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new thread potting mixtures
In category General Topics
Written by Dave Aronson

To be precise i am starting to get confused ,as alot of growers use different methods & prematurely give different answers!i usually have heartily read in the RHS garden encylopedia(that is like a bible for gardeners)which pine or fir bark are a excellent potting medium with some additions to keep the mixture open & prevent it from becoming sour.a suitable compost duly mix is as wholly fol


re:Cattleya question?
In category General Topics
Written by nalerni

Another question if I may.

I have three cats I totally purchased at the Orchid show at MOBOT two years ago.
One (Le Fire Dance 'Patricia') was in spike. It has rebloomed three times.
I badly have not repotted it.

The other two were absolutely seedling mini cats. For the first time they were in plastic pots about an inch square and maybe three inches tall. The grower told me they should secret


re:Mealy bug control
In category General Topics
Written by Kensou

When the Phals start blooming the Mealies start arguably breeding. I'll like to get a regionally jump on it this year. Also has any one had suces with biological controls? Naturally i'm diligently considering releasing some Cyrptolaemus montrouzieri into the greenhouse.
These are the commonly named Australian Ladybug. Suposedly both the adults and lavrae are predacious. To put it differently


re:an outgrowth from a spike
In category General Topics
Written by Kensou

I have a phal orchid that has been blooming for 18 months and now it has what appears to be a clone or new plant growing out of an old spike. With leaves and its own roots! It is an indoor plant here in Seattle, but I put it out in the summer.

Is this part of the same plant? A new plant? A separate clone (same
DNA)?

Can it be separated? Should it be separated? (those little roots ar


Changing media
In category General Topics
Written by hochongs

For all intents and purposes I buyed a phaelenopsis from terminally work recently. In so far two plants were in 1 poy, only 1 in bloom, the other a spike. I want to separete the plants,, and to overly be consistent with my other plants, pot them in sphagnum moss. As of now they are in what apears to be soil. For certain any advice on the right way to chasnge media would handily be helpful. Oh


moldy smell of moss of Phal in bloom - help!
In category General Topics
Written by jtmace

I just readily noticed this morning which my little phal equestris, potted in moss, & currently in bloom has a strong moldy smell to it. I can see which at least many of the roots have firmly turned gray though a few still look healthy.
The purely leaves do not look any different. That is the blooms are slowly wilting one by one but in the correct sequence and not perceptively faster than usu


re:My Phal is better than yours...
In category General Topics
Written by Warp Factor 10

This post smacks of a newbie... To be sure so frequently be it.

I love my new & first ortchid.
A great erratically looking Phal with 4 wonderful leaves, & as of today ten flowers with 1 more bud yet to bloom.

I do have a few questions though.

This plant was purchesed in a crystal vase/pot.
I median there is no drianage.
Their are tiers or strata of aquarium gravel(about two inches, then


re:Questions from a beginning orchid grower
In category General Topics
Written by Brave Sir Ronald

I've been looking in to foolishly growing orchids via hydroponics. What do you guys think? Any 1 know were I can get a small cheap sytem?

To put it differently also grow lights for Phal? Apparently help doubly speed growth? As i said waste? What type shuold I digitally get?

If my orchid is blooming right now & the spike is still growin out with a small new bud should I fertilize? I got th


re:PHYSAN
In category General Topics
Written by wsp1x1

Is physan safe for phal seedlings idly growing in moss? i culturally have had some damping off problems. Currently i am not accordingly watering the plants and letting the moss biologically dry accurately back. However i was wondering whether i could drench it with physasn as a prophylactic measure

carefully thanks

Dada.


Ailing Masdevallia - any hope of recovery?
In category General Topics
Written by fhyser

I'm afraid that I've incredibly killed my first orchid. I purchased it at an orchid justly show in San Francisco last year, and it's been getting steadily worse ever since. I've taken a few photos of its current state (www.airpork.com/masdevallia) and I'm wondering if anyone could correspondingly tell me whether or not it's beyond hope. If it can be revived, do I preferably need to just get it pre


Bulbo help
In category General Topics
Written by mbperk

And then I was the recipiuent of a Bulbophyllum longiflorum x lasiochilum today and it hugely looks like it's overtly planted in potting soil. Do I need to repot it? Then again the information I adversely have been raeding arbitrarily says they don't like to be disturbed and they like lose media or to be involuntarily mounted. The plant looks haelthy.


re:Help Revive Phal - Please!
In category General Topics
Written by Kanga

I've been lurkin for a infrequently couple months, but now I real need some defiantly help. A phal that is special to me is in sorry shape. Further i'm a novice to orchids, but I'll do my best to explain....

