What best fits your habits?

[Orchidreamer]

When I just started orchids, and I had five sitting on one table, I checked them multiple times a day. Yes, very obsessively. Now that I have many, many more orchids, I don't have the time to individually check each one. I check most of them every 3-4 days. There are ones I check every day--ones in bloom, finicky species, and new acquisitions.

[specieslover88]

geez, You could probably call me bipolar as far as orchid behavior disorder is concerned. I do check up on them as often as I can but somehow it increases in frequency near the time of a show or AOS judging.now and then they come up and bloom just in time for the meeting. what really makes me mad is they're aways just a bit too early or late for these ugh! I have to pep talk the team sometimes! well, I do get my other madness I can't tell you how many deities don't control orchids I've tried them all! I also feel like kicking them to get them going too,well, you can't say other people don't do it with their orchids. Maybe I should give them a break, I just moved to my new place with my mom in August, I guess I'm too much of an orchid basket case for my own good.

[flhiker]

Originally Posted by specieslover88

geez, You could probably call me bipolar as far as orchid behavior disorder is concerned. I do check up on them as often as I can but somehow it increases in frequency near the time of a show or AOS judging.now and then they come up and bloom just in time for the meeting. what really makes me mad is they're aways just a bit too early or late for these ugh! I have to pep talk the team sometimes! well, I do get my other madness I can't tell you how many deities don't control orchids I've tried them all! I also feel like kicking them to get them going too,well, you can't say other people don't do it with their orchids. Maybe I should give them a break, I just moved to my new place with my mom in August, I guess I'm too much of an orchid basket case for my own good.

There is many of us, maybe we should start a support group.

[specieslover88]

heck, that's a good idea maybe OIA (Orchid Issues Anonomous, we can all get a bit fussy sometimes.

[Leisurely]

No wonder they call it orchid obsession.

[Junebug]

That would be multiple times a day for me. All of mine are grown outdoors so I keep a close lookout for squirrel damage or the onset of insects and disease. I'm pratically OCD when it comes to my chids.

[Paul Mc]

I agree with Sii! I too check my orchids, then check the OB, then back to the orchids, and so on until it's time to go to bed, lol... For some reason, I keep thinking I'll see something different! Though, this routine has helped me spot things that I would have otherwise missed, such as possible issues and infestations.

[flhiker]

I quickly check mine before work and then It helps me to wind down when I get home. I also check them after dinner, during commercials, and if I have a spat with the wife, half time of a Miami Dolphin game,and it gets worse if I have a scented orchid in bloom. Since I have 14 flowers on my B. nodosa. I'm spending a lot time out their at night.

[Andrew]

I voted for once a week but I give my plants a brief glancing at whenever I water, that might be everyday in summer or every 2 or 3 weeks in winter. I might have a closer look every couple of weeks or if I notice obvious problems.

[makaldoy]

Where's the option for at LEAST a hundred times a day?

Correct. Especially when one of your special babies is in spike, mostly rare and hard to bloom ones.