I went looking for an Anticipation thread that I thought we had and I could not find it. Maybe I needed to go further back?
Any way, at the MOS meeting in early April, I picked up a Brassidium hybrid. A member was selling off like 30 plants while our speaker had plants for sale too. But frankly, I would have liked to have purchased something from him but he was a Maxillaria and it's relatives guy and at $35-45 dollars a plant. I was looking for something cheaper to KILL. Maxillarias and I have not been on good speaking terms for over 30 years!!
Anyway our member had plants generally between $12 and $20. Seemed a bit more reasonable. So I bought a Brsdm. Golden Gamine 'White Knight'. I think it is a mericlone since it looked familiar on the web when I got home.
To make a short story longer, the silly thing is in spike!! Oh my goodness. A single spike from each of 2 bulbs! 😎
The flowers are maybe 2-1/2" wide by 3+" tall. Ivory white background color, deep chocolate baring, starry shaped, 4-6 per inflorescence. Lip some what narrow, ivory with bright red markings with a yellow crest that is spotted red as well.
Now to be honest, I can NOT take credit for blooming it. I know I give out a good deal of information about Oncidium Alliance culture even though my experience is limited. I used a blend of 20% medium bark, 10% fine charcoal, 10% fine perlite and 60% fine bark. I am watering every five days in a 5" pot. Now all that remains is to post images. When? Probably in 3-4 weeks is my guess.
Anticipation is half the fun!
