I'm hoping for something besides amaryllis and African violets to lighten the mood in the winter.
I move most houseplants out in the summer but not orchids. The summer is a busy time in the garden and I'm not in the market for anything higher-need than some of the needy tropical plants I'm already overwintering, if that makes sense, and I have a vegetable garden and other beds and borders. All the house plants go into a shady grove of trees except the lemon trees, which go in the vegetable garden in containers.
I'm basing the 'not worry about rebloom for the first season or two' on a comment Margaret Roach made about new orchids needing a year or two to adjust but maybe I'll try the western window instead of the eastern one. Maybe I'm mis-remembering to console myself. They do look like they are adding roots and should be--as if if they were going to spike, they will need a better grip and structure and more leaves to support & nourish blooms...but I don't know. The house temp is 62 at night, 68-70 during the day. They are in one of the two most humid rooms--lots of fellow houseplants and a fountain that runs all the time.
Maybe I should just buy a new phalenopsis every year and eventually have a floppy leaved collection of foliage.
I'm surprised so many people have orchids summering outdoors. You're tempting me a little.
