MORE buds!

[VickiC]

Hi everyone,
Just sharing my joy: I was looking at the wandering roots on my Bc. Little Marmaid 'Janet' this morn., and looked up to see buds! This will be the second orchid that is (very hopefully!) going to bloom for me.

Since I still haven't learned the correct way to update an old post, I just copied and pasted it at the bottom of this one....just for the heck of it.

Now, I have a question, please. My Bc. Little Marmaid 'Janet' stays in my orchid room and generally nobody but me goes there (I only sat it on the kitchen table for the pic.). Should I continue to leave it in the room where it stays.....or would it get upset (and may not bloom), if I move it to the kitchen table where it would get approx. 1000 fc from an overhead plant light .....less than the amount it's getting in my orchid room. ??? I will place it wherever you advise. (oops....I forgot to post photos)
Thanks for reading.....and I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
Vicki

My old thread:
Hi everyone,
First of all, those of you who are "professional" orchid growers.....and even those of you who are "semi-professional" please try not to laugh at me because I can't help it. I have to share my excitement with you, though.....one of my orchids (my Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows in S/H) has buds on it for the first time.....first time buds for me on ANY of my orchids! I just noticed it this morn. at breakfast. It's a Lowe's "bag-baby", by the way. I know my lil buds are small and certainly not even blooms yet.....but more encouragement than I've had so far in my less than a year of growing. Ok, give me the negatives.....what are the chances they make it to bloom stage? No worries.....you won't burst my bubble. Thoughts, please.

Well, that's my news for today. Thanks for reading.
Vicki

[VickiC]

(I know I posted this thread and pictures wrong, but I haven't learned the correct way to edit yet so that I could add the photos I forgot....sorry. Anyway, here they are.

Originally Posted by VickiC

Hi everyone,
Just sharing my joy: I was looking at the wandering roots on my Bc. Little Marmaid 'Janet' this morn., and looked up to see buds! This will be the second orchid that is (very hopefully!) going to bloom for me.

Since I still haven't learned the correct way to update an old post, I just copied and pasted it at the bottom of this one....just for the heck of it.

Now, I have a question, please. My Bc. Little Marmaid 'Janet' stays in my orchid room and generally nobody but me goes there (I only sat it on the kitchen table for the pic.). Should I continue to leave it in the room where it stays.....or would it get upset (and may not bloom), if I move it to the kitchen table where it would get approx. 1000 fc from an overhead plant light .....less than the amount it's getting in my orchid room. ??? I will place it wherever you advise. (oops....I forgot to post photos)
Thanks for reading.....and I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
Vicki

My old thread:
Hi everyone,
First of all, those of you who are "professional" orchid growers.....and even those of you who are "semi-professional" please try not to laugh at me because I can't help it. I have to share my excitement with you, though.....one of my orchids (my Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows in S/H) has buds on it for the first time.....first time buds for me on ANY of my orchids! I just noticed it this morn. at breakfast. It's a Lowe's "bag-baby", by the way. I know my lil buds are small and certainly not even blooms yet.....but more encouragement than I've had so far in my less than a year of growing. Ok, give me the negatives.....what are the chances they make it to bloom stage? No worries.....you won't burst my bubble. Thoughts, please.

Well, that's my news for today. Thanks for reading.
Vicki

[RosieC]

Great news Viki

[VickiC]

Thank you, Rosie!

Originally Posted by RosieC

Great news Viki

[quiltergal]

Vicki, I'd leave it in the orchid room until the buds are bloomed out. Once it's in full bloom you can move it somewhere else in the house. If you move it prematurely and it doesn't get enough light or the temp and or humidity is different in that room the buds could blast. Great job! Can't wait to see bloom pics!