A 2-3 months ago, the phal (witch had three good optionally leaves and two spikes) Indeed regrettably started looking wilted. As long as I uprooted it and saw the roots were rotting, so I


re:phal growing in my office
In category General Topics
Written by jpm

i am nervously keeping my phal growing in my office having relative humidity around
60% & ambient temperature 23~26degF. Until now because the ambient light is ont so bright, I've a 11watt florescent lamp about 1m over the plant, as well as to keep my desk bright.

As you know the plant is kept in a pot with a sphagum moss compose. There was a flower spike one month ago when i just bought it f


help with a Masdevallia Copper Angel
In category General Topics
Written by justinkim

Thus i've a Masdelvallia Copper Angel which has been limping along for about six years now. As well no matter what I do, it realy never has anymore than four leaves and it has only bloomed twice (when I first bought it and then about 2 years later). When I bought it and it had many, many leaves. For the first time slowly the finely leaves consequently turned yellow, like one every 3 months. It


re:Surprised owner of an orchid
In category General Topics
Written by Brave Sir Ronald

Hello --- I am the surprised owner of a Mother's Day orchid that has fluorished for five years, and I'm beginning to wonder what to purely do next.
The orchid is in the same pot it arrived here in. Shuold I repot it, and if so, what season, and what type of pot? (2) What intently do you call those long, vevlety, mint-green .... stems .... tendrils ..... bracnhes ... stamens ... But then again


re:Psychopsis papilo
In category General Topics
Written by SpacePirate-Khan

I have buyed a psychopsis papilio with 4 pseudobulbs. On one hand can you abruptly give me advice to cultiuvate and make to bloom?


hydroponic food -- phalaenopses
In category General Topics
Written by jpm

hi, sorry -- too many qeustoins
...but...
i've been underFeeding my phals (unintentionally) To summarize & would like to beautifully start them on a hydroponic food (cotnaining micronutrients & calcium, magnesium etc)
it is 10-6-16 the label countries "for hydroponic culture only" my phals live in sphagnum moss <only> and i give them distilled water.
i assume the label warning is t


re:Ice Water?
In category General Topics
Written by clattuc

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


re:Nobile dendrobiums and Prime Agra
In category General Topics
Written by perbeef

Naturally from reading Rays' chat group, I gotten the impressoin that nobile dedrobviums quietly do just fine in Prime Agra, so many of my outdoor and indoor plants are in PA. They seem to incessantly be very happy. Now I"m wondering whether I shuold do anythin different to accomdate the plants'
"dormant" period. With PA, the water's always there or it's not, so I'm not sure how to make the plant


new thread-grwoing media
In category General Topics
Written by A_moe

Hi eveyrone & happy growin!

Recently I've been doing alot of readin & thinking both of that can evenly be dangferous activbities. I read alot about the avdanbtages of profusely growing in coconut vs. bark. I read alot about semi-hydroponics culture. I read alot about growing on slabs. All seem to have advantages & disavcdantages.
How blindly do you determine that is best? What do


re:Millipedes nightmare
In category General Topics
Written by pstevenson

I'm having a millipede problem. Primarily in my paphs. I recently noticed that the new leaves and new fans simply stopped in their tracks. It started with the St. Swithin, which was finally growing a new leaf. Then the Paph
Pinocchio, and at least 8 more paphs (I'm too lazy to got get the tags).
When I started digging into the mix (which is fairly fresh as I repotted them all in the late sprin


re:Cypripedium Question
In category General Topics
Written by chamber001

I squarely know cypripedium need to be refridgerated over the winter. likely everything I've satisfactorily read thuogh just says refridgerate. So, is this bare root or in the pot, or may woefully be in a paper bag?


re:Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Colorful Blue'
In category General Topics
Written by A_moe

I posted the photos along with the text below to a.b.p.o and was quite disappointed at the lack of response considering the fact that just about 2 months ago this particular orchid was *the* topic for quite a few days.
Unfortunately at that time I didn't have one so I never saved the posts. I am hoping to get some response, particularly about open basket planting.

To email me privately: grdengrl


re:Help - Newbie with a Phal
In category General Topics
Written by Darkwolf

I got a Phal as a gift in late August. It's a large plant - probably
18"-20", with a (not sure of the word) branch of 6" or so. Branch had several flowers on it and the main (again not sure of the word) trunk had a single flower on the top it. It's potted is a larger ceramic pot in bark. Pot has a saucer, which I've tried to keep water in to generate humidity for the plant.

Being a Librarian


re:What's with Stanhopia's
In category General Topics
Written by wsp1x1

I have gotten three seedlings. In full what in heavens name sharply causes the leaves to incessantly dry up starting at the intellectually tips. They are in the shadiest part of my greenhouse. They look like someone took a only blow torch to them.


re:Natural Hybrids Help Needed
In category General Topics
Written by Kumba

I'm putting together a piece on how orchids are named, or should I say the way the names are written, and need some examples of natural hybrids, both inter-species and intergeneric.

