I'm Ann from sunny California. Very new, only during quarantine & working from home have I really gotten into orchids & gardening in my garden. I have 1 oncidium and 5 phals: most were gifts for birthdays, one was in my office for 2 years now- rebloomed once after the first bloom, then the next year grew what I thought were blooms but turned out to be 2 stem keikis. I've had trouble trying to have those resulting 3 plants thrive. The 2 keikis have roots, but have not sprung any new leaves other than the 2 they grew while on the mama. Also their leaves look so dry. The mama seems is alive but no signs of new growth. I have all in coarse bark mixture in a sunny South facing window in my kitchen. I water them 1x/wk, I usually bring all of them outside for some fresh air and I gently rainshower hose them, then lightly fertilize. Currently my oncidium is blooming for the second time on the same stem! I noticed it was growing green shoots after the blooms died off. So glad I didn't cut stem down to bulb, or I would've missed out on this second bloom. The oncid was purchased mail order from Seattle Orchids and was my first purchase of an orchid for myself. Its called Volcano and is from Hawaii.
I am battling gnats which are so annoying so I'd appreciate any advice on how to rid my babies of them. Other than that, happy to be here and learn all about orchids and keeping them happy.
Newbie from Southern California
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