Beautiful Ron! One day when I can stay home LOL I am going to try Orchids..Stacy

Beautiful! Nice reward for all that patience.

Isn't that annoying how something you have been tending with TLC can get damaged? I finally sprouted a piece of ginger, but the pot somehow fell off the table and landed upside down, so that was the end of that. Must be somebody's "law."

Very nice Ron. I love orchids and have a few myself. It would be real easy to turn into an addiction!

Stacy, orchids are sooo easy - try one!

~Betsy

Pretty orchid Ron, I love the color. I'm on my way to an addiction, but they just won't rebloom for me. LOL I think I'm going to trade them at the next plant swap.

Ahhhhh, it is like a little ray of sunshine.

Beautiful! I gave my Mom one for her room in the NH, it just died last week. But, her Birthday is coming up, I'm sure she would like another one.

Thanks for sharing.

Gayle

How beautiful. My daughter gave me one about 3 years ago--it's flowered every winter since, but I was heart sick about a month ago, when I accidentally knocked off the start of the flower bud shoot. To my surprise, where it had one shoot it's branched into 3, and is sending up another flower stalk from the base. Mine generally flowers around Valentine's day, but I won't be disappointed if it's a little late this year--it is my fault.

Yours has such a beautiful flower--love the colors.

Don't give up on yours Marion. They only bloom once a year generally. Do yours need to be repotted maybe?
~Betsy

Very pretty Ron.
Mine has sent up 3 flower stalks too. I knocked the tip off of one, but I think it'll still bloom..maybe just fewer blossoms than the other 2 stalks.
How do you water yours?
I make up some fertilizer using 2 X's the amount of water called for. I water 3 times with that mix when I water. Then the 4th time I water, I use plain water. It rinses out the salts. I've got two orchids. I don't know what the one is yet. I got it from my sister and am nursing it back to health. It's put on about 5 new leaves, but hasn't sent up a flower stalk yet. I'll post pictures when it blooms.
Thanks for sharing yours.
Leslie

That's beautiful.

Linda

Wow that is a very pretty one!!

That is a beauty Ron. My brother-in-law has hundreds of them. There's always some in blooms year round. He took me to an Orchid show once and the addiction caught on.

Since I live in Houston and has plenty of humidity here, I started a collection of about 100. Big mistake! I've learned the hard way after killing almost all by bringing them indoor during one winter. The few that survived, I left them outdoor but under the oak tree during this past winter. I found out they do better to just leave them alone. I'm starting my collection again... slowly this time.

This oncidium is my recent bloom and it's still in bloom after 3 months.

Ron, that is a beautiful flower!
JoanMN/FL

i don't think anyone mentioned your orchid type, it's a phalenopsis generically called moth orchid. i love orchids and right there will tell you they need no care LOL. i am a horticulturalist but just don't have or take time to care for plants lol. i have a big collection but honestly they reside under my oak trees where i have a mist irrigation system running. i do nothing for them and once in a great while go out and look at their beautiful blooms. i got into them after we moved and i threw the few i had down in this shady niche area we have. a yr later i found them doing better then they ever had under my watchful eye LOL. obviously they don't like a hovering owner ~ liz

What a perfect time for it to open! Lovely!

Ntt hou - yours is wonderful too!

That is SOOOOO beautiful!

It does tend to give us hope for Spring and warmer weather.
Thanks!

Thank you all.
Yes, I should have given more info; thanks, liz, for covering for me.
ntt hou, your oncidium is beautiful.

Ron