Anyone here growing #orchids? A friend who does told me he struggles to get them to re-bloom, and I'm wondering if that's a common issue? #houseplants

Early Spider-orchid rosette, Durlston Country Park, 1/1/26

Several more months before they will be flowering

#orchids #ukorchids #wildflowers #NewYearsDayPlantHunt

Large duck orchid (Caleana major) and sun orchid with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) near Karbeethong, East Gippsland, VIC.

Only made it down to East Gippsland on three mornings this spring / early-summer but still managed to see a good range of the regular locals (plus a couple of interesting new ones!)

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra #Caleana

I’ve been building a custom greenhouse sensing system to measure PAR light, humidity, and temperature and visualize real data over time. This post walks through the hardware and what the measurements are already revealing.

The interactive Plotly graph takes ~30 seconds to render as over 100k data points for 24 hrs

🔗 https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=278

#horticulture #orchids #orchidgrowers #greenhouse
#PAR #plantlighting #datadrivengrowing #sensors #opensource

Building and testing a **redwood greenhouse bench prototype**, based on older commercial greenhouse designs and tuned for orchid culture—airflow, drainage, and durability first.

Using salvaged rough-sawn redwood and documenting what actually works in a real greenhouse environment.
Photos + notes: https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=377

#Orchids #Greenhouse #OrchidGrowers #Horticulture #DIY #Woodworking

Gift #Orchids in the kitchen - another view. flowers #FlowerSky #OrchidSky #bloomscrolling

Gift #Orchids in the kitchen. #flowers #FlowerSky #OrchidSky #bloomscrolling

Microtis parviflora (slender onion orchid) growing amongst the sun orchids at the back of the house - Corunna, NSW.

Grows here alongside Microtis unifolia (common onion orchid) which has shorter flowering stems with more crowded flowers at this location.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #OnionOrchids #Microtis

A few more late-flowering sun orchids with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) variations near Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.

Only plants in part shade on the edge of the forest were still flowering in early November at this location - usually in slightly damper soils than the adjacent open grassland.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra

Rosy hyacinth orchid (Dipodium roseum) still flowering at Christmas at Corunna, NSW.

Only a few small scattered plants out this year at home with almost no meaningful spring rainfall and a dry start to summer. But quite a few larger flowering stems still out on the side of the road between Tilba and Narooma.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #Dipodium

Late-flowering sun orchids with spots (Thelymitra ixioides / Thelymitra juncifolia) variations near Karbeethong, East Gippsland, VIC.

Quite a few different variations still in flower here in more shaded spots with protection from harsh afternoon sun when more exposed plants have all finished.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra

Flowering this week in #tasmania, a pair of #orchids that have no leaves;

“A mycotroph is a plant that gets all or part of its carbon, water, or nutrient supply through symbiotic association with fungi”. (Wiki)

It's been another poor year for the hyacinth orchids (Dipodium) at home in Corunna, NSW - with most of the small patch of Dipodium variegatum not making it to flower at all after a very dry spring.

However in recent weeks several new short flower spikes have emerged much later than usual - although those that have started to flower only only have two or three flowers at most.

So good to see some new plants in new locations - hopefully there will be more large spikes of flowers next season if it rains a bit more in spring and early summer.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #HyacinthOrchids #Dipodium

Sun orchids (Thelymitra) growing close together in open grassland west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC.

Sun orchids with spots (T. ixioides / T. juncifolia) growing alongside T. carnea and several different species in the T. pauciflora group can lead to some beautiful hybrids including T. x irregularis (top right).

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #SunOrchids #Thelymitra

Just got a request from my mum to "ask the internet" what these strange outgrowths are that have appeared on her orchids.

Does anyone know?

#botany #plants #orchids #biology #plant

My orchid was kind enough to put on a new leaf, stem, and flowers just in time for the holidays

#PhotoHour #plants #houseplants #orchids #flowers #FlowerPhotography #photography #AltText

Being a new #orchid dad has been quite rewarding. 4 new buds on my #cattelya, 1 of which is well developed and about to split, 1 I noticed last week, and 2 of which I discovered yesterday. #orchids

I know very little about #orchids, but this looks like a Pleiones, but those are from the Hemilayas, & the general form also occurs in European species. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivea