Would love to listen to what you guys have to say. Cheers!

This is the first orchid I bought and it has been rather happy in its 3D printed hanging pot. I am starting to think it might need more space but it is literally woven into the pot. Is there a way to repot or is this its forever home?

It took years! Definitely worth the wait! 😍

This one would probably be 3x the size but I've divided it several times. The flowers smell like cinnamon.

Found all these in one reserve. Why isn’t there more info on these guys? Why is no one talking about them? They are heavily underrated in my opinion:)

Included are…
Diuris punctata
Diuris sulphurea
Thelymitra ixioides
Thelymitra carnea
Thelymitra rubra
Thelymitra x irregularis
Thelymitra pauciflora
Thelymitra pallidifructus
Thelymitra serpentina

Perfect hanging spots in my bathroom, I just love them, so pretty!

I got the ctsm expansum back in March 2025. It stayed dormant for a year where it finally woke up April 2026. This came from ecuagenera. It's totally worth the wait. Maria Mercado had a nice color and shape. Cycnodes Leopard's Gold, the camera does not do it justice with how intense the yellow really is irl.

I got more upcoming blooms soon. Enjoy the show!

I was wondering if you guys saw anything that I could do better. Should I repot? Trim anything?

I cannot detect any fragrance yet. Will try tomorrow.

I picked up one of my wishlist orchids from the Little Green House in Parkville Maryland today.
If you’re ever in the area, please check out this gem of an orchid greenhouse. The owner has decades worth of experience, knowledge is a sweetheart.

RLC Tu Young Moon ‘Caimito’

All of these orchids is salvaged by me. They are my rewards. I’m smitten..

Hi all!

This is my second time trying to take care of a vanilla orchid. My last one died many years ago.

I ordered this one on Etsy and it arrived undamaged. I have kept it in this pot with the sealed Saran Wrap and tape for the past two weeks as to not disturb it too much. I opened it up today and it looks like one of the two plants is in a baby plug substrate that has hardened. The other one looks like it’s actually growing some nice roots into the substrate it’s currently in.

Here’s my question: I don’t like the square pot. Can I just move it to a round one? Does this substrate look like it’s adequate for a vanilla orchid? If not, what can I change? I don’t want to kill this plant this time around 😬

Thanks in advance!! ❤️

RLC Tu Young Moon ‘Caimito’

I have some kind of multiflora phalaenopsis that produced amazing blooms, but ended up pushing out a terminal spike that led to a keiki (at present, the original plant is a bit of an unusual stalk with two basal keikis). I let the keiki grow for several years as pictured, but have finally cut it. I know I could pot it up in bark as I normally do, but wondered if any of you had suggestions as to something more unusual, since this keiki has been living out of media for some time and it could be amenable to less moist conditions. Wondering if anyone had suggestions for beginner approaches to mounting, perhaps?

I am 100% fine if the answer is “pot it up in bark,” but thought I would ask. Thank you!

Brassavola nodosa is an orchid species that grows on trees and rocks in nature and is one of the easier species to grow in my setup. Despite setbacks from mealy bugs, scale, a horticultural oil burn that led to a bacterial infection, the plants recovered and flowered well. I grow three plants to enjoy the natural variation within the species; one recently acquired and smaller in both plant and flower size, and two similar in plant size but differing in spike length and leaf shape, one having a longer spike and a flatter rather than tubular leaf.

#orchidspecies #orchid #orquidea #Brassavola #Brassavolanodosa

They are about to put on a show. Happy Fall!

I'd love to get tips on growing Paph Saint Swithin, Paph Delenatii - I will get them some time next week hopefully. For growing reference- I live in South India. Cheers!

P.S- Pls help me with info/tips/hacks on other orchids- as and when i post about them. TIA!

My (badly treated) orchid (it was a rescue) has developed this on an older flower stem. Why is there two „leaves”? Is this what is called a Keiki? We’re entering dark and cold wintermonths, how best to care for it?

I cried today seeing this new growth on my orchids. I recently got out of a very abusive relation that took up so much of my time and energy that I wasn’t even able to take care of my beloved orchids. My orchids hadn’t bloomed in a year and my favorite orchid died because I neglected them. Some of them had gotten sunburned, one got crown rot. I’ve had most of these orchids for four or five years, and I’ve NEVER had one die. He just stole all my fucking time, I wasn’t even home enough to water them or keep an eye on them regularly.

Anyways I left that relationship about two months ago after he threatened to shoot me with a gun, I had to go to the hospital, and literally had to run away. When I came home after a week of being in a domestic shelter, my favorite orchid had died.

I cried today when I saw that FINALLY after almost a year, all my orchids have new growth. I’ve had the time to take care of them again. I have time to take care of myself. I hope this comes as a sign to someone to care of yourself and there will be growth in the future. 💚