Showing posts with label miltoniopsis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miltoniopsis. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Couldn't resist clearance miltoniopsis orchids

I stopped by a small nursery today to browse around and I stumbled across some clearance orchids. There were a small bunch of miltoniopsis orchids on a shelf and the bright orange clearance sticker caught my eye. They were only five dollars! I was trying to pick through them to find one to purchase. But after a while I thought, why just one? I ended up grabbing three. Each plant was $29.98 originally. What a deal! As expected for orchids that are marked down, the blooms are on their way out and are a little worse for wear.  I think they are still pretty and the plants looked healthy with plump pseudobulbs.  I have never rebloomed a miltoniopsis before, so wish me luck. Now I have a total of four of these. You can see my first miltoniopsis in this post: Last miltoniopsis flowers. And of course orchids they sell around here almost never have tags. If you know the ID, please let me know.

This red one has extra large flowers and is fragrant.  They are almost 3.5 inches across and 4 inches tall.

I thought this yellow one was a little plain, but still got it because it was fragrant and for the color.  I don't have any yellow orchids that have flowered. It was the only yellow one in the bunch.

And the last also has the smallest flowers. It's 2.5 inches across versus 3 inches for the others. But I like the more complex details and colors.  Unfortunately, I don't detect any fragrance.
Update: I did detect a fragrance the next day. A pleasant surprise.


Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Last miltoniopsis flowers


I purchased an orchid from Trader Joe's on August 28.  Here is a picture of what it looked like when I purchased it.

On September 3rd it was almost in full blooms on four spikes. 

Today, November 1st I pulled off the two last spent blooms so this orchid was almost in bloom for two months. 



The orchid was labeled as a miltonia but from what I see on the internet it is a miltoniopsis. But it seems like people do use the name interchangeably. I see a couple of new growths. Hopefully I can rebloom this one. Please let me know in the comments if you know the name of this orchid.

Here is another orchid I bought at Trader Joe's.  This seems like the only place to get reasonably priced or inexpensive orchids other than a phal. If u go to a nursery the selection is tiny to nonexistent and extremely overpriced. I don't remember when I got this one but it has probably been at least two years. It was a noid orchid but based on what the blooms look like it is a Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream.'  It currently has two spikes! 😄 I think there is only going to be three flowers on each spike which I'm OK with because I really neglected this guy and it is still blooming for me. See all the accordioned leaves due to inconsistent watering.