on the plants over
here,
well if one is lucky the genus might be mentioned) which I think might be
Onc. Twinkle 'Red Fantasy'.

What perplexes me though is the size of my plant, it's
quite tiny with a few 1-3cm pseudobulbs, 5-10cm leaves and maybe 4-5, 10
cm long flower
stems with around 20 very small buds each. A few buds have opened and the
flower is maybe
1cm across with pink and deep raspberry colors

Is that anywhere near what a Twinkle might look like? If so, how come my
plant is that tiny
when all the pictures I've seen show them to be quite a bit bigger. I'm
not complaining though,
it's really a lovely little plant.

Sorry for the poor formatting, my news-reader is acting up.

Regards
--
Miika