[VickiC]

Hi Terri,
Thanks for your advice! I'll definitely not move it at all before it blooms other than to water it. I have one more question...I hope you don't mind: Is it going to get upset that the only amount of footcandles I'll be able to give it inside the house is approx. 1000.....or does it matter at all how much when it's in bloom? Oh, and by the way, you'll definitely see bloom pics!
Thanks again,
Vicki

Originally Posted by quiltergal

Vicki, I'd leave it in the orchid room until the buds are bloomed out. Once it's in full bloom you can move it somewhere else in the house. If you move it prematurely and it doesn't get enough light or the temp and or humidity is different in that room the buds could blast. Great job! Can't wait to see bloom pics!

[Royal]

What a great feeling to have buds-a-bursting!

[VickiC]

Hi Royal,
Yes indeed....I love the feeling. ....especially since this will only be the 2nd orchid that I've had to bloom since I started trying to grow last Spring.
Thanks for your reply,
Vicki

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

What a great feeling to have buds-a-bursting!

[Royal]

Originally Posted by VickiC

Hi Royal,
Yes indeed....I love the feeling. ....especially since this will only be the 2nd orchid that I've had to bloom since I started trying to grow last Spring.

Wow, it took me a while longer to have two bloom so close together. It quickly became my goal to have something in bloom year round. The rest is history.

What others do you grow? With just a few smart additions you can fill in a few bloom gaps.

[VickiC]

Hi Royal,
(Get ready to read a book...probably because I've had 2 cups of cappuccino and 2 Excedrin this morn., so "cafferine speaks )

I realize now that I started growing too many "already a little sick" (for example, root rot) orchids in the beginning, so I'm having to learn how to save them and grow them (as if they were well) at the same time. Of course, I also contributed to the root rot...and crown rot, but I understand that's rather common sometimes with new kids on the block. I've since learned that it just makes better sense to buy healthy plants. That way it seems to be less confusing as to who made them sick or even killed them. lol I've made the mistake of buying too many orchids from Walmart and Lowes that have probably been at the stores too long. Now I don't buy any there unless they just arrived and seem relatively healthy (although in usually very wet sphag). I've bought 3 or 4 from reputable growers online. too. Many of the ones I have are small...rescues from larger orchids that I have killed (keikes, etc.) I guess I need to settle on the one(s) that I can grow best with my conditions here in my neck of the woods in Alabama (can you tell I'm a Southern redneck Actually, I don't consider myself a redneck. Or at least won't admit it. ) I don't have high light in my orchid grow room, so Phals may be the ones I settle on. ?? I'm still in the "trying different type orchids" stage now, though. For light, I have 2 4' T5s with 4 54 watt bulbs each, but since the bulb light contributes a lot to heat above the plants, I can't have my orchids as close under the lights as I would like (I VERY MUCH wish I could find a solution for this!!) I have 1 large fan and 1 small one in my 10x10' room plus 2 humifiers). I also have 2 120 watt grow spot lights...1 above a plant plus one above my intensive care unit....which now houses 4 orchids. (My ICU is a large plastic clear storage box...with water in the bottom, inverted pots with overhead light grill sitting on the pots--then partially covered with the lid. Basically same as my Exo Terra.
Anyway, I have:

12 phals
1 paph
10 catts
1 vanda
3 den phals
1 den aggregatum
2 Brassia
3 onc.
1 epidendrum
1 masdevallia floribunda...in my tank
1 tiny dryadella zebrina (that I just mentioned)...also in my tank.
4 in water (but I think I started that out wrong too, because all 4 of them had been sick, but treated (root rot) before I put them in water.

I haven't learned abbreviations as I should, so some of the ones I listed are probably not correct.

Now, I wonder if I left out something. Oh yes, a few of the ones I have are in the house...east and south windows.

Ok, this is chapter one for the day. My book is to be continued in the future. Feel free to ask questions. (I'm guessing you're sorry you asked THIS one ) Also, PLEASE offer any advice....I ALWAYS appreciate any help!
Have a good day,
Vicki

Originally Posted by RoyalOrchids

Wow, it took me a while longer to have two bloom so close together. It quickly became my goal to have something in bloom year round. The rest is history.

What others do you grow? With just a few smart additions you can fill in a few bloom gaps.