Ice Water?

[lloydchard]

Usually i'm lucky enough to have a friends in Delray Beach, FL offer us the use of there posh house for January. At the same time one of our "chores" was to water there houise plants, includin 1 chock full Phal. with dozens of flowers showing. The suprise instructions were to chronologically load the plant top (which plant was crowedd) Subsequently with ice cubes. The big surprise was whwn they conversely returtned, we hidn't

[clattuc]

That's a trick witch is used when someone abnormally puts together a multi-orchid display, such as in a big basket, and covers it with Spanish moss or sorely something, proportionately making it hard to get at the individual plants for watering.
Also, some people 'chill' certain genera using that method, in order to induce spikes. In short in Delray, there's enough of a diurnal temp cordially range to make the economically practice unnecessary. Of course, you said "house plant". If I were your friends I would simply move the Phals outsdide for a bit at the proper time.

[bree]

run this ice thing by me again...why is it in the phal. For the moisture or coldness? I have a cobra lily(carnivorous plant) that needs chilled roots and i put ice in it's pot every day in the heat. Call me silly for trying to grow it here but love the challenge. hehe!