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looks just like my first orchid - beautiful!

She laid an ooth yesterday (she is just over 1 month as an adult)!  They attempted to mate many times, but I never saw them connect. This may be a dud ooth, but I will still care for it and hope for the best ?  The male is still doing well, too (at 3 1/2 months adult)! 

My orchids just can't seem to figure it out..  first attempt was last weekend, my Female was not ready yet, but the male rode her back for 4 days and tried his best. He eventually hopped off. After a couple days, the second attempt (the female is over 2 weeks as an adult) but, the next morning...

This morning, I gave him another fly to replenish him and has been drinking water droplets off her back. He's been drumming and attempting for the past few days. I did not witness any connection ? Now, it's nighttime and I just noticed he finally jumped off her back!  He was hanging out in the...

He's still on her this morning and trying. He's so close, that it looks like they touch, but they do not connect. Each time she catches a fly, he drums her back and attempts. She's just not ready, I suppose. I was worried he was running out of energy, and was going to take him off to feed...

Ok!  He was terrified when he first saw her, then he went for it. So far, he's been drumming her back and trying to contort his body to meet hers, but she has not been reciprocating lol. It's been about 2 hours. 

Is she too young?  She hasn't been an adult for 2 weeks yet nor have I witnessed any calling. 

My Female orchid molted to adult on 7/5. She started eating again on 7/7 and hasn't stopped!  Every day, I catch about 30 (smallish-medium) blow flies and she just keeps grabbing and devouring. I read somewhere that I shouldn't overfeed, so should I limit the number of flies?  Having a dog...

Some of you might have seen my previous posts about my adult female orchid not eating and she ultimately passed. My friend who raised her sister gave her orchid to me because she was unable to spend the time to take care of her.  When I received her orchid a month and a half ago, she was THREE...

Just wanted to say, that sadly, my orchid passed away.  She made it 12 days as an adult :(   It made me very sad, but I don't know what else I could have done.  I think she had a pretty good (short) life with me.  I spoiled her a lot!  RIP pretty girl!

Going on day 12... :(   she still refuses to eat solid food. In addition to offering flies, I've cut up and offered mealworms, which she hates. Honey, she'll take once in a while. She drinks water.  This morning, I'm watching her groom her claws, but she's also hanging in a position where her...

I've neglected to post photos throughout my first orchid journey, but here they are! I renamed her Diva, because since she has molted to adult on 5/10, she has been such a diva when it comes to eating on her own!  Sigh.  Thanks for looking!

Today, I actually saw her grab a fly!  But, she took one nibble and let it go ?  I am surprised she grabbed it, though, because  she hasn't even done that in the past week. Going on day 9 now, hope she decides to actually eat what she catches...

She is such a diva!  I tried giving her organic honey today, just a dab of it and she wasn't too interested. I'm at a loss. I'll put some flies in there later today, hopefully her instincts will kick in. She molted to adult 8 days ago. I don't know how long she will survive if she doesn't get...

I got some mealworms today and took out the goo. I put it at her mouth and she immediately tried to spit it out and rub it onto the mesh to get rid of it. I tried to put it on her claw and she managed to eat some of it while cleaning her claw. I am wondering if she disliked the taste?  It was a...

Minimal success this morning. I caught a pregnant cranefly and was able to get a lot of the gooey stuff out and put to her mouth. She resisted for a bit, trying to walk away, but then I was able to get some of a gooey stuff onto her claw. She cleaned it off her claw and it became a small ball...

Yes, I've let flies loose, but she just ignores them. I'll give more gooey bugs a try. 

My female orchid molted to adult a few days ago on 5/10. She is not interested in any food. I've offered honey, which she will only take a nibble at before pushing it away. She will drink water, but that's about it. I tried offering cut up flies to her mouth, but she doesn't take it.  I'm...