Cymbidium Garden

 In my backyard, I have a few plants in pots, as I have no ground to plant them in. So, to make the most of nature, I've put my cymbidiums close to the wall, beneath the shelter of the leaves of the palm and sat on bricks to keep them from flooding in the tropical storms. In the pic below you can see the cyms at the back, between the Bird-of-paradise plant and the palm.

 Here's a closer look at them on their bricks. I've made a mini-habitat, with the bigger cyms sheltering the baby cyms. There is also a maxilara and another terrestrial orchid which I'll put on another post.

 My dog, Mady, thought I was taking a photo of her!! Bless!!

 Here are the baby cyms. I have already posted pictures of them, but that was before I repotted them. Their roots were getting too big for their pots and weren't very stable. I suppose they are what it says on the packet?!! Not all is as expected here in Brazil. I'll have to wait until flowering to see if there are any surprises! :)

Another cym baby, this one has grown a lovely new pseubulb and on the other side of the older one, there's yet another shoot forming. This makes me wonder, as I don't know much about cymbidiums, whether these are the standard sized ones which are sold in supermarkets, or whether they are the minis. Any thoughts, anyone?

 This one is the slower in growth. It does have a tiny start of a growth right at the bottom, but hardly visible to photograph.

 This was the first baby cym I bought. I bought it last year. I didn't know what it was at first. The lady in the nursery couldn't tell me, either. But, it was only a fiver, so I decided to buy it anyway, and find out later what it is. Now I know. It's a cymbidium! Has healthy new growth, but also a slow grower in comparison with the other baby cyms.

 Now we get on to the big adult cyms. This one, below, I bought when the flowers were just about falling off. I bought it at a cheaper price in a supermarket, and since then it has grown a new pseubulb and seems very happy.

This next photo is of the poor cym which was left under the fruit shelves in the supermarket. No flowers, no water, just dry dust and dirty feet for company. Then I came along and picked it up. I though: "well, these orchids are usually 40 or 50 Reais when in bloom. This one is on offer at 7 reais, so, why not!?" I saved the poor thing's life. Now look at it!! It only had one sad looking pseubulb, and now its second pseubulb is growing well and strong. Let's hope it'll look as healthy as the other big cym before long.

Orchid trellis

There's not much space left on the trellis. I recently went to an orchid exhibition and bought four micro-orchids. An oncidium, of which I don't remember the full name, and I realised when I got home that it had no tag. The photo's below:
I would be glad of any help in identifying this oncidium.

I have only recently mounted it on the piece of wood, so it'll be a while until the new growth starts to attach itself onto the wood. I have tied it on with normal sewing thread. Just strong enough to hold it.
 
 Another of the four orchid I bought was a Bulbophyllum. This actually came with a small name tag. It's name is... I can't read it. It's something like Bulb. betten.... All I know is the flowers should be a nice bright yellow. As the plant was reasonably sized, I decided to devide it and mounted both parts on two seperate pieces of wood. Here they are below:

I've noticed that the spag. moss dries out quite quickly. I'll have to remember to water the mounted orchids everyday.

And there are two more orchids I bought. There's a Rodriguezia decora:

 

And another micro-orchid, but I don't remember the name the guy said and it didn't come with a name tag. I know the flowers should have small, purply pink coloured flowers on a longish stem.