First post from Mexico City
Hi! I've been lurking this board for a couple of months but now I've decided I should join the fun. I'm Marc, I'm 27 and I'm from Mexico City (sorry if my grammar isn't perfect, I almost never write in english) and this year my orchid obsession exploded. I started growing orchids almost 8 years ago (well... technically not growing... I started killing orchids almost 8 years ago). My first 2 orchids were a typical white Phal and a beautiful "harlequin Phalaenopsis", then I got a Dendrobium Nobile, a Maxillaria tenuifolia and a NoID Oncidium. Needless to say, I bit more than I could chew. Only the harlequin Phal survived my terrible care (it's growing a lot this year!). A couple of years passed and I got another NOID pink Phal, a NOID Cattleya, a Dendrobium Phalaenopsis and a Vanilla (directly from Papantla, Veracruz) that fared better for a couple of years (but each new growth was smaller and smaller). Last year I lost the Vanilla and the pink Phal, my cattleya and mi harlequin Phal didn't bloom and my Dendrobium Phal rolled down the stairs and broke its flower spike (the only flower spike I had that year). I was determined to save my Cattleya, Phal and DenPhal so this year I studied a lot, I started dividing mi orchids by temperature and light requirements (I had to buy some LED grow lights since all of my windows are obstructed by buildings and I have no way to grow my orchids outdoors unless they can handle full sun), and converted almost everything to S/H. This year I've seen growth like never before on my old orchids and my stair-rolling Den Phal is giving me a summer flower spike (it's never done that, it only bloomed in winter. I'm so excited). I'm very optimistic about my success, so I went crazy buying a lot of different species to give them a try and see if I can manage them, and so far I've only had an accident with two orchids that got scorched in my car (never leaving my new orchids in the car again) So I'm the proud owner of:
- NOID Harlequin Phalaenopsis (my first ever orchid, it's a true survivor)
- NOID Cattleya
- Dendrobium Phalaenopsis
- mini Phal. (it sits happily in my office)
- NOID Oncidium
- Brassavola Nodosa
- Encyclia Adenocaula
- Encyclia Cordigera
- NOID Cymbidium
- Vanda Pachara Delight (this one got scorched in my car so it lost all 4 lleaves and of its flowers the day I bought it. Right now it's growing 4 keikis, does anyone knows how long until those start to flower? I'm guessing years, right?)
- Maxillaria Tenuifolia (this one got scorched too, I'm not giving up on her, but she's not doing anything at all, I don't know what to do)
- Zygopetalum mackaii
- Dendrobium Nobile
- NOID Miltoniopsis
- Paphiopedilum Armeniacum
- Prostechea Radiata
and a Monnierara Millennium Magic 'Witch Craft'
If anyone has certain tips on the orchids I grow I would be really grateful. I'll be posting pictures of the ones that bloom this year for all to see! Hello everyone!
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