Thank You Kathy, I will explore those links now that my outdoor gardening season is over and I have some time.
So far the only blooming orchids that I have had were blooming when I bought them. My goal now is to see if I can keep them alive and "rebloom" them myself. I think I am on a roll now that I have a few, and the little ones that survived are making some headway on growing new roots.
I like those clay pots with side slits that I put my Dendrobiums in, it looks like they will breath better than the plastic slotted pots that I have the baby Phalenopsis in. What do you think of the unglazed clay pots? Do you use them for any of yours?
Also what is the purpose of the filter you were talking about using over on the November Photo thread? Is that to filter out Chlorine? Our water is a rural community water system. It might have a slight amount of chlorine in it, but not much. Less than the water systems in town have. Is chlorine really bad for orchids?
I think a couple of my E-bay babies are that Ascocenda type. I put them in the same mixed medium Orchid bark as my phalenopsis are in. I hope that's OK as a general medium?
I just visited Hawaii in October and was able to see all the aerial rooted ones growing on the tree fern trunks. Over there a lot of coconut fiber is available and made use of. Do you ever use tree fern or coconut fiber for your Orchids? I was wishing I could bring some back with me, but I figured that it would just be taken away at the airport and I would be wasting my money on it. I think over here we can buy the coconut fiber in compressed bricks though, so if I decided to use some, I could find it.
So glad to find you sucessful Orchid growing folks. It will help my confidence that I can do it too, knowing you are all out there and I can see all those beautiful blooms you are all getting on yours. There may be hope for me yet!
Thanks For all your comments and encouragement,
Diana
