Hi!

[JoeShepherd]

I recently got into orchid collecting. It started with a Mother's Day gift for my mom, and has grown from there.

As of 4/9/12
-4 NoID Phals (one makes the room smell like vanilla, the 'Mothers Day One' has a basal keiki, and the other two I find 'meh')
-1 NoID Cattleya (half off at the bigboxstore since the bloom died, it still had 2 good pseudobulbs in sheath, now in bud )
-1 NoID Cymbidium (A gift my mother received on her retirement, it's in bad shape right now )
-1 Phal. Shih Hua Gold (also a bigboxstore discount find)
-1 Cattleya intermedia var Orlata 'Rio' (In bloom right now and more beautiful by the day)
-1 Wilsonara Aloha Sparks "Edna's Flame" (In bloom right now, 2 tall spikes. It's also got what I think is 3 new pseudobulbs forming.)

I've been watering them about once a week or so, when the pots feels light, by submerging the root system in about a gallon of water. About once a month I feed with a pinch of 19-8-16 stirred in. All but 3 have been repotted into a fine orchid-mix.

I've got some problems with a couple, but I'll save those stories for other threads.