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05-07-2016, 04:00 PM
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I am confused. This little dude has been planted with soil by the nursery.
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05-07-2016, 04:14 PM
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I am confused. This little dude has been planted with soil by the nursery.
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Ok. I got it. I think. I watched a couple you tube videos |
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05-07-2016, 10:37 PM
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Miltonionopsis have a couple of requirements, which diffr a bit from most other orchdis:
1. Repot every year after blooming.
2. In a small pot (barely large enough to hold the new growth.
3. Use a mix of fine bark, charcoal & perlite (3:2:1 ratio is good).
When it starts the new growth, do not let it dry out. You will need to rewater every 2-3 days.
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05-08-2016, 11:57 AM
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Thank you all. I am so happy I found this board.
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05-15-2016, 05:42 PM
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Blooming nicely
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05-15-2016, 05:42 PM
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05-15-2016, 05:43 PM
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Not sure why this picture is so fuzzy. It's not fuzzy on my camera |
05-15-2016, 06:38 PM
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Good job!
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05-15-2016, 10:39 PM
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A word of warning- these usually can't take the heat, and won't survive outside in Florida in the summer. Treat it as a house plant would be best, not outside unless you have a yard that stays cool.
I wish I could get one myself, but no place inside for one so no Miltoniopsis for me.
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05-16-2016, 06:18 AM
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I was warned about the heat too. However, because I had bitched to a local garden centre so much that he never carried orchids, when he did, and they were Milts, I had to buy some.
A year on, and most of them are starting to flower, including one that has already flowered twice since I got it.
We go to 42C here at times, but we d have good air movement generally, and I think that helps.
I pot mine in fine bark, but I do put three small balls of sphag around the edge of the pot to just hold a little water, while the bark ensures that the roots can breathe.
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