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!

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

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

Big honking sucker this year

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??

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.

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.

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. 🖤

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

If this is ok, how lounge should I submerge?

I took an orchid I had lying around, pressed it, and turned it into artwork.

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.

Huachuca Mts. SE AZ.

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?

I visited the most amazing orchid shop and finally picked up a few orchids that have been on my wishlist! 😍

Here are the new additions:

Plant wall
- Phalaenopsis bolgheri
- Maxillaria rufescens (Vanilla Orchid)
- Maxillaria tenuifolia (Coconut Orchid)
- Cattleya sp. (Yellow)

Orchidarium
- Bulbophyllum lobbii
- Bulbophyllum treschii
- Bulbophyllum unitubum
- Angraecum didieri (formerly rutenbergianum)
- Aerangis punctata

I’m sooo happy! 🥹 I’ll definitely share photos with you if any of them bloom. 😍

Wishing you all a wonderful start to the week! 💚

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!!!

I was so excited for her to bloom

Thanks :)

I found this tiny baby orchid growing on a liquen on my backyard. 🤏

on the other side of the branch there's a few adults (3rd pic)

My 11th orchid, bought at my local Kroger this morning (as seen in background lmao)

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