MOS show and sale pick ups

[hanzy08]

Originally Posted by Possum-Pie

Here are two pictures of my purchases finally blooming.
First pic is my Miltonopsis I love the dark red color...
the second pic is my Cattleya. The Cattleya only has one bloom and is rather small. It is a Hsin Buu Lady.

Dropbox - miltonopsis.jpg
Dropbox - cattleya.jpg

Those are nice pick ups! Good luck on that miltoniopsis!

[Possum-Pie]

Originally Posted by hanzy08

Those are nice pick ups! Good luck on that miltoniopsis!

Thanks. I've never owned a Miltoniopsis before and am a bit concerned about watering. I'm used to letting my orchid roots dry out completely. I think I'm going to try the bamboo skewer method until I get the 'feel' of the weight of a near-dry pot.

[AnonYMouse]

I have never seen an aberrans that large for sale, congrats.

I have two that I haven't rebloomed in years (also got horribly neglected a couple of years ago). Slowly changing variables but I suspect I don't lower the temps enough in fall/winter.

Keep us updated on your culture.

[hanzy08]

Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

I have never seen an aberrans that large for sale, congrats.

I have two that I haven't rebloomed in years (also got horribly neglected a couple of years ago). Slowly changing variables but I suspect I don't lower the temps enough in fall/winter.

Keep us updated on your culture.

There were only two aberrans that I saw at the show and the other one was very, very tiny and had one bloom which I think was very interesting but when I saw the one I bought, I was just intrigued because of how it looks and it has four spikes. It resembles a bonsai tree a lot!

[Roberta]

Miltoniopsis likes to be a lot wetter than a Phal. If it is moss, let it dry to "damp" before you water, but don't let it go dry.