The one stem which I cut back to one inch when the blooms died off, is blooming again beautifully. And I just noticed that there is a second stem growing up...
Hi Chia Yes I am in the UK. I don't post much if anything on the site myself, but it is sometimes interesting and useful just to read through th things that...
I am new to your group. I Have a question on Phalaenopsis orchids. I have picked up a few lately. I had some last year but they all died. I guess that was...
Hi Betty ! Hi everybody ! Before I comment on your posting I want to thank the group for having me here. I have been reading almost all the previous messages...
Hi Betty - ... You say that you live in Iowa - well, you should be able to grow outside easily in summer! It sounds to me as if you took them outside without ...
I would like to thank everyone that answered my last question under new member question. I now have another one. My mother gave me a small Phalaenoposis that...
Someone wrote and said that some of the stores sell seconds on orchids and they sometimes to not do well. I don't live very close to an orchid nursery so I...
Hi Betty & Riccardo, Riccardo you and I have the same taste in orchids, except I prefer Cattleyas to Cymbidiums. FYI, the Dancing Ladies are Oncidiums. Betty,...
Hi Betty - ... I can certainly answer this one, being that I am also living in the midwest. All my phals spiked up quite nicely in Nov-Dec. I still have not...
Hi again everyone. I see that Donald and I disagree on the nature of Betty's problem with her phal. I guess that now it's up to Betty to say who is right!...
Hi again Betty - "Big Box" stores like Lowes and Home Depot get some terrific plants. The reason is, they buy them from huge orchid nurseries that propagate ...
I have bought some very nice plants from Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, and Target, as well as from orchid nurseries. I know one person who has...
Hi Donald ... Thanks for the pointers ...I will keep in mind what you told Betty about the Phals. They do well in my south side of the house. I love the...
Denise, You are absolutely correct in that 'agreement'. We both actually looked at the problem from 2 possible views. It's kind of hard to accurately diagnose ...
I have bought some plants from large growers, some from Home Depot, and some
from Wal-Mart...my experience has been that the ones I bought from each have
been...
I agree 100%, Danna - and would like to add that at my Home Depot, they can have bad cases of scale or mealybugs - so watch out for that, too. Denise...
I will be going out of a town for a while. Please hold all emails. I will go no mail on all of the groups. Thanks. Wirey hugs and love and xxx and licks...
I agree with what you are saying, kjmcl, but please don't generalize and say that orchids do not like high humidity! There are 25,000+ species of orchids, you...
when I first got into orchids 20 years ago there was only Haussermans by mail...then I joined local society and bought some there...then bought some at local...
Hi Demise, thank you for responding to my post...I hope no-one
misinterpreted my statement about high humid conditions...yes! Orchids like
humidity, some...
Thanks Donald for your reply, The plant that had the rippled leaves is now done blooming so I took it out of the pot. I had purchased this plant in bloom, in...
Hi, Y'all might like to take a look at this link to a newsletter that features orchid tips. I have subscribed to it and find that it has lots of useful...
dear Danna thankyou thats a great site nanda Danna Spayde <orchidnut_2000@...> wrote: Hi, Y'all might like to take a look at this link to a newsletter ...
my mother has a problem with her phalaenopsis orchids. She has several blooming now. Some she purcahsed a month ago and others are just reblooms. At the...
my mother has a problem with her phalaenopsis orchids. She has several blooming now. Some she purcahsed a month ago and others are just reblooms. At the...
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