I would be a tad unhappy!!
Seriously, I would place a few slices of potatoes or apples ( they both work equally well) right on top of the medium/next to the leaves and nearby, but leave room for a snail or slug to get underneath. You will be surprised what you find on the underside in the morning, especially if you grow outside.

In two weeks or so I will start carrying my plants back inside - it will be a chirp-fest for a couple of days!! I always move Crickets along with my plants inside!

Tried it last week, and it was right after I had gone on 'night patrol' and nabbed most of the perps.

I had to ditch the stinky potato slices after about 4 days, but I will put some more out tonight. The snails keep returning as long as it's wet at night, it seems.

Got to admit, he was an athletic little snail, he climbed 5ft. up the metal stand, out the hook, down the wire hanger and up the flower stem to get to those yummy flowers!

Oh I would throw out the slice with the collected "stuff"..... That was a circus acrobat then, must have been quite an incentive!

My mom passed away while living in an assisted living home that was costing me $4,600 a month. I had that place cleaned out and the key turned at the speed of light. No time to reminisce at that rate.

Out in the OC, the L. purpurata werkhauserie 'Monte X C. gaskelliana coerulea is fully open.


B. nodosa X C. netrasiri waxy just opened a couple of new blooms.


Brassolaelia Memoria Bernice Foster is another Bl. Richard Meuller cross, thus the spots.


Update on Habenaria rhodocheila.


Jim

That L. purpurata X is a beauty! I like the habenaria too.

Look at the color on that Habenaria! Quite different; I like it! Sorry to hear about your mother, Jim.

No, no Melanie, that was a couple of years ago. All is well here.

I think it would be fun to go with Elaine on 'Night Patrol'. If you have those screen doors with the little rubber sweeps on the bottom like were on my old pool cage, I can see why those slugs get to your orchids. I now have regular screen doors with a door jam on the OC. No slugs or snails anymore.

Jim

Jim, good to know all is well.

I don't seem to have a problem with snails or slugs (at least not where the orchids are). I have to watch out for furry little rodents chewing the buds and flowers off. You would think as much as my neighbor's cat hangs out in my yard I wouldn't have these problems. I've got two in bud now and one is changing colors so hopefully I'll have pictures soon!

So far I got lucky with rodents - Chipmunks enter the cage easily and I see them doing it, but so far they haven't touched any orchid.

Beautiful Jim!
The purpurata x is really nice!
Interestingly enough, if I look up gaskelliana x purpurata, I get 4 hits, I get nothing with purpurata as pod parent.

But the pretty nodosa x Netrasiri Waxy has a name for sure, see here
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticu...

I was just about to post an update on my Habenaria rhodocheila..... we are on the same schedule with that one. Looking at your close up - yours has more color than mine.
edited to correct - (communication Leon Glicenstein) this is Habenaria erichmichaelii, not rhodocheila.


and here is one, bought in 2004 from Fox Valley Orchids, this is Paph. Joyce Hasegawa. It rarely blooms for me, mostly it just takes up space and tries to look nice

Thanks for the name, Ursula. I'll change the tag tomorrow. I think it is pretty enough to have its own name.

Love the Paph and I bet we will hear from Bree on it. How long do you have to wait between blooms? Yes, my Habenaria rhodocheila is a little darker in color than yours. Both are nice.

Jim

Jim, it bloomed in 2004, 2007 and then in 2010. Interesting!!
Hmm, it will bloom the next time in 2016?

Yup, Night Patrol out in the cage is fun. I used to go around the garden picking off Sri Lanka weevils at night too. I even have a little night vision scope that my kids got me for Mother's Day. They think I'm nuts but they give me fun gifts . . .

I agree the snails are probably coming under the door sweeps although I have brought various plants into the cage from the jungle, and they could have harbored some snails. I wonder if I can find copper door sills? Slugs and snails supposedly will not cross anything copper. DH just wandered up as I was typing this, so I put him on it. He loves a problem to solve.

These two fragrant fellows are on either side of the patio door out to the cage. This morning the perfume was overpowering as you opened the door!


Got another nice shot of the Spathoglottis in the morning light, still going strong with 3 new spikes coming along!

Your two fragrant fellows are gorgeous!! very showy!!

Now this is a picture - Elaine with night vision googles looking for snails!
Sorry, I am visualizing the Geico commercial - 2 Antilopes with night vision goggles taunting Carl the Lion? Still cracks me up -
" I can so totally see you" say to the snails? "That's embarrassing". And now Klaus and I are both cracking up.... oh boy!!

Jim, your B. nodosa X C. netrasiri waxy is great, I love the lip on it.

What, Ursula? You have an orchid plant that doesn't obey your will? I really like those pinky Paphs.

Ooh Elaine, those are beautiful!

Susan, unfortunately I do have a bunch more of these Orchid shyfloweri types.... they just sit there trying to look cute!

With all these great shots of Habenaria rhodocheila, I may have to look into getting one

My night vision scope is a weird gadget that looks kind of like an old video camera. Not goggles, sadly, that would definitely have been more fun! I got them to hunt for raccoons at night, but all I ever saw was a possum, and my cat. I sprayed the possum with the hose, and it fell over and played dead. I felt terrible! Then the infernal thing just stood up again and sort of huffed, and walked away. My hunting career . . . snails and bugs are definitely better prey.

Loving both the colors of the Habenaria, and that Paph is really gorgeous. I figure I can give a Paph shelf space, just because they have such pretty leaves. Hoping mine will flower some day.

Playing 'possum...
Heh, your growing/flowering conditions might just be more suitable for Paphs than mine. Go for it!

Btw this Habenaria came back for a couple of years now and there are now several small plants in the pot too. I keep it during the Winter with my smaller succulents -Haworthias, Stapeliads and such. So far so good!

Nah, I think our climate is tough for Paphs in the summer. It would probably do better in the house, with a/c keeping it cool. I lost one last year to black rot. So I just have one tiny one left, but it is doing ok. No hint of a spike, though. Maybe it is on a 3-yr. cycle like yours?

This year, of course, has been cooler, and so rainy, so maybe when the first cold front comes down this far, it will play along with its Phal neighbors and put up a spike?