[ClackamasCootz]

OrchidWeb.com

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I grew tons of orchids at the shop I worked at. Basically we had them in a moss/bark mixture. Pretty low light levels like a t12 would work and orchid specific food for the blooms.

Herbalist...that's a neat little garden you've got there.

[Cali MedPatient]

I have about 30 orchids and just took a break from working on assembling my orchid greenhouse. There are a lot of forums about orchids, and thousands of books on them. I've just learned about growing them semi hydro in hydroton. I've got one that I just transplanted into and it seems to be doing well so far. Have fun.

Paulo that's also called a Phalenopsis BTW.

[Whipit]

Cattleya love sun. Put your phals in indirect light. Get some Cattleya for your sunny spots. When my uncle passed away, I kept everything that was still alive. Just let them dry out between watering and give them food twice per year. It's easier than growing a weed!

[herbalistRoots]

Look what I got to re-bloom

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Herbalist, those are gorgeous. Much rep coming from this direction my friend.

[Terroir]

I got orchids.

2 many 2 count. Not really into latin names. Prefer hard cane to soft. Lots of orchids have been inherited and passed down over generations. My great grandmothers family were dairy farmers, loggers , cane farmers from Tweed / Mullumbimby reigon of NSW. When they get 2 big i split them and give them away. Australian natives, madagascan, japanese, burmese, and many other corners of the globe plus hybrids of the same. Around 8 years or go i counted 400 or so. Unfortunately i just saw this thread abit 2 late. September/ october is a peak bloom time at mine. All the flowers that you can see are well on the way out and many many gone in the last 2 weeks.

Very lucky to live in a climate that allows me to have orchids in flower year round. I just tie them to trees, put them in hanging baskets and pots and spray with the hose whenever and fertilise once a year or so. Some are finiky and dont flower until i find the right spot for them which may take a few years. Heaps die. Thats nature. Some species will do better than others. In the summer i always have mosquito coils going and people tell me my house looks like and smells some sort of indian hill top retreat. They stand on the street looking into the gardens and they say it wouldnt look out of place to have a tall indian man dressed in whites serving tea to a bunch of english ladies dressed inappropriately for the heat. My house is from the 1860's beginning of the Brittish Raj albeit in OZ.

Funnily enough a frenchman knocked on my door one day saying he was a decedent of the second owner of the house. He provided me with history of the house and photographs as proof. Right now where i grow stag horns, elk horns, bromeliads and orchids was in fact a fernery. ONe of the only things i have to do to make it almost original is to dig out the well and that prob wont happen due to cost.

I travel up the coast once or twice a year and dont you know it every time i go i find a dude that has orchids for sale and they end up in the back of my truck.


Filtered light is your friend. I have had 2 cut down some trees in the last 2 years due to parrots eating the shoots. New trees have been planted 2 replace them. I planted the JAMAICAN NATIONAL TREE - The Blue Mahoe (Hibiscus Elatus). the cut down trees have been wrapped in orchids, spanish moss and other parasitic plants. They will stay and the new trees will grow up beside them.

Sorry about the quality of the photos. Chucked in one of the patch which is cannabis free this year but has a cracking tomato plant in it and the dog and other stuff

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