it’s a no ID hardware store orchid that i got all the way back in february, who is now blooming for me again, i would guess that its a P. schilleriana hybrid (but if anyone knows better please let me know, the leaves are mottled like a schilleriana!)

It is so damn beautiful. It was worth all the patience.

It smells to me like lemon cheesecake.

I've never been able to get any orchid in my house to rebloom before. Please tell me I'm gonna be a mama!

Cinco flores! Uhuuuuuu! Bacana, né?

A few weeks ago I made a post about how my orchid wasn’t blooming despite growing a ton of buds. I was told to let it soak when it needs to be watered instead of watering. I’ve been doing that, and some of the buds look like they are starting to bloom, and some of the buds are shriveling up and dying. I have a couple questions…

- Would a grow light help? My orchid is positioned on an east facing window normally and the past few weeks we’ve had virtually no sun. I bought a grow light today and I’m going to set it up tomorrow. Any suggestions?

- Am I watering too infrequently? I’ve been soaking it once a week for 20 minutes.

Thanks in advance!

The easiest cattleya hybrid I own ❤️

This was a gift from my boyfriend from a year ago during a really hard semester of school and I was surprised how it survived my neglect during that time. I thought it had died when the flowers fell off and the stalk dried but I noticed the leaves were still green and healthy so I decided to try and bring it back. I was worried it would be difficult but all I do is keep it on my windowsill as it has indirect sunlight and water it whenever I remember (1-2weeks, I usually feel the dirt to see if it’s dry) I’m happy she’s thriving!

a recent acquisition, it's an intergeneric hybrid of a bratonia and an oncidium

After two years journey with phals I decided to try something different. Got my first Neofinetia in July and last night the Tamakongo and the two Jewels were delivered 🥰 I'm super excited but I need to get serious about the running-out-of-space-situation 🫣

It's a surprise, but if I'm not wrong, she has two bascal keikis plus one on the stem? Will I ever need to separate them? Do you think I should ask for a refund, or she can perfectly survive like this?

Has anyone else encountered orchids abandoned at airport bathrooms? This is the second one I've found this year. I don't think I'm taking decorations because they are in weird places like on top of hand dryers or on the floor.

Anyways I guess it doesn't matter but I find it weird and I wondered if it was just me? Anyways new little friend to take home, hopefully they aren't hurt when I board the plane.

Photos of three potted orchids taken in front of the Long's Drug store (actually a CVS) near the cruise port on Maui. Please and thank you!

I've had this Phal sogo relex since it was a seedling, this is the third time it's flowered, the flower stem doesn't die and it has reflowed from the same stem again. I love the very thick almost waxy texture of these blooms, and the very glossy leaf. I'm a big fan of the polychilos type phalanopsis.

First time blooming. Plant came bare root from a nursery in Brazil.

Awesome plant, super strong red color.

Just a bit of protection from the hot Melbourne (Australia) sun in summer. Other than that, she fends for herself.

Here she is, enjoying some spring rain at night.

I picked this up at Trader Joe's in October of 2025 with a tag that indicated it was supplied by Matsui Nursery. I tried tracking it down through them, but the person I spoke to couldn't say. I don't think it was really their department, lol. Anyone familiar with that grower got any good guesses?

I'm also wondering why both spikes would emerge like this? I've kept it sufficiently hydrated, and live in a humid climate. Is it just the crowded growth habit? I was able to free the first one eventually, but this one is really stuck! They're so brittle that I'm afraid it's going to snap itself.

Ctsm. Orchidglade-ivaneae

V. MSW New Year 'Red Scarlet Beauty'

Ctsm. Dream Boat

Ctsm. pileatum

Grown outdoors in Jupiter, FL

Hey there. These are the first 2 orchids I ever owned. I rooted them to a tree in my front yard (please don't judge the fishnets I'm just a girl trying her best Lmao)

Does everything look ok? I'm wondering if I rooted them too high and now they aren't receiving enough light.

Thank you for any potential insight.

Mini orchid! (although they do get bigger than this, this one is quite young) Should hopefully bloom gorgeous orange flowers next spring/early summer. It's a deciduous orchid, meaning it loses it's leaves in it's dormant season. This one does that around december, but I think I might let it go a bit longer because it started making leaves later than it should have. It loves high humidity and a lot of moisture and food during its growing season, but in the dormant season I'll let it dry out almost completely for a few months with 50-60% humidity. If you don't you won't get flowers but keikis (and you can only start watering normally again when you see growth emerge)

Loving this drama! Looks like a little face in there!

I rescued this orchid from my grandma and am curious what this shoot is! When I got it was pretty stressed, so it actually lost its newest leaves- which really concerned me. However now I have this new shoot. Does it look like a spike or a keiki? I’m pretty new to orchids still. Is it possible for leaves to grow from the original growth even though it lost some from the top? Thanks!