I can't believe that it's Nov 11 in Minnesota and I'm outside taking pictures of my orchids - a beautiful day today. My Onc. onustum is blooming, and I wondered if anyone else has the problem that I have with this species. I have never got a complete spike from it - this year it started with about 15 buds and ended up with 8 flowers because almost half of the buds aborted. Last year I think I had only 2 flowers. The weird thing is that one bud will wither and the ones on either side will develop just fine. Oh, well - 8 flowers are better than none, and they are such nice flowers from a tiny plant.

Whole spike:

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Closeup:

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Hope you like it -

Tucker