Our Orchid blooms in May 2016 in the Orchids forum

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sugarcane

May 30, 2016 2:59 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

I had one for a couple of years in NC, before it jumped into the compost pile.

lindsey

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Ted5310

May 30, 2016 3:07 PM CST

Name: Ted DeWitt
Brea, CA (Zone 10b)

And I thought that was just a west coast orchid affliction.

Showing up is 88% of life

| @Ted5310 | Post #1165660 (2)

sugarcane

May 30, 2016 3:43 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

along with 3 Paph's and 4 ( I think) Cym's...oh yeah..and a few of the Onc. family jumped as well...a very tragic end for them.

lindsey

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chris1948

May 30, 2016 3:46 PM CST

Name: Chris Pollock
Copperas Cove, Tx (Zone 8a)

Nothing fancy, just another of my Phals bloomed in time for May's posting.

Chris - Linux since 1995

| @chris1948 | Post #1165712 (4)

Ursula

May 30, 2016 4:34 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

Nice color, Chris!

| @Ursula | Post #1165755 (5)

chris1948

May 30, 2016 4:56 PM CST

Name: Chris Pollock
Copperas Cove, Tx (Zone 8a)

Thank you Ursula

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| @chris1948 | Post #1165767 (6)

DaisyI

May 30, 2016 5:15 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Don't let it near Lindsey's house. Her plants seem to be infected with some sort of jumping disease.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
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sugarcane

May 30, 2016 5:43 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

lindsey

| @sugarcane | Post #1165795 (8)

drdawg

May 30, 2016 8:11 PM CST

Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)

drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.

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SarasotaPatty

May 30, 2016 8:24 PM CST

Name: Patty
Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b)

with Ken....

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| @SarasotaPatty | Post #1165994 (10)

sugarcane

May 30, 2016 9:00 PM CST

Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl

you guys might have laughed when I spent BIG bucks to have 'life lines ' installed on my benches...

but it's really helped in keeping the plants from jumping into the compost pile!

lindsey

| @sugarcane | Post #1166018 (11)

SarasotaPatty

May 30, 2016 9:11 PM CST

Name: Patty
Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b)

Kamikaze orchids, huh? Or homicidal squirrels?

I see you have your orchids quite close together...do you not worry about them touching eachother? When I set mine on the 'dock' I have out in the yard I always make sure no leaves from one plant touch any from another. Come to think of it, I'm not sure WHY I do that...or where I got the idea from.....

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dyzzypyxxy

May 31, 2016 7:27 AM CST

Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
The one constant in life is change

Air circulation between the plants is always a good thing. Supposed to prevent fungal infections, but . . mine get sick when they're all alone hanging in mid-air too.

Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill

| @dyzzypyxxy | Post #1166232 (13)

Ursula

May 31, 2016 7:48 AM CST

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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

If my Orchids couldn't touch each other, I would at least have to triple my greenhouse/cage in size!

......solution - roof over my whole backyard!!

| @Ursula | Post #1166244 (14)

SarasotaPatty

May 31, 2016 8:13 AM CST

Name: Patty
Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b)

OK, so maybe it's a crazy idea! Must have come to me in a dream...or an orchid nightmare!

Well, dang...that means I have LOTS more room to put orchids now....hmmmmm!!

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JamesAcclaims

May 31, 2016 8:53 AM CST

Name: James
Anacortes, WA (Zone 8b)
(Heat zone - 1, Sunset zone - 5)

I don't let my orchids touch either, Patty. I'm not sure where I got the idea from, or why I started doing it, but I always space them out and rotate them in a way that they aren't touching each other.

Maybe we're crazy--maybe we're starting a new trend.

I am not an early bird or a night owl--I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon

| @JamesAcclaims | Post #1166301 (16)

ardesia

May 31, 2016 9:25 AM CST

Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)

I imagine in nature some dangle freely from trees and other varieties snuggle up in the jungle.

Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.

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SarasotaPatty

May 31, 2016 9:31 AM CST

Name: Patty
Sarasota, Florida (Zone 9b)

Phewwwww, thanks James!! Now I don't feel like a total nut job! Still crazy, but not totally nuts anyway!

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Ursula

May 31, 2016 9:31 AM CST

Moderator

Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a

If you want to see how close they grow in nature, have a look at my Ecuador thread if you like. They are not nicely separated.

| @Ursula | Post #1166343 (19)

ardesia

May 31, 2016 10:35 AM CST

Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)

It has been over a month and the color on Burgundian 'Too Sweet' is fading but the flowers still have some substance. Den. 'Green Fantasy' is peeking into the picture.