Oncidium "Dancing Lady"

Oncidium "Dancing Lady"is blooming this month. I believe I got this plant in 2011 at an Atlanta Botanical Garden sale. It's an easy grower.  I have it mounted on an aquarium decoration.

Light: Bright indirect

Water: Allowed to dry between waterings

Humidity: 50% or higher

Temp: Night 55-60 / Day 65-75. Although it gets much warmer here in the summer, but I just water accordingly. 

Medium: Mounted w/ some sphagnum moss

Cattleya rebloom!!

This is a plant that I acquired at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens during their annual orchid show in March 2013. But I lost the tag during a move... Nice pink/magenta blooms with a wonderful faint scent. The foliage is also very nice as well. Sadly, the blooms only lasted around a week but I'm happy with this second bloom.

Light: Bright indirect
Temperature: Night 60-64/ Day 70-80
Humidity: 50% or higher
Water: Allowed to dry out between waterings
Medium: Bark
Fertilizer: 20-10-20. Summer: weekly at 1/4 strength. Winter: once a month

New white phalaenopsis for 1/2 off!

New plant I bought from the 50% off table at Home Depot for $7.50. No tag. She did have scale insects which I removed. I get a little crazy over scale insects, especially when introducing a new plant. Here is what I do when introducing a new plant. First, I let it finish blooming/ let it acclimatize to the relocation. Then, I unpot it and take a look at the roots. Cut off dead ones. After that, I will cover the roots with a plastic bag and spray the foliage with Clorox Green Works to remove insects. I haven't killed a plant with this yet but there is always a first time. I recommend using something more conventional on a valuable plant. I rinse the plant very well then repot with new media and water. Done! Your plant has been disinfected! Haha. I know it is extreme. This mostly applies to plants when I don't know where they were grown/have been sitting in a supply store unsupervised for weeks.

Miltassia Shelob 'Tolkien'

It has been a tough 6 months for my orchids. I have moved house twice! The orchid featured in this post got pretty battered by wind while I was gone, though it fared better than others. I have some textbook examples of sunburned leaves...

I present to you Miltassia Shelob 'Tolkien'! Of course I could not resist the literary reference. The flowers are shades of purple on long spidery petals. Enjoy!

Light: Medium indirect
Temperature: Night 50-60/ Day 70-85
Humidity: 50% or higher
Water: Allowed to dry out between waterings
Medium: Bark/Coconut husk
Fertilizer: 20-10-20. Summer: weekly at 1/4 strength. Winter: once a month

Tolkien badly needs to be repotted. And by repotted I mean some substrate added to the pot (not upsized). I would have done this 2 months ago, but when I saw bloom spikes I decided to leave it alone. When I see spikes, I don't touch haha. It's been humid enough that it hasn't been a problem, although the older pseudobulbs are wrinkled.  I don't really worry about wrinkled older pseudobulbs, though when I see a grower with perfectly plump plants I feel so ashamed of my lackadaisical watering ways! Anyways, this is an easy plant to grow that I highly recommend to others.