Oncidium Twinkle fragrant miniature orchids

Today I have photos showing two varieties of miniature oncidium orchids.

These are Oncidium Twinkles, in a yellow variety and a red one (Red Fantasy). When we purchased them at the end of May, they had plenty of spikes with developing buds.

About 2 weeks later, you can see the buds getting larger (red on left, and yellow on right).

This is at the same time, you can see a visible difference. However, these do take a long time to develop and bloom.

They finally started to bloom around the middle of August. A very interesting looking bloom.

Here is Oncidium Twinkle Red Fantasy, partially blooming and then fully bloomed. The colour also lightens gradually with time.

This is Oncidium Twinkle Yellow, very bright and cheerful miniature flowers.

The two varieties together. Remember, these are miniature orchids - very small! Another thing is, once they are fully bloomed, you can smell a sweet fragrance from these Twinkles. A bit hard to describe, not quite floral, more honey-sweet.

However, these blooms only lasted about 3 weeks which is fairly long but not for orchids. Perhaps they need to settle in more since they were bought in spike. Next year, we hope to get plenty more spikes with lots of long-lasting blooms.