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Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 05:52 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hello indoor planty people.Rescued this from imminent death took a year to get flowers so which one is it?



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Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 05:57 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Sorry forgot!
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Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 06:21 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Looks like what you have there is Oncidium twinkle 'Sharry Baby'. Very nice.

Vilcat - New Hampshire, Zone "4b"
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Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 06:41 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

What a very sweet name for an orchid. Thanks Kathy!

Any tips on caring for it? I seem to have made it healthy but the flowers are pretty shortlived and only two spikes this year. Do I just have to be patient or should I "March it up the mountains." as one orchid lady judge once told me when talking about some orchid she was looking at.

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Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 07:45 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Your doing great with it, keep doing what your doing. In time, the plant will provide you with more flower spikes as Sharry Baby is very floriferous and blooms several times a year most times from new growth, but sometimes from old growth. They like it sunny, but too much sun brings out dark specks on the leaves...harmless, but not real attractive. Also, to promote spiking, keep the plant cooler at night by putting it on a chilly windowsill before bedtime. Your plant appears happy and healthy, so I would continue the care you have already given it. Oh, and as you may have guessed this is a miniature Onc.! What fun!

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Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 12:51 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Vilcat wrote on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 07:45 am:

They like it sunny, but too much sun brings out dark specks on the leaves

Thats why it likes my bathroom window, bright but frosted glass so not scorched.
Vilcat wrote on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 07:45 am:

keep the plant cooler at night by putting it on a chilly windowsill

Haha! Thats why it likes my bathroom. Warm in the day but chilly at night.
Vilcat wrote on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 07:45 am:

as you may have guessed this is a miniature Onc.!

Yep. That finally dawned on me when it had such little flower stalks appear.
Thanks again for your help Kathy.

Growit - Hampshire, Zone "8/9"

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