small second bloom

[Celcat]

Hi everyone,

My pansy orchid has just rewarded with 4 (only) beautiful flowers!! I had this orchid for 1 year now and I am very happy that she is flowering again. But I am a bit disappointed... last year it was a such bloom. Like we say in french: elle me donne du fil a retordre. (basically: she is giving me some hard time)

But on the positve note, I can see some new healthy roots , so I may be on the right way now.

PS: it took me ages to crop this pic with my mac. I should say I am very novice with this beauty...

[Martine]

Wow! Tres joli! J'aime bien la couleur! Haha! Ca fait longtemps que je n'ai pas entendu cette expression: "elle me donne du fil a retordre"! Ca me fait penser a quand j'etais petite! Mon papa disait toujours ca!

[Tobi]

I had a couple of Miltoniopsis when I first started my orchid hobby. Killed both of them
due to my lack of knowledge. I must say that it is very lovely and hopefully I will resume
my interest in growing them again. I always thought they had one of the most beautiful
patterns of all orchids and the scent is heavenly on alot of them. Great growing!!

[solay]

Nice flowers Celcat. I saw a grower on the web that is based in Maui that breeds Miltoniopsis. If I had only known when we were there I would have loved to go visit his place. Maybe next time. I decided wherever I go on vacation, I'm going to research all the orchid nurseries beforehand so I don't miss out.

[articuno75]

Originally Posted by Martine

Wow! Tres joli! J'aime bien la couleur! Haha! Ca fait longtemps que je n'ai pas entendu cette expression: "elle me donne du fil a retordre"! Ca me fait penser a quand j'etais petite! Mon papa disait toujours ca!

So far I get: "Wow! Very pretty. I love the color! Haha! Ca fait longtemps (can't remember this) I don't entendu with expression.....

LOL. My French is rusty and I can only decipher about 60% of this LoL. Can you please translate this for me.

[Vivienne]

Tobi - I'm with you. My one and only Miltonia went to orchid heaven before I figured out what I was doing.

[patticake]

Beautiful! I love the color. My Miltoniopsis is STILL in bloom. Every morning it greets me with that wonderful lemony scent! I love it- I know that I'll be getting more down the road. I would love a dark one like yours!

[Martine]

Originally Posted by articuno75

So far I get: "Wow! Very pretty. I love the color! Haha! Ca fait longtemps (can't remember this) I don't entendu with expression.....

LOL. My French is rusty and I can only decipher about 60% of this LoL. Can you please translate this for me.

LOL! Not bad! The last part is: "It's been a long time since I heard the expression: 'elle me donne du fil a retordre'! It reminds me of when I was little! My Dad used to say that all the time!"

[sandra]

Those blooms are beautiful Celcat. This is just a thought because of my recent questions but, maybe because of the fertilizing or not you gave (or didn't) has something to do with the fewer blooms than last year?

[mayres]

Pat yourself on the back - you're doing better than many of us. This is one genera that I still have problems with. I'm almost to the point of deciding I shouldn't even try to grow these and just admire them at shows and forum posts - yours are lovely. Thanks for sharing!

[Celcat]

I just didn't not realize that miltoniopsis were so difficult to many of you. I am releived to know that I am not the only one
This orchid do not have scent but it has an impressive bloom. I like the miltoniopsis because of thier impressive bloom. The flowers are big too. But they are tricky. I bought another one 2 months ago because I thought the 1st one will not bloom again this year and could not wait that long.
Martine, me too I dont hear this expression anymore( not many french speaking around me). I only hear it in my head when I look that orchid .
Solay, I am adpoting your solution too. Now everytime I visit a different part of england, I check if there is an orchids nursery around.
Sandra, I think the main problem was the watering more than anything else. I should have another spike. But it dried off and then I had this 2d spike one month later which gave the 4 flowers. Maybe I should have given some fertiliser for bloom. But I am still learning on the fertiliser. Next year, I will try to give some fertiliser for bloom 2 or 3 months before the bloom is due. I should see if I get better result.

Have a good day and good growing