My flowering NO ID Orchid

[Jonathan]

Hi bro...

No worries we will be here waiting for the next flowering season^^ btw later i might have a bunch of phal photo to share since they are all budding now...

Regards
Jonathan

[shawnintland]

Looks a bit like Coelogyne flavida or maybe pallens, or ovalis! Hard to tell without the closeup photo. C. flavida has 2 brown keels on the lip and a little more brown/orange on the outer sides of the lip, C. ovalis has them running from the base but they don't run all the way to the tip of the apex (and more white surrounding the outer edges of the lip), whereas C. pallens has two high, wavey keels with the edges of the lip ciliated (and appears to have a wider white center patch of white). Oh well, there's always next year! Beautiful blooms anyway!

[bactrus]

Will kiv this thread till next year. Thank you for all your assistance.

[harris]

Hi bactrus,

The ID for this baby is Ceologyne rochussenii, usually flowering between september -December in Penang. I have one at home as well and it also flowers in October, but mine only have about 8 pseudobulbs and yours is a magnificent speciment.

A sifu has given me some tips on how to get more spikes for rochussenii. First, you have to put it under 50% shade from january-july and during this period, only feed it with high N fertiliser. From August-september, stop the high N fertiliser and start High P and K regime and by the end of september put it under full sun to stress it. I've tried it and it works and I got 7 inflorescence this year compared to just 2 last year. But your is already blooming at a grand scale so your feeding regime is good as well.

I'm currently offshore and my company server has blocked flickr, so I can't upload any photos. But I'll upload it when I got home.

[bactrus]

This year I got lazy and busy. So I just threw some organic as and when I like it and the result is the above.

[harris]

Finally found some photos of my rochussenii in my other 'lepak' place. Not as grand as bactrus's plant, but the bloom is better than last year's.

[bactrus]

You're embarrasing me.

[harris]

it's true bactrus, i'm really hoping mine will grow into the size that you have now...

[bactrus]

Mine is grown in a coconut husk. I weaved and stitched each individual pieces together with wire, so the roots and stuff can grow out, gree draining. When planting, I stuff more husk to fill the void then top with earth. Now the wire has rusted, the whole 'pot' is held together with roots.

[paphioboy]

When planting, I stuff more husk to fill the void then top with earth. Now the wire has rusted, the whole 'pot' is held together with roots.

Ban Aik, you shouldn't top with EARTH.. Rochussenii is a strict epiphyte.. Cocohusk will do for it.. It is also, IMHO, one of teh most beautiful local lowland species orchids and gives a magnificent display each year if the plant is big enough (like yours)..