Don't grow species!!

[sabredance2]

Some adjectives - crazy, ridiculous, non compos mentis, unhinged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1 ... el=blocqut

[MrCym]

Let me make a suggestion….

[Gary S]

Andy, what would you do with this if it flowered for you like Sam has shown. I assume cross it with something to bring the spike size down by 8 feet.

[MrCym]

I hate those rampant Oncidiums and never use them in hybridizing!

[Gary S]

You would need a much taller greenhouse for a start Mr Cym.

[wolfman]

Hasn’t been used a lot in hybridising; there was a well-behaved and good-looking Miltonidium x Yellow Chat Alligator (Onc. multiflorum x Milt. flavescens) registered in 2019 by Walterney Pires, but apart from this the rest of the documented primary hybrids are leggy, wonky & crumbly. I could not find any mating with a complex Odont. in the literature.

I wonder what would happen if eg. an Odcdm. Tiger Hambuehren, or something similar, would be used with multiflorum ? Sam, have you done anything like that ?

And I am interested in one or two Onc. multiflorum as well, please.

[Diane56Victor]

Who wants to be an apprentice judge and have to count all those blooms!

[wolfman]

Further research has revealed that Oncidium multiflorum is one of more than a dozen synonyms for the basionym Oncidium baueri - which is the valid name for the species. A bit more information plus a few impressive images of spikes can be found here:

https://www.orchidroots.com/detail/info ... 5&role=pub

Quite a species, not too frequently used in hybridisation, but the primary hybrid with Miltonia flavescens indicates the potential.

[MrCym]

I ask you not to bring up these ancient posts and you go right back to doing it Florian!!! Do you not wish to continue as a member of this Forum?

[Nigel]

I've done the right thing, be kind to your fellow man. Have made a twice weekly appointment for Sam.

https://npathy.com.au/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw48 ... r1EALw_wcB

Offering formalised diagnosis of mental health problems. Got me thinking.