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Originally Posted by Ross
Shannon, I was under the understanding you were growing your plants indoors. Where do you have space for so many plants? Just curious.
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Anywhere and everywhere I can find a place the suits the requirements of the plant, truthfully.
All of the windows that don't have radiators underneath them have orchids in them, and the ones that need (or will tolerate) a cool dry rest period in winter get put on the unheated side porch - that's about 18 feet of shelf space alone. That's the coolest place in the house during the winter (and also probably the warmest place in the summer, as it is just a row of windows that face the South-West). Right now, the Neos and Dens are out there - with a couple of other cool growing types like Milts.
These Aussie Dens spent the summer outside being benignly neglected - and they loved it! Some probably got too much light (all the new growths had very red leaves) so I will rethink where I put them next summer.
The Pleuros are in another South facing window where the temps don't vary much between summer and winter. The mottled leaf Paphs are in a North facing window in the dining room, with Phrags in a West facing window of the same room. Masdies are in the kitchen window, as they seem to prefer it there for some reason - I tried putting them in the same place as the other Pleurothallids, but they told me they didn't really like it, as new growths kept dying off.
There is one place left in the house - a North facing set of french doors (that we hardly ever use) that could be used in conjunction with a plant cart - but I haven't needed it yet.
I've just taken 'window sill' growing and really done that to the max!
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