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02-03-2016, 10:34 AM
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Hello from London, UK!
Hi all! I bought a noID orchid from Tesco (supermarket/grocery shop) and had no idea how much I would fall in love with it as time went on. I find everything about my orchid (phal.) fascinating, from its roots to the little nodes on the spike. I'm still working out what to do - my phal has dropped most of its first set of flowers (it was in bloom for 4 months!) and as I learn more, I'm considering a number of things - should I begin fertilising? Do I need to switch water sources (I currently use tap water and I live in London so it's really hard)? Tap water hasn't seemed to have bothered my plant so far. I'm trying to do everything slowly but keep getting excited!
I've bought a few new orchids as well: cymbidium erythrostylum, camaridium meleagris and pleurothallis palliolata because I found them so pretty. Let me know if you have any advice for me, but hopefully I'll be able to keep them all alive.
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02-03-2016, 01:14 PM
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Welcome to OrchidBoard  I use hard water for all my phals and it doesn't bother them a bit. Most phals are not that picky about hard water. You can fertilize your phal now since the blooms are gone. I don't think phals need a lot of it but make sure you use one made for tap water if you are using tap water. |
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02-03-2016, 03:39 PM
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Hello fleetyfeet, WELCOME!
Sit back, relax and read posts from other members and learn from their experience and knowledge that someday you too can impart your own advice to others.
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02-03-2016, 08:21 PM
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02-03-2016, 11:11 PM
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Welcome! There are a lot of Londoners here as well who can give you tailored advise. I've read pleurothallids prefer water low in minerals.
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02-04-2016, 11:21 AM
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02-04-2016, 03:06 PM
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hello
if you know your water company you should be able to go to their website and find a report on the water quality for your area.
I use tap water on my phals and they're all ok.
I'm from Sheffield and I did check the water quality report many moons ago to see if it was ok.
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02-06-2016, 12:25 PM
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02-06-2016, 01:44 PM
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02-06-2016, 07:26 PM
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Hello!
Greetings from Cambridge UK!
Rob
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