Good beginning orchid

[jeremyinsf]

I'm biased... because slippers are my thing... but I think they are the easiest windowsill growers, they just need to be in the right media! In moss they stay soggy with people who over-water, and rot to death quickly. In a bark mix (or something 'open') they can be watered much more often and the roots can stay healthy.

How often does she 'Have' to water?

[clusty]

Originally Posted by jeremyinsf

I'm biased... because slippers are my thing... but I think they are the easiest windowsill growers, they just need to be in the right media! In moss they stay soggy with people who over-water, and rot to death quickly. In a bark mix (or something 'open') they can be watered much more often and the roots can stay healthy.

How often does she 'Have' to water?

She has no compulsion to water
Problem is they can go for 2-3 weeks with no water, and then she remembers and overcompensates.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by jeremyinsf

... but I think they (paphs) are the easiest windowsill growers,

*Guffaw!* I can kill those fool things just by looking at them.



A frequent Q -- there was a lengthy thread on the topic here: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...beginners.html Perhaps that thread and any other informative ones should be cobbled together and "stickied". Would save a whole lot of retyping ...

The PENULTIMATE in easy? One of these would likely be perfect for her:

C. iamafakus


Paph. handmadeiana


Cym realisticus

[jeremyinsf]

Originally Posted by Paul

Paph. handmadeiana

I'm going to use that one!!!