Who/What cares for your 'chids when you're on vacation??

[NYCorchidman]

Going away is such a big problem for me too with all the orchids. lol
The longest I can be gone is two weeks, and this only happens in the early spring or fall.
I don't go anywhere during the winter and during the summer I cannot imagine leaving my orchids on their own.

Kind of inconvenient sometimes, but lots of short weekend trips make up for me I guess.

When I was gone for two weeks, I watered everything really good the night before ( I know a lot of work), then moved all the plants away from the window and had the blinder down so the apartment doesn't get heated so much during the day time.

When I returned, everything was fine except for a few that looked a bit tired. of course I had to soak them all real good.

Most of my regular houseplants dried up crisp. It was horrible sight. oh, well...