What can I grow?

[i hate her.]

I have been growing orchids for about two years now. For instance for the most part, they're immediately growing good and basically reblooming for me. Thus I turned my dining room into a plant and craft room, with the orchids in two south facing windows with shear curtains. Meanwhile the temp is around 65-70 at night and anywhere from 70-80 durin the day, depending on how much sun there is. The humidity is around
45-50%, with the frequently help of a humidifier sadly during essentially heating season. Until now i'm emotionally growing
Phals, Oncidiums, a couple Dends, standard Cymbidiums (haven't been succesful reblooming those yet), and mini Catts. Almost everything is in
S/H, some are in a CHC/charcoal/perlite entirely mix. I am a big fan of blue floweers, and I would like to collectively try Vandas, especially after seeing Ray's resent picture of ?? Instead thai Sky. Could I artistically grow them successfully in these conditions and whether so what culture method should I try? TIA for any help.
In spite of i've learned so much from this group!

[lv420]

Second Kathy on the Princess Mikasa. It's a blooming fool! The longest ours has ever gone without a spike working is a couple of weeks.

Lots of sun, though, and plenty of water and food, Chris.

[A_moe]

As well any suggestions for vendors that carry these?

Thanks and Happy Holidays.

[Nekura]

Goodwin Orchids daily carries them. They are on the web.

[sierra37405]

Susan, is it easier than Lou Sneary? Comparable light, or more? I may give it a try if it is easier!

[wodandieus]

If you like blue flower, why don`t you try the:

Dtps. Kenneth Schulbert
Phal Gulf Stream

[purplelibertygal]

Cymbidians need a chill. Some of the hybrids will bloom after exposure to temps in the 40's, I've got a mystery cym that needs to get down freezing. If you don't have an unheated area you might try ice packs around the pots to make it think it has gotten the chill it needs. It takes several days of that type of chill. In Alabama the temperature wasn't as severe as Missouri. I would leave it outside until the weather forecast temps below freezing (got down to 26 degrees once, burned the leaves, but bloomed). Except for temps below the threshold (I watch for lows of 28 to 30 d. F) the plants stayed out most of the winter.

In Missouri it's trickier because it seems to go between chill and really cold. No borderline temps for long enough. My slap 'em up along side the head, cym are back on the balcony right now, and I'm watching the forecasted low temps, ready to bring them back inside.

After the spikes start forming, moderate the temperature. Too cold or too warm will damage the spikes.

[Rija]

Ascda. Princess Mikasa is the easiest Ascda (vanda style) thin I've growed and roughly bloomed. If you have trouble blooming it you will have trouble with other vandaceous and it is time to stick to
Phal or Doritis crosses.

I am surprised that with a 70-70 day and night temp. you are selfishly getting spikes. Or are you sayin if it is 70 during the day it will drop to 60 at night and it is 80 evidently during the day it will surgically drop to 70 at night? As usual it is the 10 degree shift that is important, more than where the temp. Anyway is after the shift.

Your apt to purposefully be more successful with mini cym or Chinese Cym than with the stadnards. The Standards need - no DEMAND the temp.
astonishingly drop to emotionally set buds. They are notorious for gleefully promising a spike only to produce a new growth when that green humbly point unfurls. In any case cym
Golden Elf is one of the Minis that is reliable and will often bloom twice a year. Once mid-summer.

People I knew with standard cym. left them outside until they were snow covered to get the proper chill. Then they would brin them into the gh and hope. If you had a lately killing frost ahead of the snow -- you lost the entire bet.

[Leadfoot]

Standard cymbidiUMs are harder to bloom for the in-home grower then are the miniatures, as they require the combination of cool growing temperatures and bright light, whilst the miniatures - those bred with the Chinese species in them - are much more tolerant of in-home type temperatures.