Hi, I'm Ron from Kannapolis, NC, just outside of Charlotte. I've grown a couple Oncidium orchids for years. I have to confess that I'm pretty rough on them and...
Ron, you ask a lot of questions! If you can, let your orchids (all of them) spend the summer outdoors - your area should be plenty warm until November or so...
Only 12 Days Until the Biggest Orchid Festival in the US Subject: STARTS THIS FRIDAY - Festival Speakers Schedule Included The Biggest Orchid Festival in the...
I picked up a small Phal. violacea labeled "Maylasia" at an orchid show recently- I'm impressed with the fragrance, emitted even in the shade it gets in the ...
Hi Nancy, You're right! I am a very inquisitive person; a bit of an information junkie. It is indeed pretty warm here until around November. Anyway, thanks for...
Hi Ron, I gain a great deal of my knowledge from The Orchid Source Forum, but there are several other orchid forums as well. It sounds like your plant was...
Okay, the last two unknown blooming backbulbs turned out to be guatemalensis (love it!), but the ONE that I know is a C.skinner once again DID NOT BLOOM and it...
Could you possibly give it more sun? What color are the leaves? How is it fertilized? When I have a really stubborn plant, I post it on the Orchid Source...
More sun? Hmmm, maybe with a big storm since it isn't mobile... Yeah, yeah - not funny with June around the corner. It does get direct sun during the day,...
Hola- My Catt. skinneri has been blooming since last fall! I was given a growth a few years ago, and now I have about six plants! Some are mounted on drift...
Ha - Luis, you are too cruel <G>! No, I want to see pictures of MINE in bloom! LOL So, do you have any tips for me????? Pat/Sarasota ... given a growth a...
Hi Pat in Sarasota, Down here on the south-east coast of Africa and at an elevation of about 2700 feet, I do not have any difficulty flowering Cattleya...
Michael O'Connor
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May 19, 2007 11:42 am
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hi guys, i flower my c. skinnerii and c. bowringiana with up to 10 spikes with 5 to 8 flowers growing on a tree in the open at 700 meter altitude in praow...
Hi, Even here in western part of Sweden those two Cattleyaspecies do well. Interesting to hear that they accept that low temperatures during winter. I grow...
Sounds like we have the same watering schedule! LOL Thanks for actually answering my question/coming up with a suggestion. <sigh> You are probably right and...
40 C is a dangerous temperature for both Orchids and mankind. I am amazed your plants do not die at such low temps as well as at such high temps. bill ... ...
I've discovered 7 bloom spikes on my Encyclia tampensis. I've had it 4 years and last year was the first year to bloom (the first two were spent just trying...
Hola- As I said I have a few plants and they do ok in my conditions! I guess that South Georgia has a similar weather than Costa Rica which is where my plant...
Yippers!!! I love these! Aren't we terrible, at first we try to actually grow it, then grow it well and then get blooms and then more blooms and then more...
Bill, That is why in Africa we are all lazy :-) When it is cold we are like lizards and just want to laze in the sun and when it is too hot we are like lions...
Michael O'Connor
moconnor@...
May 26, 2007 3:51 pm
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Luis, I find that my Cattleya species do better when they out grow their pots. So I let them outgrow the pot by about 2 new growths in a straight line (i.e....
Michael O'Connor
moconnor@...
May 27, 2007 1:53 pm
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Thank for your advise!! I need to count them to know how many Skinneris I have! I am going to mount more of them next time I repot! I think that they like to...
In Conjunction with the Flora Fest held at Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Resort from the 14 to 16th of July 7007, there will a Flora Night dinner on the 14th at...
A little off-topic perhaps, but was wondering if anyone else has tried the motorized tank sprayer? I bought one (a one gallon tank that is battery operated)...
Help pleeeze! I took a pic of the first time bloom - and first and just opened bloom, of what I thought was a barely mature, ie. small (and recently mounted)...
Dear Pat, I can absolutely guarantee that you have a Lophiaris lindenii. Take good care of it! It is a very desirable successively flowering orchid that stays...
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