Fertilizer Schedule?

[Massica]

This is my first post, so please, be gentle.

In general, my question is this: Can anyone point me to a reliable and readable compiled list of orchid species and suggested yearly fertilization schedules for each?

I have been using a balanced fertilizer monthly, and generally everyone seems happy, but there have been a few stragglers. For example, my phal has yet to produce a bud that doesn't turn red and flimsy and fall off well before it blooms. (Of course, this could be for any number of reasons, but since I have tried many kinds of light, moving the plant away from sources of methane, etc. now I am trying new fertilizer.) And I would like to give everyone their most desired amounts of NPK.

I have purchased a few different kinds, though I can't find 10-30-20 in the bay area, which I understand is an orchid grower haven, and I have also purchased some superthrive, because why not?

At the moment, among my non-orchid plants, I am growing: an Oncidium which just lost its flowers and is experiencing new canes; a hardcane dendro with two keikis and new growth (and a little fungus problem, but that's another story); A crazy-tall dendro (at least 4 feet) with flowers and new canes; An encyclia Green Hornet with lots of new growth; a cattleya with new growth; an Epidendrum about to lose its last flower; a Phal with buds that will surely die as the rest have; a cymbidium in new growth that has slowed since repotting; a miltonia that I overpotted and is just now recovering with new growth; a paph that lost its flower . Additionally, I have two Nepentheses, though I know those aren't orchids....

Can anyone give me advice about what NPK ratios these guys should be getting throughout the year and relatively how concentrated they should be? or, alternatively, can someone point me to some premade schedule? Thanks very much, and I do have plenty more questions, but let's start here.

[Ross]

The best info I know is at this link: Plant Nutrition I don't change fertilizers at various times of year. I use the same blend evry time I water and have been doing this for nearly two years with amazing results. Great growth, great roots, great blooms. I also stick with RO or Distilled water. Please take a few minutes to read the info posted in the link and make up your own mind. There are lots of discussions here in various forums that typically end up agreeing with Ray on his posted information (Actually not Ray's personal info, but info from the scientists doing the studies.) Hope this helps a bit.

[AHAB]

MSU @ 125 PPM nitrogen used every time I water. I use the well water special with my tap water here in Central Florida. No need to vary, it is a complete formulation. You can find more info from the Blackmoore co.
Best of luck,
AHAB

[Chubidubi]

Massica to the forum.

[quiltergal]

Ditto what Ross and Ahab posted. I'm using 125ppm N MSU at weekly waterings. Everything is doing great and blooming!

[unhappykat]

Sorry, cant help here, I fertilize when I feel generous, other then that theyre on their own, just like everything else.

[Massica]

Well, thanks everyone for chiming in. I guess I just have to accept this as the lesson I keep the learning the more I become an adult, that there are generally no correct answers, just one big experiment!