Help with Azure Sky

[Dollythehun]

Roberta, I agree with the Saran wrap but, our climate is very different from yours...

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Roberta, I agree with the Saran wrap but, our climate is very different from yours...

Very true... but we have low humidity too, outside instead of inside. I expect midday RH somewhere between 10% and 20% (maybe even lower) for most of the rest of this week through the weekend. I will be watering a lot even if the calendar DOES say December. I compensate for low humidity and zero rain with a hose... I'll worry about the water bill next year.

---------- Post added at 05:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:55 PM ----------

Never mind mid-day... right now at 5 PM, outdoor RH is 22%. I think we're in for single digits. As for the water bill, IOM (It's Only Money) ... orchids will be given what they need.

[spt4261]

Wow. Thank you Roberta et. al. for this invaluable advice and information about the plants parentage. I will get my saran wrap out immediately and hope for a recovery in the spring. My humidity is currently at 50% and I just ordered a new humidifier to try and get it even higher. This plants poor state is really my fault because I stopped watering my Dendrobium Aggregatum after Halloween and I radically pulled back with the Azure Skies as well. Not knowing much about either I treated both pesudobulbous orchids similarly, which was clearly a mistake.

[Dollythehun]

When in doubt, ask right away!

[No-Pro-mwa]

I'm with the others, water that poor thing, ha ha ha. I could never plant one in a basket like that, I'm like Dollythehun and would be watering it twice a day. I at first started drilling holes in my clay pots because I was worried they would rot. I have stopped that little chore and am now running water through them plus leaving water in the saucer and I'm still not giving them enough.