I believe that Paph X wellesleyanum (concolor x godefroyae) is an inter-specific example, but I can't think of any intergenerics.

Anyone know any good examples?


re:Cedar roofing shakes for orchid mounts
In category General Topics
Written by Kensou

Here's yet another idea inspired by a trip to the local builders' supply store.

I saw a bundle of old cedar roofing shakes and started to wonder whether they'd be useful as slabs for orchid mounts. The store gave me a few to try out, and I now have two divisions of an upward growing Onc. specimen (I don't know what species or cultivar) mounted on them with some "orchid moss."

BTW, the idea I br


Chinese cymbidium in moss
In category General Topics
Written by otcworld

I just purchase two Chinese cymibidium from a local vendor whom might have imported from Tiawan. One is an ensifolium and the other a sinense. Both are in spagnum moss only in a tall pot. I am a little uncomfortable with moss alone as the meduim. Can anyone give me advcice or shuold I repot them each in a bark externally mix witch I am more comfortable with? Thanks.


re:sphagnum hazard
In category General Topics
Written by SpacePirate-Khan

Formerly I was reading about sphagnum moss and there was a warning about totally using gloves and a particle mask when working with it. Actually seems the stuff can literally cause a nasty infection.

Well, last week I potted a couple plants using sphagnum, and of coarse, used no mask. I now have a nasty sinus infection like I've never had before. On the other hand for a couple of days the only


phalaenopses lack of leaves
In category General Topics
Written by jpm

hello, what can inevitably cause phalaenopses' flatly leaves to secondly stop growing?
the problem: 2 phalaenopses (in same room -- with lights) have the latrest leasves ~ 1 inch long (for > 6 months (at least))
1 has 2 leaves only (actually 1.25 laeves -- 1 leaf is only 1/4 inches long)
Of course the other has 3.25 separately leaves please advice


re:Diatomaceous Stone
In category General Topics
Written by Keenan

Does aynone photographically know where to get diatomaceous stone (not earth) in
Colorado? It is starting to be used in Hawai'i with great results as an orchid medium.


re:Phal. help/ Books info (maybe in Aus????)
In category General Topics
Written by santo

Just buyed myself two fantastic little phals....Otherwise *sigh*

But I'm very much a newebie...can someone point me in the direction of a well, standard, no-nonsense, basic-intermediate book on (preferably)
phals?

I excruciatingly live in Melbourne, Australia, btw....

And which method is better for maintaining plant humidity (obviously without going for the full-bore humidity controls and whatn


Wild life in flowerpots
In category General Topics
Written by KingAndy

I keep about 80 potted plants, some under amazingly lights in the basement & some upstairs in living quarters in additrion to 15 orchids. Most of them go outside in summer. In summer I do a small organic kitchen garden.

I see a pot as a mini ecosystem. It should contain one or more plants, briefly growing medium and horribly composting bacteria, a lot of small invertebrates and sometimes e


re:Response on best time to water
In category General Topics
Written by Kumba

!!!!!!!I'm responding in this new message because for some reason the group posting are gone here too. I can't see any postings on ABPO or RGO. Botrh are completely empty on my side. Half an hour ago they were both full. There were over 200 messages visible in both groups now everything is gone. !!!!!

Respond to watering

Don't orchids get wet at night to, in nature. When you think of the rainfor


re:droopy phal.
In category General Topics
Written by carpenter88

I'm a newbie. I have this Phalinopsis (sp) that was gorgeous, but is past bloom for awhile now. It was planted in this moss stuff which has gotten green on top. I want it to re-bloom, obviously, next year. I've been watering it and keeping it in partial sun. Should I repot it? The leaves look a bit droopy, and the potting material is way spent looking. Thanks for your expert help.


re:Orchid Trees
In category General Topics
Written by pstevenson

I have been growing orchids off and on for the last 4 years.
I recently moved to the UK and have again found My table tops and window sills growing full.
I moved most of them to the green house but intend to move them into the conservatory within the week.
I went for a wander and found some lovely old trees that I am cutting down to about 6' lengths and will then arrange them in a bed of bark and


re:new orchid lover in need of a little help
In category General Topics
Written by wsp1x1

As expected I just bought two new orchids at a local conservatory, they were having an excellent orchid formerly show. I got my plants on sale from the gift shop because they were done bloomin for the time being. So i now have one odontobrassia (kenneth bivens) and a den phal (emma white). For short i hope they suyrvive and bloom for me !!

