Hello from NYC! New to orchids :)

[2SadDeadPhals]

I've gotten into house plants since October (Pandemic warranted a new hobby) and recently got interested in orchids! My start has been a bit rocky like my user name suggests, but I am hoping to have beautiful healthy plants soon!!! (ones I ordered online arrived with stem rot)

Hope everyone is doing well. Nice to meet you

[Roberta]

Welcome! The fate of those Phals was not your doing... best wishes for better plants to start your "orchid career" with!

[Dimples]

Welcome! Hopefully one day you’ll need to revise your username.

[2SadDeadPhals]

Thank you so much, guys! I really hope so. My rocky start didn't end with 2 dead phals though. I now have 2 seedlings I don't know how to care for. I've posted about it in the beginner section. My "orchid career" seems to be a turbulent one

[estación seca]

Welcome to the Orchid Board!

You can learn to grow Phals from a thread here. From the left yellow menu select Forums then Beginners. Look near the top for the sticky thread The Phal abuse stops here.

[2SadDeadPhals]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Welcome to the Orchid Board!

You can learn to grow Phals from a thread here. From the left yellow menu select Forums then Beginners. Look near the top for the sticky thread The Phal abuse stops here.

Thank you for the path to the link! I will check it out and make sure to be ready for my replacement phals!

[Optimist]

HI and welcome! I've found that buying plants that need to be mailed in the deepest of winter is very iffy. I am going crazy here because I want a phrag so bad! I'll tell you what, maybe study up on what kind would do well in your place. Get a light meter, and a humidity gauge and check where the best place would be. I have personally found that although Phals are said to be easy and for beginners, frankly other plants like paphiopedilums or oncidiums are much easier for beginners. It depends.

[estación seca]

I agree with Optimist that Phals are harder for beginners to grow than are many other orchids.

[2SadDeadPhals]

Originally Posted by Optimist

HI and welcome! I've found that buying plants that need to be mailed in the deepest of winter is very iffy. I am going crazy here because I want a phrag so bad! I'll tell you what, maybe study up on what kind would do well in your place. Get a light meter, and a humidity gauge and check where the best place would be. I have personally found that although Phals are said to be easy and for beginners, frankly other plants like paphiopedilums or oncidiums are much easier for beginners. It depends.

Hi! Thank you for the welcome

Yes, I just could not wait! I got all of my plants in the last 4 months, and only a few suffered cold damage, so I have been pretty lucky so far.

My environment is hot and humid in the summer, warm and dry in the winter (indoors). I figured I'd order a variety and see what thrives and what doesn't. Definitely not cold growers, and definitely not large plants.

The mini phals were 8 bucks each, so I can't complain much hahaha. The seller said he will send me replacements, so hopefully the new ones will be healthier. Once Hausermann starts shipping outside Chicago, I am planning to order Neofencia Falcata and maybe Jiaho's Pink Girl (they are both in the beginner section and small sized). Maaaaybe another Tolumnia. I don't know. Any recommendations?

[Eli Vizsla]

Originally Posted by Optimist

HI and welcome! I've found that buying plants that need to be mailed in the deepest of winter is very iffy. I am going crazy here because I want a phrag so bad! I'll tell you what, maybe study up on what kind would do well in your place. Get a light meter, and a humidity gauge and check where the best place would be. I have personally found that although Phals are said to be easy and for beginners, frankly other plants like paphiopedilums or oncidiums are much easier for beginners. It depends.

Agree with you on buying plants during winter. I've had a few plants that sustained bad cold damage. The vendor though did promise to replace the Jairak Conure once they come in overseas.
Now I check with vendors if they offer overnight or two day shipping and nothing more than 2 days.