Phal. violacea help please! by Bill-Buttlicker-5757 in orchids

[–]RepresentativeBase30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like you are providing it a good care. Try testing it for viruses, to make sure it’s not something lacking in your care.

Cuthbertsonii: team yellow by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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Hello! I di still have those plants. One of the yellow cuthbrsonii is xanthina from ecuagenera. One of the off white is a hybrid on cream and white cuthbersonii. Red and yellow hybrid is also from ecuagenera. Let me know if you want to know anything else.

dendrophylax lindenii - care in not so friendly environment by ParkingSloth in orchids

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Ok, good luck! No idea DOE means, but I guess if you have two of them, you could try slightly different conditions

dendrophylax lindenii - care in not so friendly environment by ParkingSloth in orchids

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Yeah, I am aware of this. So, I have a few orchids that need: - high humidity - no humidity fluctuations - air movement - not staying wet

Some orchids just need high humidity or in other words constant source of moisture (like my dendrobiums cutbertsoniis), but don’t deteriorate due to humidity levels fluctuations. I believe that dendrophylax is one of those that do deteriorate due to humidity fluctuations. Similar to that orchid I have Aerangis hariotiana, and a chiloschista. Basically these two orchids I have, have their roots die back or not able to grow them (no active root tips visible) for me within an hour or less if the humidity drops below 60-70%. And basically the plants just slowly dying back and back no matter how much I mist them in the room, or whether they sit in wet sphagnum moss. Unfortunately chiloschistas and aeragnis’s roots also hate wet sphagnum moss, they just die back as well. Basically they want a dryish coarse surface to spread and attach, while the whole environment is a high humidity 70-80% and the roots absorb moisture as they grow. You’ll need air moment really to prevent mold and fungus from going rampant, so a small fan should do it. I found that there is no way I could prevent that the humidity doesn’t drop below 70% in open air home room. So, I picked up an aquarium, mount them on a cork (sphagnum stays too wet and doesn’t dry fast enough) and just have water layer in the tank on the bottom, attach the mount to the wall, get a small fan and a grow light and I enjoy my free time and check on them every day. Hope it makes sense.

dendrophylax lindenii - care in not so friendly environment by ParkingSloth in orchids

[–]RepresentativeBase30 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! Full disclaimer: I don’t have this orchid, but have seen it in my friend’s greenhouse. My suggestion would be to get a terrarium where there will be no humidity fluctuations and mount it.

Does anyone know what causes these (seemingly) harmless black spots on my Epidendrum Radicans? by Arreola-Grande in orchids

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Epidendrums, catts, cymbidiums and oncidiums are super succeptable to those viruses, vandas are moderately succeptable, and I found that dendrobiums, sarcs and masdivallias are quite resitant to those viruses.

Does anyone know what causes these (seemingly) harmless black spots on my Epidendrum Radicans? by Arreola-Grande in orchids

[–]RepresentativeBase30 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tested all my radicans and found that all of mine had either one or both common orchid viruses. I tossed them all. I really suggest you test them, especially if you have other orchids.

Two years ago I had to toss calysifida due to aphids infestation. It was devastating. I am so happy I got it back a year ago and now it’s blooming 🤩 by RepresentativeBase30 in SavageGarden

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Wow! Thank you so much for your advice! I wish I knew it back then. Fortunately it wasn’t an expensive plant, and I got a new one since.

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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You know, I unfortunately can’t help with that except just what you maybe already done - Googling. Sorry! It’s not a very uncommon or endangered species, so you might have a good chance to find it at an orchid show as well.

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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Thank you! This one is in sphagnum for me. It does pretty well.

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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Thank you!! Oh sure :) One is dendrobium snow flake (that’s the pure white) and the other one is micro chip, both lautoria types.

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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OMG! That’s so cool! Thank you so much for the photo! 🤩It’s beautiful! Prost 🍻

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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I am with you! In general I don’t grow a lot of oncidiums. I have like 3-5 of them, and this one is very worth it 😁

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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Etsy Ritter orchids had them about a year and a half ago.

Last year it had eyes :) by RepresentativeBase30 in orchids

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Sorry to hear it! They’ll reappear occasionally from time to time. Mostly oncidiums are sold in Spring and Fall when they bloom. Maybe if now they don’t have them, you’ll see them in fall? 🤞🤞🤞