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Orchid identification.
I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond
its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber L.A., CA |
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Orchid identification.
David Farber wrote:
I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett |
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Orchid identification.
K Barrett wrote:
David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber L.A., CA |
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Orchid identification.
David Farber wrote:
K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve |
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Orchid identification.
Steve wrote:
David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA |
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Orchid identification.
David Farber wrote:
Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA Steve is right in saying its probably a hybrid of some sort. Costco wouldn't sell a plain species. You are doing well with yours, growing a nicely branched inflorescence. The flowers look like they'll have some sort of tan or reddish brown to them. The flowers will probably open in about a week. They may start small then expand over a week's time, getting larger. Since you are in LA I'll encourage you to try Norman's Orchids (I think their website is orchids.com) to test if you can resist the orchid bug, *G*! Sorry I can't recall what city they are in, so its probably miles from where you are, but at least you can see some pretty orchid pictures. K Barrett |
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Orchid identification.
K Barrett wrote:
David Farber wrote: Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA Steve is right in saying its probably a hybrid of some sort. Costco wouldn't sell a plain species. You are doing well with yours, growing a nicely branched inflorescence. The flowers look like they'll have some sort of tan or reddish brown to them. The flowers will probably open in about a week. They may start small then expand over a week's time, getting larger. Since you are in LA I'll encourage you to try Norman's Orchids (I think their website is orchids.com) to test if you can resist the orchid bug, *G*! Sorry I can't recall what city they are in, so its probably miles from where you are, but at least you can see some pretty orchid pictures. K Barrett OOps, I looked at the pic again and it will be a few weeks before the buds open. K |
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Orchid identification.
K Barrett wrote:
K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA Steve is right in saying its probably a hybrid of some sort. Costco wouldn't sell a plain species. You are doing well with yours, growing a nicely branched inflorescence. The flowers look like they'll have some sort of tan or reddish brown to them. The flowers will probably open in about a week. They may start small then expand over a week's time, getting larger. Since you are in LA I'll encourage you to try Norman's Orchids (I think their website is orchids.com) to test if you can resist the orchid bug, *G*! Sorry I can't recall what city they are in, so its probably miles from where you are, but at least you can see some pretty orchid pictures. K Barrett OOps, I looked at the pic again and it will be a few weeks before the buds open. K There are two Norman's locations in L.A. One is in Montclair and there is a sister store in the Flower District of downtown Los Angeles called, "Orchid Affair." The downtown store has one set of business hours for wholesalers and another set for regular people. It's on my to do list. The blooms opened up yesterday. So what do the experts say? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber L.A., CA |
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Orchid identification.
David Farber wrote:
There are two Norman's locations in L.A. One is in Montclair and there is a sister store in the Flower District of downtown Los Angeles called, "Orchid Affair." The downtown store has one set of business hours for wholesalers and another set for regular people. It's on my to do list. The blooms opened up yesterday. So what do the experts say? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Yoiks, it could be anything. Yellow oncidiums are pretty universal. Sorry to be of no help. K Barrett |
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Orchid identification.
David Farber wrote:
K Barrett wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA Steve is right in saying its probably a hybrid of some sort. Costco wouldn't sell a plain species. You are doing well with yours, growing a nicely branched inflorescence. The flowers look like they'll have some sort of tan or reddish brown to them. The flowers will probably open in about a week. They may start small then expand over a week's time, getting larger. Since you are in LA I'll encourage you to try Norman's Orchids (I think their website is orchids.com) to test if you can resist the orchid bug, *G*! Sorry I can't recall what city they are in, so its probably miles from where you are, but at least you can see some pretty orchid pictures. K Barrett OOps, I looked at the pic again and it will be a few weeks before the buds open. K There are two Norman's locations in L.A. One is in Montclair and there is a sister store in the Flower District of downtown Los Angeles called, "Orchid Affair." The downtown store has one set of business hours for wholesalers and another set for regular people. It's on my to do list. The blooms opened up yesterday. So what do the experts say? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Well, a month ago, I said the pseudobulbs looked too elongated to be pure Oncidium. Now that I see the flowers, I don't see anything there but Oncidium. It's not exactly like any one I remember seeing in person. I can't even tell you if it's a species or a hybrid. Steve |
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Orchid identification.
