2024 Update–this plant never did bloom and died the year following this entry. I think it dried out, ultimately, as I moved it to a pot with moss on a greenhouse shelf and just left it over the winter. My other orchids survived just fine, but this one gave up. 6.23.24

Another long-term resident of the greenhouse is our day seven plant. This is an orchid that I ordered from an online source probably seven or more years ago. When I got it, it maybe had seven small leaves and a few air roots. As you can see from the second photo, the name has disappeared. I think this is Neofinetia falcata, but I’m not sure. It has never bloomed. It keeps growing, but also seems to possibly have a virus, so maybe that is keeping it from blooming.

My 2020 goals for this plant are to give it liquid orchid fertilizer and coax it to a healthier state and to bloom.