Stowaway in a Green Spider orchid...

I bought a Spider Orchid last week and i ended up having to repot it. Long story short as I was removing it from the pot a small white ball a little bigger than a dime fell out from the side of the soil.

once I repotted the orchid I took a closer look at the little ball and saw that it was infact an egg. Shaped very simular to a chicken egg. The texture of the egg is bumpy and looks to be porus. At first I thought it was a "puff ball" mushroom bud but once I held it I could clearly see it wasn't.

The history of the Orchid:

I bought it from a nice man I know in Garden Grove, CA. He has some of his more expencive and rare orchids imported from other places around the world. This orchid happend to come from Vietnam, spent 1 week with him, and ended up with me.

I'm very fimular with the lizards of CA and what there eggs look like but this one baffels me. I will try and get photos of it later.

It has a window on the side of the egg and when I candled it, it seems to be alive with some vains showing and a nice pink glow. I let it sit for a while befor I put in in the inc. and when I placed it in the inc it was dinted but I just checked on it and the dent is gone. :confused:

I have it at 87 degreese with 60% humidity at the moment. the substrait is what I found it in. Orchid bark, green moss and potting soil, damp but not dripping when squeezed. so far it looks healthier than when I found it.

I guess only time will tell if it lives or not, and what that something might be.

I dont think this egg is imported...They check for things like that when imported to CA so hopefully it will be something neat but local to the US. I'm thinking an Anole or House lizard.

Keepping my fingers crossed.

neat... I want to see a picture!

Me too!!!

here. sorry for the poor quality. I didn't want to keep it out too long. so it was a quicky photo. but it dose show the little window quite well.

http://www.hexibase.com/~jessica/mysteryegg.JPG

so what you guys think?

i think good luck on hatching it and being the parent of something that you have no idea. call yourself lucky thats a good find and good luck.

dont know what type of egg it could be though.

maybe some time of bird egg, or maybe a snake egg

well it is still alive today and there are 2 more large vains showing. I will let it sit for a week and candle it again. I dont think it is a bird egg. It was found about an inch and a half below the soil in a little pockit. I only know of a few birds that burrow, lay there eggs and then leave them but they are large ground birds and the eggs weigh in at around 500 gr each. this little one is to light to be weighed on my scale. if it is a snake I would think Worm snake (one of my dream snakes) or Blind snake.

I'm leaning twards some type of anole though. One of the larger imported types from south america or Cuba. Garden Grove is infested with dumped, escaped and imported birds and reptiles.

Some birds do burry their eggs like the Killdeere.

Wow, what a cool find. I hope it hatches for you.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Some birds do burry their eggs like the Killdeere.

---

I think that killdeers have speckled eggs not plain white ones though, well anyways i can't wait to see if it survives and whats inside