Thank you for your quick response! Is it uncommon?

There are quite a few. Some can be quite showy. I have several. My favorite Enc. is not very showy at all. But it is very fragrant with a pleasant aroma. It has many long lasting flowers. I keep it in a pathway that gets a lot of traffic. You know it is there. It's name is Enc. Roughly Profuse. Not all that camera worthy. A run of the mill flower. But a favorite none the less. It will be opening soon. The encyclias are blooming late and I don't think they will hold up very long in the heat. We hardly had any winter and the cold helps them start the blooming.

Thank you for the images! They are all stunning. My orchid should bloom any day now and I will post my pictures. I can't wait! This belongs to my friend's sister Sheila better known as the Orchid Lady. It bloomed earlier this week.

Trying to learn more about orchids and not knowing how to get into a forum trying my best. All of you guys do so beautifully I hope I can do that one day. I am in Tampa Florida and I have rescued 10 orchids from a friend and now most of them are outside but I have little ones on a north-facing window sill in water culture. The ones on my porch are an east facing window and I have them in clay pots with a bark medium. I'm writing this not even knowing how I could read an answer good luck to me

Libby, The fastest way to get up to speed is to join a local orchid society. https://tampabayorchidsociety.shutterfly.com is the link to the Tampa orchid society. This is your best starting point. Besides learning, it is an overall pleasant experience with benefits.

missmandylee, it might be any week rather than any day. Encyclias take a long time in opening...

That's good to know! The stalk has grown several inches and I will wait patiently for it to bloom. Sort of. I look at that plant at least 5 times a day and watch it grow. When it blooms, it would be on it's own time and I'm hoping it's a stunner!

Hi Harvey thank you so much for the information. I did quickly look up the Tampa Orchid Society and their meetings are so far away from me that my little old car is scared to go out that way. But I am going to contact them and see what they say. I am very happy that I learned how to communicate on this forum finally! Harvey I have one question for now when a phalaenopsis leaves are all drooping I know what it's from but will they ever recover or only do the new ones grow the right way?

Hi missmadylee, I feel the same way I watch my orchids everyday I stare at them. Not to watch the buds open but to watch the leaves grow. All of my orchids our rescues that were given to me simply because I have a pretty little garden. My daughter-in-law gave me an orchid last Mother's Day and this Mother's Day it gave me you stem with 7 flowers. The thing is that I cut off three leaves because they weren't pretty I didn't know any better. I do know better now and it actually has three leaves now and they're all perfect of course. All my other ones have a new Leaf growing out of The Middle if there are phalaenopsis and some have this long stem growing through the middle but I don't know what they are yet. As soon as I learn how to take a picture and post it here I will do that to ID them. Good luck on your bloom!

The stem is a new flower coming. Libby this is missmanylee thread. I think you need to start your own thread.

shavedmonkey, I don't find Libby's comment anything but showing her love for orchids, sharing her personal experiences, and being helpful. I appreciate your comments as well as Libby's and clearly, there's always something to learn about our beloved plants. Three is not a crowd here! I just took pictures of my plant today. shavedmonkey, you are right about this flower taking forever to bloom! I measured both stalks and one is 11" and the other 15". It took about 3 weeks to become this tall so maybe it's close to blooming.

So sorry!!! Not sure how all of this works yet thank you. I might have done it again as well sorry everybody.

They are like watching paint dry. I have one that looks like that. Mine looks like yours somewhat. The name is Enc. Orchid Jungle. It is a long shot they are the same. Sometimes it can shift the conversation away from a question or thought on the authors subject. You seem easy going and it did not bother you so all the better. But there is a risk of complaints. In general it is better to start a new thread to avoid issues. It can become an opportunity for contention. No problem here though.

I would say you still have quite a wait on your hands. ;-)

You've got that right. My plant is growing and growing but no bloom yet. Paul--do you have one of these orchids as well?

missmandylee, we may have the same plant...

Looks just the same! Crazy but I'll try not to examine mine for a long period of time. Wish me luck. Want to have a blooming contest? Whoever wins...wins. How's that?

We both win! If we both get flowers. The other win will be if we get a name for you.