I'm back maybe!

[Optimist]

Long time no see! Years in fact. I want to tell you that most of my orchids bit the dust mainly due to low humidity-- dried out and never came back. my fault I nearly died and it has taken many years and operations to get back to feeling better.

So strangely-- and this is uber strange!

The winners of the "survival of the fittest" are Dendrobium C.K. Ai. 'Oka' which is oddness itself, and Epidendrum stamfordianum Hsing Yu Gold Coast 'Sunkiss."

Why these particular plants? That is the question. I thought 'Oka" would bite the dust before all the rest, but it is chugging along because I have not re-potted it much and I have basically kept water in the pot. It is really in semi-hydroponic. Recently I started to put root stimulator (nothing fancy just fertilome. The roots have gone crazy. I never used that before because I thought that fertilizer was also in that mix.

So, I am now in the market for an orchid that takes exactly the same care as 'Oka.' Needs lots of water so it is okay to keep in semi/hydro. Not a huge plant. (I think huge plants were my downfall). But not a tiny plant either.