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Mar 28, 2016 1:50 PM CST
Name: Ruud
The Netherlands
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Lots of direct sunlight (south-east window, no protection in summer) and lots of water, that's all i do to it.

Ruud
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Mar 28, 2016 3:20 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
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Ruud, your Leptotes bicolor looks great!! Thumbs up
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Mar 28, 2016 4:18 PM CST
Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
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I agree
Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.
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Mar 28, 2016 7:21 PM CST
Name: Tara
NE. FL. (Zone 9a)
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Me too! They are gorgeous! Drooling
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Mar 29, 2016 6:53 AM CST
Name: Ruud
The Netherlands
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Thank you all for the compliments!

Ruud
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Mar 29, 2016 4:09 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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I know I keep showing this one, but well . . . it keeps blooming! My Thunderstorm orchid, Den.crumenatum has another pretty show of flowers from the storm that went past us on the weekend. We got good rain today, and more thunder, but these buds were stimulated by the previous storm. (also pardon the fuzzy pics, those long stems won't hold still)
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One more shot of Bl. Blazing Treat all wet from the rain with most of its flowers open, 8 blooms on this spike!
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Elaine

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Mar 29, 2016 4:22 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Good ones, Elaine. We had thunder and lots of rain today too. In fact it is still sprinkling. It is getting harder to tell when the dry season ends and the rainy season begins.

Jim
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Mar 29, 2016 4:33 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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No kidding - let's hope we get some dry weather in April this year. But you know, the Gulf water never got down below about 60 this year, and is warming up again now, so that really determines a lot of our temperature and weather. Could be back to tropical weather, soon. Crying

My orchids sure got a nice rain water bath today. The Vandas all have their roots nice and green, full of water.
Elaine

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Mar 29, 2016 5:08 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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Elaine, I think your Den crumenatum is great!! The Blazing Treat is no slouch either with its wonderful color!!

I covered up my Bletillas again, tonight's temps will be dipping into frost territory and I see snow in the forecast for early next week. I really hope that is a wrong weather forecast.
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Mar 29, 2016 7:19 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
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very pretty , Elaine! Blazing Treat is one of my favorites and 8 buds...wowzer!
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Mar 30, 2016 6:39 AM CST
Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)
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I am a Blazing Treat fan also, that one is a treat.
Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.
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Mar 30, 2016 7:20 AM CST
Name: Brea (pronounced Bre Anderson
West Michigan (Zone 5b)
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Hello,
I have never posted in the orchid forum. I'm always over with the sedum and succulents nodding
But I have an orchid too...along with hundreds of other plants. And my orchid has finally decided to bloom, for the first time, in 4 years! So I wanted to jump over here and share a couple photos. It is just a plain ole boring one. Not fancy like all of yours, but I love it Lovey dubby

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Mar 30, 2016 7:26 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
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Welcome to the Orchids forum, Brea. @WildSucculentDreams, as far as I am concerned, there is no such thing as a "plain" or a "boring" orchid flower. They are all unique and beautiful in my eyes. You were very patient waiting four years for it to bloom again.
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Mar 30, 2016 7:29 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
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Brea, it is very pretty! Congrats! Thumbs up
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Mar 30, 2016 7:43 AM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Welcome to orchids, Brea. Your Phal is just beautiful and looks really healthy, too. I'm with Ken, no orchid is plain. They're like people, and have individual beauty.

Look at all those nice fat roots waving in the air! That's a great sign that it's happy. Come to think of it, the care of a Phal indoors is probably fairly similar to care you give your succulents. hmmmm.
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
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Mar 30, 2016 8:13 AM CST
Name: Brea (pronounced Bre Anderson
West Michigan (Zone 5b)
"Himona ia Achi Abeha."
Region: Michigan Organic Gardener Sedums Sempervivums
Thank you, everyone! I see that the third flower has opened this morning!!!! Smiling You have no idea how excited I was when I saw that shoot starting to grow!!!! I hope I get lucky and see another!!!!

You're right Elaine @dyzzypyxxy I do care for them fairly similar to my succulents! I never thought of it that way! I would love to purchase more orchids, I just do not know where to do so....other that the grocery store phal, like this one. I would like to have some unique orchids, like the beautiful ones that I see on here. They are calling to me! Heehee Drooling

I also wanted to ask all of you a question (maybe this isn't the thread to ask it in...if not, I apologize). I would like to repot it. Or do any of you use no pot at all? It is still stuffed in the same plastic it came in when my husband gave it to me, from the grocery store, 4 years ago! Would it be okay to repot it after it is done blooming? I can see all the new growing roots inside the plastic pot at it is driving me bonkers!
Thank you for your help....or for directing me in the right path if this is not the place to ask....and thank you for the compliments. Smiling
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Mar 30, 2016 9:03 AM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Orchids Photo Contest Winner 2021 Photo Contest Winner 2023
A better picture this morning of Jfk. Apple Blossom 'NN'..one of the members of the Florida Orchid Growers FB group was able to ID the clonal name for me.

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and one of the members of my bug control division..caught in-between uniform changes..but still quite determined to put on a nice territorial display.


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Mar 30, 2016 9:07 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
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What in the world variety of lizard is that, Lindsey?

@WildSucculentDreams, you have a T-Mail on its way.
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Mar 30, 2016 9:21 AM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
The one constant in life is change
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Brea, it probably is a good idea to re-pot your Phal once the blooms are finished, but that may take a couple of months - yes they're slow growers and slow bloomers but once they do bloom, those flowers last a long time!

As far as a pot, for growing indoors a clay orchid pot is probably your best option. They are available at any big box store (HD or Lowe's) and not expensive. Just be sure you get one with the extra holes in it - orchids really like lots of air around their roots as you can see from your present one!
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When you go to get your pot, also buy a bag of "Special Orchid Mix" or "bark mix" or sometimes they even have it labeled "Phalaenopsis Mix". It's chunks of bark, charcoal and perlite, just the right stuff for Phals to attach those roots to. There are good directions on the bag, but here's also a link to the American Orchid Society's culture sheet for Phals: http://www.aos.org/Default.asp...

One thing they don't say in the potting directions (bottom of the page) is that when you set your plant in the new pot, be sure the crown is at an angle so that water runs out of the cup of leaves. Having any water sit in there is a risk for crown rot disease that can kill your plant pretty quickly. Phals are naturally trailing plants and the flowers are meant to cascade downwards, not stand up as you see them in the store. (I think they do that so they can ship a lot more plants in a box without breaking the flower stems, but Shrug! ) Here are some of mine, crowns at a slant.
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We love questions, and enabling new orchid nuts like us to feed their plant addictions . . Big Grin
Elaine

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Mar 30, 2016 1:42 PM CST
Name: Brea (pronounced Bre Anderson
West Michigan (Zone 5b)
"Himona ia Achi Abeha."
Region: Michigan Organic Gardener Sedums Sempervivums
Thank you Elaine, for all the information!!!!!
I will check my Tree Mail Ken ;)
Lindsey @sugarcane Your orchid is absolutely GORGEOUS! I want orchids like that!!!! Lovey dubby Sigh......
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