It's actually too big to fit in my trash bin... :hmm haha
I'll admit that all the new growths are cool enough.

so this is not the typical new growth porn pic.

i got this plant at the Miami show in January...i grabbed a few plants from this grower and there was bin of bare root catts and myr hybrids and i was looking in and the guy says, "those are back divisions and older unsold divisions, take one if you want a project"
so i grabbed the least ratty one and did not have high hopes...i tried a few things to make it comfortable but given how small it was i could not balance the light with out getting it scorched so i figured...SH!!!

it basically just dragged along bottom for a while but yesterday i noticed some new color and i got closer to see 8 new grows!!! tiny and weak but POPPIN!!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ad10483_4k.jpgGreen stuff by J Solo, on Flickr

wow, 8 on that little thing! nice save DirtyCoconuts.
By the way, do you know what it is or noid?

there is a tag in that algae and leca soup...i'll check next work break

This guy might require its own thread!

Holcoglossum Subulifolium
 

My Holco dropped 3 of 6 leaves and I was getting a little worried despite previous excellent root growth...

It was just gearing up to put out a big new root, a flower spike (under root) and four basal keikis. Great plant

not the typical growth pic for this thread but, still worth sharing.

my neighbor down the block was throwing away some coconuts and a few had sprouted and the tallest was maybe 1' from the coconut. I planted it on the one month "birthday" of my daughter (random, i just remember the day) so it is 4 years and 2 months old...give or take a day or two.

well over 12' now and giving me a new area to grow more orchid underneath her

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2bf0a643_c.jpgSpikes and other nice things by J Solo, on Flickr


this area used to just be for storage and schoms but now i can keep more genus out here too

Roots!
 

Here are some of my roots! 😍

Totally beautiful! Maybe time to repot?? Suggest terracotta "fern pot" (on the shallow side), weight and broad base for stability.

I started this thread with a story about C. (actually Cattlianthe) Penang 'Black Ceasar'.

In November I purchased a plant for my own collection, which had just finished blooming on 3 leads. Over the winter/spring, it grew 5 new growths, which in turn are in the process of producing 8 more new growths. Thus, come November, I can look forward to this plant blooming on 13 pseudobulbs.

It is a great plant if you want to grow a specimen size plant, but it is not small. The parents are C. Nigrella x Guarianthe bowringiana, so it grows about 18-20" tall.