Viewing post #1921679 by drdawg

Hi, Alyssa. No, you'll see me addressed as "Ken". "doc", and "drdawg".

No, I don't miss dentistry at all, though most of my dreams are still of dentistry. My back is not worth much but the main thing is that I am relatively pain-free. I could not have lived with the pain that I was having, so, though I would rather have not had surgery, I really had no choice. I just have to be more careful with how I stress my back. I now wear a back brace during most of the work outside.

Generally speaking, at least in my experience, the younger the orchid the fewer the blooms. Some orchids are surely "reluctant" bloomers and some simply want to bloom frequently. That's mostly genetic. Of course, with optimum growing conditions, orchids are healthier and thus bloom better.