Another Dancing Lady

As a rejoinder to Autumn Belle's post i would love to post also my 'Dancing Lady', another species of Oncidium. This has been very dear to me as it was given by my landlady in college, as a souvenir. And it has been growing on its own in the province basically on its own, sometimes my mother water it, mostly don't. It has already been a fixture attached to a lanzones tree (Lansium domesticum), which suffered so much from the hot-dry season and was not able to recover!

Something wonderful happened to the Oncidium though! For a few years now i suppose it is virus infected, as Oncidium varieties are really very susceptible to viruses. The flower buds just die and most of the time only 2-3 buds continue to open. So we just left it there, self supporting. Come this very dry season, when many fruit trees died and no annuals endured the very hot weather. Even with the leaves turning yellow due to extreme sun, this Oncidium flowered as it always does, but this time all the buds opened and spread its wonderful sweet scent especially in the mornings. It continued to be there for six (6) weeks now. Probably the virus become dormant due to the extreme heat. But that is only a speculation, as i am sure it is still there. I will see this rainy season if the flower buds will continue to abort.

If only i can share its scent here, it is really awesome, sweet and wonderful.