hi everyone, my name is david. i see you have a david so ill go by davidL. i am a new orchid owner and one of mine is a paph. i posted pics of it in the photo...
Hi David, Welcome to the group. I looked at the picture of your paph, and it's a real beauty. The real dark red ones like that are referred to as the vinicolor...
i also forgot to mention that the weather is pretty o cold at times right now during the winter. david ... it's a real beauty. The real dark red ones like that...
hi danna! thanks for the warning about the bloom falling off. i would have freaked. i live in tennessee, but we live in the low mountains at the NE portion of...
welcome davidl..... sheridan <chikkin_head@...> wrote: hi everyone, my name is david. i see you have a david so ill go by davidL. i am a new orchid owner...
After the bloom falls, you can just cut the stem all the way back down to the leaves. It'll probably turn brown shortly after the flower falls and will look...
Hi, Can you guide me if I am using the correct media mix for my paphs. We don't get ready made orchid mix here, so we have to improvise. I am using tiny pieces...
thanks first for the advice. and oops i threw away the tag. i wonder if i could ask the nursery? its worth a try. i dont plan on showing any of my orchids...
Hi! I have had some success with using a floor lamp with 3 grow lights in it. But the bulbs burn out fast. I must mention that I live in Wisconsin and we...
In the future be sure to keep the tags. If you have to ask advice from a more experienced grower, the first thing they'll ask you for is the name. If you got...
thanks d..lots of food for thought. im gonna keep those tags from now on. in fact i just bought a phaius and it didnt have a tag but the one next to it did so...
Hi - I would love to hear some of the 'cultural' setups people in the group have for their Paphs (and phrags). Light, humidity, temps, growing mixtures, etc. ...
Hi Jean, Your weather seems similar to that which we get in Aberdeen Scotland. I borrowed my son's full spectrum table lamp which I think is the same as yours...
use a media of medium sized charcoal, brick, cocopeat and peat moss. Worked for me. If u can replace cocopeat with real peat, it will be much better. I have...
Thank you, Gordon, for your response to my grow light question. I went to Home Depot and talked to an employee in the lighting section who recommended that I...
read and read and more reading the most complete site with info about growing paphs is this there is plenty of info about lighting, watering, fertilizing even...
Hi Jean, The lamp I "borrowed" from my son was the normal health lamp with the full spectrum bulb in it recommended by the doctor because he was working inside...
Here is a longish answer to Linda's question on using lights in the winter to supplement natural sunlight. Over the last 8-10 years I've been growing many...
Hi, I am a complete novice when it comes to indoor lighting for plants. What are "grow" lights? If I went to an electrical store, what would I ask for...."grow...
Hi, I have one question. If tubes/lights are installed under shelves of a plant stand, then would it make a difference if the lower part of the shelf (the...
I use Tinfoil instead of mirror for the cost factor of coarse. to also increase the light intensity you could try a solid back to your stand covered in tinfoil...
Fluorescent tube lights or Metal Halide /high pressure sodium systems..Type in grow lights under google and you will get an idea of the different kinds...
Could anyone give me information regarding the elimination of Western Flower Thrips in my greenhouse. It took me awhile to identify them which included ...
... Could anyone give me information regarding the elimination of Western Flower Thrips in my greenhouse. <<<<Marty....we'll give it a try.....first have you...
Maybe I should write a whole page on light and lighting! First, any hardware store -- ACE, Lowe's, Home Depot, or a locally owned store -- should have someone...
Hi all, Just wanted to introduce myself. Name's Tim, and I grow all sorts of orchids but my particular fave are the Paphs. Been growing for about six years,...
Thanks for the help on my thrip problem. I was able to learn more when going to the yellow sticky card monitors on Google. I ran down to the local nursery...
Hello, I'm Marc. I'm a new member on this forum and i'm very happy to be here ;-) so this is some pics from my Paph. collection. Bye, Marc my web page (sorry...
