My flowering NO ID Orchid

[bactrus]

Thank you for helping me ID this fellow. Have it for 3 years already. Recent colder weather must have triggered it to flower in this manner. Previous years only one or two spikes.

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[shawnintland]

WWWHHHHAAAAHOOOOO! I'd invest in a big refrigerator if it's hot next year! What a beauty! How about scent? Can you shoot a close up of a single flower from front and side? I can probably get an ID for you if I can see it in detail...then again someone may chime in with the answer at any moment...but I'd still love to see it up close! Just discovered one of my 'never before' orchids is blooming as well!
Congratulations! That's a spectacular bloom you have there!

[bactrus]

Thank you shawn for the nice compliment. Okie, photograph tomorrow if the flowers are still around. Usually most of my orchids are flowering at this time of the year. The cold spell also managed to trigger my phalaenopsis to flower too. No pics yet, they are still spiking.

[jessilim]

It's a wild species that thrives in thick jungle. Opens once a year.

Name (spelling may be off) > Soligeni

Chinese Name (please translate, Cantonese, not sure about other dialects) >
Indian woman marries-off daughter

[bactrus]

You're right about the chinese name, Jessie. It does look like an Indian flowewr garlan and smells little like jasmine.

[powersensor]

Hi Bactrus,

Did you fertilize your orchid? It looks wonderful. I was told that in order for orchid to flower continously is by spraying fertilizer on the leaves once every 2 weeks with the liquid orchid fertilizer.

[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.