First rebloom!

Not OP

Bought this Cahuzacara Hsinying Pink Doll 'Hsinying' as a better gro bag baby, at lowes, 6 years ago, it was my first cattleya. This is the best bloom it has ever put out! Each year it gets better.

Hayley Ostronic, Brainchild, 2026

Diptych

Brainchild I: graphite on Canson sketch paper

Brainchild II: watercolor and ink on Saunders Waterford cold-pressed

© 2026 Hayley Ostronic. All rights reserved

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I’m a botanical watercolorist with a penchant for the unconventional…the weirder, the better. I especially enjoy creating unusual compositions and using subjects that are not immediately recognizable as flowers. Hence my fascination with orchids.

While waiting for my own orchids to bloom, I am in need of some close up photos of blooms for my work. If you‘d like to donate to the cause and provide some fantastic photos of your weirdest blooms, I‘d be so grateful!

If I end up using your photo as reference for one of my pieces, I will post the end result on this sub and tag you.

Pictured are a quick watercolor study and preliminary graphite sketch of Paphiopetalum Fairreanum, along with the corresponding reference photo—courtesy of Pixabay.

Happy Halloween! TIA 😊

*This is not a product or service promotion and the above pictured pieces are NFS. Just simply sharing my craft and love of orchids.

Ive had it for a year. They grow very fast! Its much happier not under a growlight too.

First post to the sub! I got her not that long ago and this is the first bloom in my care. Beautiful!!

My husband bought me this beautiful white & purple orchid when we started dating. 🤍💜

It might be silly to ask as most forms of species aren’t named but Vanda tricolor seams to have a lot of different recognised variations in the wild so I figure it’s worth a shot. They have both flowered next to each other so I doubt it’s anything to do with that and also they flowered about a week apart. The labelum is quite different between them both and the color and shape is pretty different as well.

From what i remember tho, when this plant was given to us, its flowers were fully light pink. then ofc the flowers died off then this spike came up and produced these flowers with this patterning.

I think it looks beautiful, but good looks dosent always mean good health. is there anything wrong? or is this normal?

Remember how I accidentally ordered a mini last week lol

Mothra seems to be doing well! It’s only been a couple days but she perked up and her root/leaf growth is continuing!

I’m so in love with her terrarium setup!

What’s the difference between Vanda Jairak Black Knight for sale at Motes orchids for $50 compared to the black orchid The Vandaman sold last night at his live sale for $750?

Looking for help from some more experienced orchid lovers - does anyone know where I could find this specific type of orchid for sale? Ideally from an online shop in Europe but open to more remote locations too!

It's too bad the pink one has a broken petal and some brown-nose (grocery store handling), I really like the spider picture lol. Impressed the blooms are still holding though.

This Cattleya is small and has alreadybloomed

it seems like the flower's moustache grew.... outside?? I've never seen that happen before, and certainly not in any of my 12 orchids

I have a brassocattleya windward flare. First time owning one. Got it in may and it grew a ton of roots and a new shoot and leaf. However I'm not sure if it will flower again this cycle? Stage? Round of growth? I got it with 2 flowers on it but idk if the buds stalled or if they are still forming. I will send a before (blooming) and after (current) pics to help. The forth picture shows the newest mature growth. I expected a flower spike from it but idk if it will spike or not. so far photone says that my light reaches about 250-400 ppfd from where my plant is sitting. but i am using a phone app so it could be inaccurate.

I thought it needed more light to flower. I've been growing this for a long time but I recently put it in this terrarium and now this.

Rescued this Dendrobium from a clearance shelf for £1 two weeks ago. It was just the large stem and the cut stem, and both looked shrivelled, flowers dead at the bottom of the container bag. I was hesitant as I’ve never had anything other than my collection of phalaenopsis and the other “fancier” varieties intimidate me a little. Fast forward to now and there is now a little third stem in the middle that has really taken off out of seemingly thin air, as well a nubbin on the cut stem. I had no idea an orchid could grow so fast. All I did was give it a healthy water and put it in a sunny window, and it’s already repaying me greatly. I can’t wait to see how it looks in another two weeks.

I've been searching for this orchid for a while now, checking local stores, Facebook Marketplace, and online shops, but I haven't had any luck finding it. I'd absolutely love to have one! Maybe someone knows where I can find one, or would be willing to sell me a cane. I don't mind growing it myself to eventually get my own orchid. Thank you so much

I have this orchid that was rescued from a bin. I’ve since repotted it and notice yesterday this new growth. Is it a new leaf? Can this orchid recover?

The roots I can see are papery and dead (you can kind of see one in pic 1. But she’s growing three new leaves and two new aerial roots. I’m resisting the urge to un pot and check it out and give it a trim, since it’s growing and seems fine otherwise?

The layer of moss is there because I was gone for two weeks and didn’t have anyone to go water her, I’ll be removing when I have time today unless yall think otherwise. And the droplets on the leaves are my spray fertilizer!

What are these micro bugs in my orchid? I've had this plant for over 2 years. I'm worried because a new spike is growing and I'm scared to repot it.