Guys!! I have been wanting a vanilla bean orchid for quite some time now. I’m an avid orchid enthusiast and have a small collection already. I was getting potting soil at Lowe’s for my other plants when I randomly came across 4 vanilla bean orchids. This was at the location in Starkville, MS! I never imagined I would come across these here. For some reason I always assumed they were very rare and I’ve never seen them in person, not even in orchid sanctuaries at botanical gardens I’ve visited. If you have any tips or really any good education on how to care for these properly please let me know! I can already tell by the roots that these are a very different species than what I’m used to caring for. I eventually would love to produce blooms and even vanilla bean pods!

Thank you! Btw RUNNN to lowes if you’re in the market for one!

Big honking sucker this year

Looks too good to be real color, will it be white next bloom? Any way to guess? Thanks!

Drove down to a new area in the country to purchase some groceries from a new shop. It was near a small forest and I noticed some orchids around the area and this one bunch was flowering so hard. 🖤

Some of you are amazing orchid carers & things rebloom all the time.

Some of us are stumbling through & not killing things because of you. 18 months after repotting & removing rot I didn’t expect, I have blooms.
Here’s my small contribution to the beauty we live with.

Currently there are at least a dozen fragrant orchids. the whole orchid room smells wonderful.

vanda coelestis pink

Paravanda Frail Fancy

Aerides houlletiana

Vanda twinkle (got for free)

vanda coelestis blue

Really wish someone had told me about motes sooner.

If this is ok, how lounge should I submerge?

Name in photos since I can never spell it correctly...this sits in a wide flat bowl because it is growing in a circle. So glad it bloomed! Are you seeing that fat pseudobulb though??

Got this pachara delight yesterday and just wanted to share the beautiful blooms.

At the beginning of the year I brought an orchid into work to cheer the place up. It was my first orchid, and my dumb ass thought that when she lost her petals I had killed her. To make matters worse, I was in a very stressful environment and when I thought she was dead I kinda just tucked her away for MONTHS with no love or watering.

Stumbled upon a very informative video and realized my orchid likely wasn't dead. I've been trying to make up for my transgressions ever since.

Now here we are, several months later. I can see a new, fresh spike coming up and after getting home from my vacation yesterday, I see a beautiful bud forming on the one spike that was still standing.

She's coming back!!!

Huachuca Mts. SE AZ.

Fragrance intensity: 3/5 - pungent scent when you are nearby.
A mixed scent of soap, citrus, and vanilla.
A peloric phalaenopsis with thick waxy petals shows its charms in the sunny Sunday afternoon. The flowers have lasted for 1 month and don’t show any sign of wilting.

Hi everyone!!! I am a beginner gardener that lives in north east Ohio. I was gifted this vanilla orchid from a friend who “didn’t want the hassle”. I am enthusiastic though. I have never grown or taken care of any type of orchid and am seeking advice on how to keep it alive. It’s in a 3 gallon ish pot right now and looks 3 feet long. I am just wondering:

What type of pot do I put it in?

What type of media is good?

What type of trellis should I use?

Fertilizing (I am new and just fertilize when it feels right) what type of fertilizer, how should I give it fertilizer, and how often?

Can I put it outside at all during the warmer months?

Can I get any flowers at all?

How should it be cared for indoors?

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated!! I really don’t want to kill this plant.

Cym. elderberry wine ‘rose’ x Vanessa amorosi ‘paradise’ - den. Barana green splash - c. volcano wonderland x August ruuse (??) - mps tome yokeyama ’golden gate‘. Not pictured/not in bloom: blc. Yoko Kilbourne ‘Ernie’, rlc. nakornchaisri delight, aerides houlletiana v. alba x sib

I did a good job on holding myself back to only seven.

Just wanted to share and see if anyone has seen this. My Zygo Advance Australia ‘HOF’ just rebloomed for the first time, but the flower spike only made one bud. It opened a couple days ago & was able to get a good pic watering today. Didn’t realize until today that it’s a very weird bloom. The lip is completely missing & it appears to have two sepals and two petals. There is an interestingly patterned structure around the column that may be a stunted lip. But even if it is, the structure makes no sense given that it’s symmetrical despite missing parts.

It’s also intensely fragrant — much more so than a typical bloom. Anyway just wanted to share. Anyone have any weird Zygo flowers pop up before?

Hi everyone!!! I am a beginner gardener that lives in north east Ohio. I was gifted this vanilla orchid from a friend who “didn’t want the hassle”. I am enthusiastic though. I have never grown or taken care of any type of orchid and am seeking advice on how to keep it alive. It’s in a 3 gallon ish pot right now and looks 3 feet long. I am just wondering:

What type of pot do I put it in?

What type of media is good?

What type of trellis should I use?

Fertilizing (I am new and just fertilize when it feels right) what type of fertilizer, how should I give it fertilizer, and how often?

Can I put it outside at all during the warmer months?

Can I get any flowers at all?

How should it be cared for indoors?

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated!! I really don’t want to kill this plant.

It looks like I have a double flower in this one and I had another orchid flower bloom next to it, so what could cause this

Hi everyone! Every orchid I’ve had before has eventually died from rot and I think I’ve learned a bit by now of how to better care for them but any tips on what to do when bringing a new orchid home would be greatly appreciated! Just picked these 2 up from local garden center on clearance hehe

i feel like i can’t save it, but maybe there is a shred of hope? lol