I was down in the old market today buying fish food and I stopped to talk with my favorite plant lady. She sells from a box on the street and I believe she comes from the state of Veracruz. I probably shouldn't buy from her but I can't always resist. She had an orchid that looks different than the usual ones I see around here. I ended up buying the orchid and a bromeliad as well for about $15us.
Can anyone tell me the type of orchid and thus the general care, more or less sun? tie it to a tree or plant it in the ground? Right now I have it with some other orchids on a flat wicker basket that hangs in filtered sun. I spray the basket every couple days and the roots are bare. I'm hoping some of these will attach to the wicker.
This is her 'store' across the street from the market in the old part of the city.
and this is the orchid after I got it home. She showed me a picture of the bloom on her smart phone, amazing contrast, and it was white.
