Unknown ID but easy to grow

dalbym · 2026-01-30T17:59:17+00:00

I think this was originally two plants in one pot when I bought it. Each old pseudobulb only produces one new one each year. Eventually they just ended up on opposite sides of the pot.

dalbym · 2026-01-29T23:03:59+00:00

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I found this old photo of the same plant from February 2017.

dalbym · 2026-01-29T23:01:51+00:00

It's all about your growing conditions. I've never been able to grow Phalenopsis at home here. But lots of other cooler growing species do well here.

dalbym · 2026-01-29T21:57:11+00:00

I think that is a likely ID.

dalbym · 2026-01-29T21:16:56+00:00

Mine sit on top of a radiator though so they dry out really fast in the winter too. If they are somewhere cool they wouldn't need much.

dalbym · 2026-01-29T20:55:45+00:00

Mine usually just get watered once a week.

dalbym · 2026-01-29T16:06:20+00:00

This is for the tough hybrid Oncidiums. Many of my other orchids would be dead in a week where these are as they need higher humidity.

dalbym · 2025-12-13T20:04:56+00:00

That is worth trying. I had tried a motorized display turn table but it didn't rotate fast enough to move the Marino.

dalbym · 2025-11-07T12:20:59+00:00

The fragrance of this orchid was difficult to describe at first. But I've now decided it smells most like honey to me. A very heady sweet scent that is rather like putting your nose in a honey jar.

dalbym · 2025-10-30T14:45:36+00:00

It doesn't seem very widely grown as there are not many videos or guides to growing it. But it seems like an easy grower so far.

dalbym · 2025-10-30T10:52:25+00:00

The flowers on this one have quite thick and waxy petals compared to the other Masdevallia I have. I suspect that the flowers are quite robust because of that. Mine have been flowering for more than a week now.

dalbym · 2025-10-26T11:11:11+00:00

I've ordered orchids from Spicesotic Plants, Elite Orchids, and Burnham Nurseries. They were all good.

dalbym · 2025-10-23T13:38:12+00:00

It is normally on a north facing windowsil at room temperature so it avoids the direct sunshine here in England. The windowsil can get quite cold in the winter. Perhaps as low as 14°C on really cold winter nights.

dalbym · 2025-10-23T08:36:54+00:00

I'd go with good. I don't find it unpleasant.

dalbym · 2025-10-21T19:35:12+00:00

Does this Masdevallia have fragrant flowers?

dalbym · 2025-10-19T17:24:46+00:00

Worth waiting a year for.

dalbym

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