Steve wrote:
David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA Steve is right in saying its probably a hybrid of some sort. Costco wouldn't sell a plain species. You are doing well with yours, growing a nicely branched inflorescence. The flowers look like they'll have some sort of tan or reddish brown to them. The flowers will probably open in about a week. They may start small then expand over a week's time, getting larger. Since you are in LA I'll encourage you to try Norman's Orchids (I think their website is orchids.com) to test if you can resist the orchid bug, *G*! Sorry I can't recall what city they are in, so its probably miles from where you are, but at least you can see some pretty orchid pictures. K Barrett OOps, I looked at the pic again and it will be a few weeks before the buds open. K There are two Norman's locations in L.A. One is in Montclair and there is a sister store in the Flower District of downtown Los Angeles called, "Orchid Affair." The downtown store has one set of business hours for wholesalers and another set for regular people. It's on my to do list. The blooms opened up yesterday. So what do the experts say? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Well, a month ago, I said the pseudobulbs looked too elongated to be pure Oncidium. Now that I see the flowers, I don't see anything there but Oncidium. It's not exactly like any one I remember seeing in person. I can't even tell you if it's a species or a hybrid. Steve Is there a word in the orchid world which is equivalent to the word, "mutt," in the dog world? Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber David Farber's Service Center L.A., CA |
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Orchid identification.
David Farber wrote:
Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: Steve wrote: David Farber wrote: K Barrett wrote: David Farber wrote: I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Its an oncidium of some sort. Yes, you are doing a nice job with it. Congrats! K Barrett Hi K. Thanks for the id. Can you tell from the close up how much longer it will be until the flowers bloom? Thanks for your reply. Hi David, It looks to me like you should have flowers in a week or two. Possibly longer. When it does bloom, return here with a link to a picture of it. Then we can get a more accurate idea of whether it's a pure Oncidium or a hybrid with something else. My first thought was that the pseudobulbs were a little tall for a pure Oncidium, but there are LOTS of different Oncidium species and hybrids. The flowers will probably tell that story. Steve Hi Steve, Thanks for your analysis. I'll post pics of the blooms when they arrive. -- David Farber L.A., CA Steve is right in saying its probably a hybrid of some sort. Costco wouldn't sell a plain species. You are doing well with yours, growing a nicely branched inflorescence. The flowers look like they'll have some sort of tan or reddish brown to them. The flowers will probably open in about a week. They may start small then expand over a week's time, getting larger. Since you are in LA I'll encourage you to try Norman's Orchids (I think their website is orchids.com) to test if you can resist the orchid bug, *G*! Sorry I can't recall what city they are in, so its probably miles from where you are, but at least you can see some pretty orchid pictures. K Barrett OOps, I looked at the pic again and it will be a few weeks before the buds open. K There are two Norman's locations in L.A. One is in Montclair and there is a sister store in the Flower District of downtown Los Angeles called, "Orchid Affair." The downtown store has one set of business hours for wholesalers and another set for regular people. It's on my to do list. The blooms opened up yesterday. So what do the experts say? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. Well, a month ago, I said the pseudobulbs looked too elongated to be pure Oncidium. Now that I see the flowers, I don't see anything there but Oncidium. It's not exactly like any one I remember seeing in person. I can't even tell you if it's a species or a hybrid. Steve Is there a word in the orchid world which is equivalent to the word, "mutt," in the dog world?............ Not exactly. A mutt would be a mixture of breeds, not a pure bred. In the orchid world, we delight in making all sorts of hybrids, in an attempt to improve on nature. I have to admit that many hybrid attempts are poorly planned and turn out to be "dogs". I've heard people who are avid species collectors refer to all hybrid orchids as mutts. Steve |
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Orchid identification.
It looks just like Oncidium Gower Ramsey to me, but we can't just name it
so. Cheers Wendy "David Farber" wrote in message ... I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber L.A., CA |
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Orchid identification.
"David Farber" wrote in message
... I bought this at Costco. The flower had already bloomed but was well beyond its prime. It's many months later and the plant looks very healthy. Any idea what kind it is? http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...id/orchid.html Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber L.A., CA Wendy7 wrote: It looks just like Oncidium Gower Ramsey to me, but we can't just name it so. Cheers Wendy I looked up the picture of the Oncidium Gower Ramsey and it looks like a very close match to me. Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber L.A., CA |
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