New Babies!!! Dendrobium bracteosum and LC. Irene Finney

We, of course, had to go to the orchid auction that is the fundraiser for our Orchid Club. They sent out a list of plants that would be available ahead of time, and there were only a couple that we were really interested in. We have decided not to get more because we don't have the space or proper light, and we don't know yet what to do with them over the winter. But we couldn't resist these two for the price. We bid on a few others, but didn't want to pay too much money for them as we are on a very tight budget at the moment.

Dendrobium bracteosum is in a 4" plastic pot in bark. It's flowering now looking adorable. It has two new growths right now. We probably won't repot it until next year since there is still room in the pot. It's presently in quarantine to make sure it doesn't have any cooties. This is a dendrobium that wants what seems to be Oncidium light levels- in between Phal and cattleya. It wants to dry out between waterings, and it does not have a winter rest.

The cattleya isn't flowering, might be ready next year. The pictures they had of the flower though are really lovely- big and gaudy (I'm in a mood for that lately). It's planted in a 4" plastic pot also with a lot of nice roots on the new growth. Some of them are out of the pot, so we may try to repot it, but not sure yet. It's planted in rocks.