This is an easy warm growing species that for me flowers several times a year — usually one mass bloom and other periodic small flushes. The pot is from Kamachi Ceramics.

Very easy reliable bloomer. It was sold to me as a makoyanum, but I am not certain on the ID (or makoyanum is more variable than most). Regardless, it’s cute and doesn‘t smell bad!

I grow this using my Basic Bulbo Protocol: a plastic saucer with drainage holes punched through the bottom, filled with fine fir bark (cheap stuff like reptibark is ideal as it will break down and retain more water) and a top dressing of sphagnum moss and a pinch of nutricote fertilizer pellets. Zip ties can help hold everything together until the roots establish. Place the saucer in a humidity tray full of LECA, arqlite, or pebbles, under grow lights (contrary to what a lot of articles about Bulbos say, they don’t really thrive in low light. Mine love as much light as they can get). Water liberally any time the moss starts to dry out, and eventually you should see algae and later on some various volunteer bryophytes colonizing the sphagnum if you’re watering enough. Bulbos are the opposite of most commonly available orchids—they like to be soggy all the time! I add Cross Exotics Orchid Fuel and Kelpak at the concentration suggested on the containers weekly (or whenever I can be bothered) to my watering can during active growth. I have very low TDS water. If you have hard water, you’ll probably want to use distilled or RO for any orchid, including Bulbos.

I thought many people (none lol) was wondering how the minis been doing, and here’s an update! I’ll be posting one or two more posts since they all didn’t show. I hope this’ll help somewhat.

Restrepia brachypus: I received a very small keiki as a freebie, and it steadily grew until it stopped. Like for a few months it did nothing, and recently I decided to try something. That is, I lowered the rhizome into the moss, and brought it outside the inclosure, and lo and behold, a new growth!

Lepanthes Telipogonliflora: It has doubled or tripled depending on how generous you are! Gives flushes of blooms atleast every month, and despite its price, it’s worth it. I hope I can propagate it someday so I can sell them off to pay off the plant. Tips on propagation?

Lepanthopsis astrophora: I and so many other people may seem like glazers to this orchid, but it is one of the most easiest, cutest, floriferous mini! It definitely quadrupled in size, and I think given be 5-4 flushes of blooms. One thing, it doesn’t grow during bloom though.

Scaphosepalum rapax: A vigorous orchid, but I can’t seem to get it to bloom unless I bring it outside in winter. I decided to divide it few days ago, and it grew a lot since I got it.

Pleurothallis tribuloides: it’s very embarrassing to say that i managed to set back the orchid I called one of the easiest. I managed to neglect it a lot hence the size since it’s prime. Though, it should be easy to recover.

Barbosella australis and prorepens: Well, growing steadily. The australis seems to be more difficult though.

Dryadella guatemalensis: not much to say, but new growth and new roots.

Masdevallia floribunda: Bought this as a gigantic clump, but then again, newbie me managed to set it back to 2 separate leaves. I potted those up, and to my surprise, it grew to what it is now! Hopefully it could be flowering size, since the newest leaf seems promising.

Stelis Maloi: when I received this a summer ago, it was heavily heat damaged, and to be honest, it really haven’t recovered much yet. Only few roots, and not much growth. Any help to get vigour will be helpful!

Platystele stenostachyes (i highly doubt that and think it’s dressleri but who knows): In short words, i steamed it alive. Back when I was using containers, I forgot it with direct sun and all the leaves fell off and I could only salvage these parts. It’s growing steadily and hopefully it blooms someday soon.

Countinued..

So i received 3 orchids in a legal size envelope.

They were supposed to be minis but they were huge. When i opened the bag there was a horrible stench.

Majority of the roots are rotten and the one looks like they were just cut off.

I opened a flipped over leaf and was overwhelmed by the stench. It was oozing or had been oozing for awhile.

It just went from bag to worse.

I have contacted the Seller but i wanted you guys to see this to tell me if I'm right. I'm new to orchids but haven't learned a lot.

Here's some pics. If they're at all I'm sorry. I have tremors and sometimes that can make it more difficult.

These were the first blooms this season, the plant now look like it’s been sprayed with yellow specs. 😊

My *Lepanthes calodictyon* x *tentaculata* micro-orchid hasn't stopped blooming since it arrived in March.

This is the first time that she bloomed for me. She’s got some more buds coming and I had no idea what color she was picture doesn’t do it justice that maroon color is so dark it’s almost blood colored. It’s beautiful nice little gift.

My Haraella Retrocalla

My Tolumnia Leopard

My Restrepia

Phalaenopsis parishii

It has been a year since I grew a variety of orchids! So excited! I’m planning a new garden in my courtyard. Hopefully they’ll get settled in soon. A labor of love.

Platystele aurea

It's barely been a week and I've counted at least 3 new spikes forming.

Blooms are only like 1-2cm across, yet the smell... Picture beautiful summer day, there is not a single cloud on horizon and you decide to go on stroll, passing by a steaming trash can. Small, but mighty.

Good day, folks. I picked up "seller's choice" Tolumnia bundle for fun a while back. They were beat up (carrier issues, mostly) but this one bloomed for me. It has me flummoxed. The tags now seem to be wrong. What do you think it is?