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Old 02-11-2007, 01:04 PM
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The full name is Lo. Orglade's Grand 'Orchis'. Also, when I soak them for their usual watering, should I add anything to the water? I've purchased the orchid food but I only do that every two weeks. Someone suggested using a mild dish soap? I've never heard about that. Any suggestions on that end?
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Old 02-11-2007, 02:22 PM
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Dish soap? Why would you do that Makes no sense. For me, I believe in watering with a weak solution (125PPM Nitrogen) with every watering. For some of my species orchids that's daily. For other larger hybrids it's once or twice a week. I periodically flush the whole pot by running RO water through them. You may not see any obvious results from regular fertilizer like this, but next time it blooms it will do well. The next thing you should see is a small new shoot (or shoots) developing at the bottom of the pseudobulb that just bloomed. Next will be roots coming from the base of that pseudobulb. Once the whole pseudoblub/leaf combination reaches full developement you should see a sheath emerge from the point where the leaf connects to the pseudobulb. The next thing after the blossom emerges is you have to promise to post a picture and collect your "brownie points"
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Old 02-11-2007, 04:41 PM
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That would be Lc. (Laeliocattleya) Orglade's Grand 'Orchis'. Your plant is a mericlone of the awarded plant (AM/AOS). I've never heard of using dish liquid with your plant's food, however, I have used a solution of room temp water, dish liquid and alcohol to keep bugs at bay or simply clean an orchid's foliage from time to time.
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Old 02-11-2007, 07:16 PM
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Thank you for the correction. I'm new at all this so I haven't exactly learned all of the terminology. Thanks for the info...
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Ross...nice explanation
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