Gary, I think is beautiful and if the aroma is nice it is even better!

Silvia

I agree with Silvia, I think it's lovely and having an aroma even better. I had never heard of an coconut orchid.

I never heard of it, either. Bet it smells wonderful and just like the beach (or my local Walmart in July, haha!)
Carol

I have heard of them and totally want one lol. I heard Home depo carries them but I have never seen them up in this part of FL so probably just down south. I guess there is always ebay...like I really need anything else that has to go into the gh in the winter grrr.

Gary, I'm so glad you posted this picture. It looks so much like my currently blooming orchid which, according to the gifter is a "chocolate orchid". I had wondered why, as a confirmed chocolate lover the scent of the orchid did not really appeal to me. Now I know, after seeing your photo and comparing the two types online. I can enjoy the coconut aroma now, without my brain getting mixed signals!

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Wife thinks it smells more like crayola lol To me it smells more like coconut than the real thing BTW There are orchids with a chocolate aroma the name of which excapes me at the moment I have a green Catt that to me smells like lilac lol here is a pic of the phal that is growing on the tree . 3rd year on the tree but only the second flowering not much for a phal but I'm so happy it did flower lol To the right is an epicatt transplanted last month is doing well also have a tricolor vanilla that is starting up the tree and have added Brassidiums and Vandas to the upper Someday it will be glorious lol

gary

Gary, where did you get the coconut orchid in the first place? I looked on Ebay but wasn't sure which sellers to trust.

Gary, you have a small glorious tree garden already. Wondering about that deep pot that the coconut orchid is in -- is this unusual for orchids? Is that a blooming orange/yellow reed orchid (epidendrum radicans) on the ground in a corner of the photo?

Sharry Baby is one that is supposed to smell like chocolate.

Very pretty Orchids Gary!!

Thanks Gary, I will have to check them out around here. I love your path, it looks so inviting. In fact, I love to have a cup of tea and sit in that chair and enjoy the view. Over the years I have collected epi's too and have many colors of them. I even have a hybrid that is 2 to 3 times the size of the flower in red.

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here is an old pic of an Epicatt cross betweena Epidendrum X Cattleya Got the best of both parents imo . Hardiness of epis and size and form of catts .

It has since grown onto the plumeria I didn't think it would attach to the smooth bark of the plumeria but it has and can't remove it from the cork lol

I've moved one section to the permanent trunk of a Queen palm and it's doing great there also. Think it might be too shady but it has flowered though not as well as the original

Another experiment was a vanda grouping between two conjoined palms Got incredible growth a couple are over 8 feet tall but is very reluctant to flower BUT i do have a couple of spikes forming on the Mokara but not the strap gary

Oh that orchid is lovely.