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Name: Kathy Western MA         boojum Apr 23, 2011 8:17 AM CST |
Time for a new thread. We came from here. http://cubits.org/orchids/thre... |
Name: Jean Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F      rocklady Apr 23, 2011 11:59 AM CST |
Two years ago I got 17 cuttings of epis. I am hoping that I see a bud forming on my MIAMI RED, but could be wrong. (That would be me out in the sunroom inspecting my plants with a magnifying glass!) We are leaving at the end of the week and won't be back for a couple of weeks so perhaps I will have a surprise when we return. If my epi oxys perform like they did last year, we will be in for a few nights of blooms and that heavenly fragrance. The amaryllis opened up to help us celebrate Easter. Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day. "The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 23, 2011 2:14 PM CST |
| Oh, Jean, I remember those oxys!! They were amazing. I do the same thing with imagining buds till they become reality. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b            |
Surely they will bud and we will get treated to nice pictures!  |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 24, 2011 2:00 PM CST |
Today.  |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
So sad on the Epi  |
Name: Carol Santa Ana,Ca. (Zone 10b) Sunset zone 22     ctcarol Apr 24, 2011 5:52 PM CST |
| Ahhh, so sad. I've got a bunch of those now. My son asked why bother if they only last a few days? I told him that they are soooo worth the wait. The snails and slugs have decimated my Amaryllis this year! My neighbor has a whole row of them that are untouched, but my 36" pot is a mess.!  |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 24, 2011 8:01 PM CST |
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Ontario, Canada (Zone 6a)         Steven Apr 26, 2011 6:49 PM CST |
I picked up this lovely NOID AV at Rona for $1.50  Moved this post over from #3, realized I posted on the old thread  |
Name: Carol Santa Ana,Ca. (Zone 10b) Sunset zone 22 ctcarol Apr 26, 2011 7:28 PM CST |
| Pretty one, Steven! |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 26, 2011 8:43 PM CST |
| That is a great one. I am always attracted to AV but then I remember how many plants I am caring for and I just admire them. |
Ontario, Canada (Zone 6a) Steven Apr 26, 2011 9:53 PM CST |
| I did a plant count, not counting seedlings for the garden, and I've got about 75 plants down here total but there is still quite a bit of room on the light stand and just made more room in the window, moved the cacti over to the sliding door since it gets stronger light. Took a look at the Epi today from outside  and it looks like its going to pop open any day now  |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 27, 2011 3:53 AM CST |
| Oh goody! |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Picture soon, nice... My Epiphyllum phyllanthus var phyllanthus is budding and producing a bloom here and there in the evening. If I miss the blooms, I will see the developing seed pods, which are bright red and showy when ripe.   The Pachypodium baronii var windsorii is waking up! It is a small plant and a very slow grower.   |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 27, 2011 8:35 PM CST |
| Love them both!!!! Great color on the Pachypodium baronii var windsorii. Two more flowers opened today on the red epi. And Samba slowly opens.   |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Thanks Kathy! I am always partial to the reds. I would be happy to grow a whole gallery of Ackermannii! I moved my Epis yesterday out of the garage, but not onto the deck yet. I see lots of buds, |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 28, 2011 10:21 AM CST |
| I still haven't "figured out" my epis. I get very few bloomers. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Most of the hybrids do bloom better after some dormancy. Some people store them for a couple of months through the Winter in the cellar. |
Name: Kathy Western MA boojum Apr 28, 2011 10:52 AM CST |
| Should they be in dark? Mine are in northern light in winter and I rarely water. |
Name: Ursula Fair Lawn NJ, zone 6b |
| Mine receive a little light through the small garage door windows. I don't think they need to be totally dark, just cool and so they need less water too. |
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