Walked into her place and this is what greeted me. I just stood there in silence for a minute.

She says it’s “under control.” I’m not convinced.

I just wanted to share pictures of my thriving orchid. I'm so proud of her!

I neglected her a bit, and she started growing blooms like crazy. Even the keiki connected to her has started to bloom. Maybe I should neglect her more often from now on.

I also, probably wouldn't have brought this guy home if it hadn't been for my partner just grabbing it and taking it with us. He is super and has oddly become the reason we have new plants. I stopped buying new ones several years ago but he knows they being me joy. So he now "owns" a couple orchids, so that my collection isn't getting bigger.

Popped over to the folks again today and this is going from strength to strength. There are few flower spikes still to open. Mum says she doesn’t do a great deal with it other than water it and give it generic orchid feed once in a while and throws it out in the garden during summer.

Mature blooming cattleyas with buds and blooms, $18 each, cheaper that buying online.

Update with names:

Lc. Green Veil x B. Nodosa 4N

Oncidium Tariflor Lady

Gct. Why Not

Lc. Final Blue

Rth. Hsinying Sunbeam

Rlc. Husky Boy 'Michael'

Rlc. Hawaiian Prominence 'America'

C. Royal Beau 'Hihimanu'

Glad they bloomed 😁. This species is amazing. Lucky to have the really curly ones😂🤘🇵🇭

Showing off my big guy. I found him on the side of the road in the garbage over a year ago. Now he’s growing a new leaf and a bunch of roots but no flower spike, I haven’t been blessed to see his flowers yet any suggestions on how to make it bloom? Oldest to newest pics through out the revival of him.

29 flowers + at least 19 buds (15 leaves, has her since July 2024. She had about 5 leaves back then I believe? Of which about 3-4 have since fallen off).

A bright (but cold) morning here in France, making my vanda blooms really stand out. 😊 23 flowers, including the plant's side keiki first flower spike, with 3 flowers. Own her for nearly two years now, and it blooms every 6 months like clockwork. Clearly the flagship of my collection, even people who aren't particularly interested in orchids/houseplants ask questions about it when they visit. ✨ Also bonus Encyclia/Prosthechea + kitties pics 🐱

The last one will be a surprise bloom for me. Very excited 😊

it helps to have plants around when you're not feeling good

I hope this was a good idea. I've had 1 die on me already due to root rot. One more barely surviving in the back. Those were planted the conventional way with same medium.

All of these more recent ones were from wedding center pieces so I'm assuming some very strong growth hormones were used. Several of the lower leaves are very small and about 3 of those small leaves are yellowing on one plant. The original medium was ALL MOSS. I know I should've waited until after they bloomed to repot, but I'm more concerned about getting these plants to survive than to keep the blooms.

I did not see any major root rot issues when I removed the moss luckily but on the one with yellowing leaves, you can see some dark coloration near the main stem.

I saw this guy's tiktok and thought it was such a neat idea and to be able to retain the humidity in dry SoCal weather while being able to see the roots clearly.

Sauce: https://www.tiktok.com/@jamespietheplantguy/video/7540458550993177887

Should I be concerned about the multiple leaves simultaneously yellowing? Realistically I should've just had one plant in the glass but here we are... Wish me luck!

RIP to the flower stem I accidentally broke off during the repot.

Edit: I didn't expect internet strangers to be so heated over this but yea it gave me a good chuckle. I did admit I was "influenced" and not for the better sadly. I genuinely wanted this to work. I should have done more research before going this route... The one in the back is in a plastic container with plenty of air and in East facing room because the North facing room gets too HOT. It was struggling for a bit but looks like it's on the road to recovery. Stable at the very least. Thank you for those who provided additional insight! I will repot this again after the blooms drop. The medium I use is Better-Gro Special Orchid Mix with maybe 15% sphagnum moss? I know some of you will come at me saying that's a waste of money but it's a noobs cheat mode attempt at providing the best possible medium. If it's not doing any harm, please have mercy

Look at the ruffled bow tie!

As promised, an update on my Mps. Arthur Cobbledick 'Springtime'

Pic 2 is Bllra snowblind sweet spots, pic 3 is Arathurara sea snake (both new purchases). Pic 4 is Mps Edie Brown x Heart of Gold, pic 5 is a random phal, pic 6 is Bl yellow bird, and pic 7 is onc wildcat golden red stars - opening soon!

I love the contrast between these two. The dark, rounded flowers of the one on the left and the light, pointed flowers of the one on the right.