get a pinocchio - Orchid Board

RJSquirrel · #1 05-26-2011, 10:24 PM

this ones been blooming since october last year, here he was then just small nubbin

now he lives In a glass jar filled with hydroton

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I just turn him upside once in awhile and give him a bath .Im sure they love paphaerobics

heres #4 with 2 more I can see right behind. They seem to be getting more colorful , but I dunno they are still very nice easy to grow orchids

Daethen · #2 05-26-2011, 10:34 PM

Ok, I will get one. And I will blame it on you when I get in trouble!

RJSquirrel · #3 05-26-2011, 10:46 PM

you have to buy them small and hide them under other ones. then all the sudden, they grow up over night and are on the shelf in full bloom!! I'll be damned it was the orchid fairy again

tuvoc · #4 05-27-2011, 12:17 PM

I love these guys, but I have absolutey no luck with them. I'm on my second or third one now. It had one bloom that lasted about a week last year, and it's now just sitting there, doing nothing. Oh well.

Kim

Daethen · #5 05-27-2011, 02:35 PM

RJ thanks for the new twist on orchid lies. I have been running thin on new ways to say the same thing.

RJSquirrel · #6 05-27-2011, 09:19 PM

so much bloom on the end of the spike they have to stay moist..If they go dry, gravity pulls the water from the top down to save the roots. If theres a flower or bud, yup you guessed it ,it will drop..Keep them in higher light and moist all the time and yours will grow many blooms

Paul Mc · #7 06-05-2011, 09:26 AM

Do they also require quite a bit of fertilizer? I'm relatively new to paph's (had this one for about 8 months and another for almost 2 years but still no blooms). I have recently begun understanding the amount of water they need and have new leaf growths. However, my understanding from my new research seemed to indicate that good and regular fertilizing is also highly recommended for blooms on these guys. Just an FYI: I'm not that rigorous yet about fertilizing - sometimes I do and sometimes I just don't, lol...

pedidiva · #8 06-05-2011, 11:25 AM

Thanks RJ~~

I love how you have yours in a square vase. Beautiful. How often to you do the paphaerobics--weekly? How about fertilizer?

Thanks~~
Pedi

RedOrchid · #9 09-22-2011, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pedidiva

Thanks RJ~~

I love how you have yours in a square vase. Beautiful. How often to you do the paphaerobics--weekly? How about fertilizer?

Thanks~~
Pedi

Hi
Could you explaing paphaerobics? In other words how do you grow it. It isn't SH is it?

Thanks
Ruth

Call_Me_Bob · #10 09-22-2011, 11:58 PM

on my list! thanks RJ