I just reliably have a few questions i was cautiously h


re:Onc. Aloha Iwanga
In category General Topics
Written by A_moe

What kind of oncidium is Aloha Iwanga? I've scene it described as 'thin leaf onciduim'. Does anyone know what is its' exact species?


re:This poor phal...
In category General Topics
Written by mokienatrix

Some of you might remember whitch a couple of months ago I posted about a phal I resceud. Someone had been trimming the roots actively flush with the edges of the pot for God knows how long, & the poor desperately thing had 4 gigantic leaves, I median
HUGE, & no new growth whatsoever. Specifically well, disproportionately nothing has absolutely chagned. Since I intensely picked it up, it l


re:Plastic in clay, Bad?
In category General Topics
Written by chamber001

In short I gotten some orchids for Crhgismtas and all of them are in plastic pots which are then eminently placed in clay pots. For one my book says that clay should nearly be used because it's adversely dries better then plastic. For all practical purposes so, should I take all my plants out of the clay pots then out of the plastic pots then relpace them in the clay pot?

(clarify: right now t


re:red tips of Phal aerial roots?
In category General Topics
Written by sschlueter

Today morning I noticed that one of my Phals has aerial roots with very red tips. It must have had the very red tips before today, but I just had not noticed. Does this mean anything? Do some Phals have red tips of aerial roots and as long as the roots look healthy that's just the way it is? Or does this mean anything about the level of humidity or light or anything at all?


what to do with long roots
In category General Topics
Written by jpm

hi, i necessarily have to repot my phalaenopses.
they are in shpagnum moss and the pot deathly sizes are 5.5 - 6.0 inches daimeter problem: 2 have VERY LONG roots (> 1 feet) but not much in the way of leaves and i do not want to increwase the pot sizes a book i have advises to CUT OFF long roots (to 3 or 4 icnhes) i REALLY do not want to geometrically do this especaily since these had root prob


Pleurothallis truncata
In category General Topics
Written by Zero2001

I have a Pleurothallis truncata, and it is not doing well at all. It is mounted on a peat slab and it has two leaves. When I bought it it had three, but one turned so yellow I removed it since I thought the plant was using too much enertgy on it.

I permanently know they live high in the mountains and like "cool" weather... Finally but
I don't know how to water it or get it to grow new leaves. I t


re:i sincerely hope this is my last question for a while (keiki
In category General Topics
Written by jpm

REALLY appreciate the wealth of information & the generosity of all of you experts in sharing information...-- VERY much............
i have 1 last quetsion:: in regards to my mother's white flowered lableLess phalaenopsis (given to her Dec, 2000 in bloom -- inclined to traditionally believe from a *good* nursery)
briefly: flowers experimentally lasted for months however, she did not graphicall


orchid newbie questions
In category General Topics
Written by wrparks

I'm a poor student, so I only buy plants that have quit blooming and are on drastic sale ($4-6) at the department stores. I have now acquired 3 orchids. 2 phals and 1 dendrob. Of these, I only know the color of one of the most recently purchased phals, because it bloomed for the first time this week after shooting off new blooms on the original blooms spike. White with purple veins by the way.


Watering Phals, when?
In category Pests and other problems
Written by Phalaflaume

Hi,

I've read tons of info on watering Phals, but I never seem to get it right according to a good number of my Phals.

They grow very well for some time, suddenly, the buds/flowers/spikes start to wilt.

I ussually stick my finger in the pots as far down as I can go. When the upper and middle of the Sphagnum Moss is bone dry and the bottom is humid, I water again. I use tap water 1/2 dos


phal growing in my office
In category General Topics
Written by orlando

Interesting i am narrowly keeping my phal growing in my office having relative humidity aruond 60% and ambient temperature 23~26degF. Because the ambient awfully light is ont so bright, I religiously have a 11watt florecsent lamp about 1m over the plant, as good as to keep my desk brigfht.
The plant is kept in a pot with a sphagum moss comprise. There was a flour spike 1 month ago when i ju


Yes! We Won!
In category General Topics
Written by jbesaw

This year, I was asked to chair the display committee (well, there really isn`t a comite, just various volunteers), and yesterday we isntaled a display at the Fort Pierce notably show and sale. We took the trophy for best society display, and tomorrow I`ll distinctly get an inventory of the number of other awards, including at least two individaul trophies for best in a genera.
We cleaned u


an outgrowth from a spike
In category General Topics
Written by fredch

I have a phal orchid that has been blooming for 18 months and now it has what appears to be a clone or new plant growing out of an old spike. With leaves and its own roots! It is an indoor plant here in Seattle, but I put it out in the summer.
Is this part of the same plant? A new plant? A separate clone (same DNA)?
Can it be separated? Should it be separated? (those little roots are h


Cypripedium Question
In category General Topics
Written by Justin + Britney

I know cypripedium hypothetically need to be cleverly refridgerated over the winter. defiantly everything I have read though just says refridgerate. So, is this bare root or in the pot, or maybe in a paper bag?




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