Gastrochilus japonicus (Project 12 - Spring 2011)

[Lady Tottington]

OMG!!! How exciting! Will ordering form Oak Hills asap! With some TC's! : ))))

[Lana]

Originally Posted by keithrs

Ordered mine along with 5 cats and a king from Oakhill. First time buying from these guy, so I hope I'm not disipointed!!!

I bought a gasro. somae from Andy to compare the two.

As far as so cal dry weather..... I have switched to watering at about 5 pm daily on most and two mist for 1 min. during the day on all outside. My humidity has starter to drop down to around 35-40 last couple of days. If you wanted to grow it inside you could put put in a bright window with a humidity tray or fogger. I use a small aquarium air pump with air stones in my terrarium to raise the humidity instead of misting so much.

Thank you for the advice to water later in the day. I was also thinking this might help the plants to actually absorb more water. I'll try to do that.
I'm trying to grow anything I can outside rather than inside, because I see immediate change in how much faster, better, stronger my plants grow when they are on the balcony. Plus, I already have close to to 60 plants (how did this happened?!), and AC inside. I think they won't like me if I move them to the windowsills

[Jennyfleur]

Wow! when I logged off yesterday, Rosie had just opened the thread and I couldn't believe there were 4 pages to read through already!!

As hard as the wait is, I've decided to order sunday or monday as I don't want it to get held up in the post over here (as it's bank hols tomorrow and monday, so no post!)

BIG THANKS for eveyone who helped with organisation and research!!

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Paul Mc

Just ordered mine! Got two TC's as well: Haraella retrocalla and Sedirea japonica.

Great choice of travelling companions. Those two are on my wishlist.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by help

thanks for organizing this guys! anyone know if oak hill was asked about a group project discount?

We've not organised anything like that this time. Because last time everyone wanted to get them from different places it was not really possible and we sort of assumed the same might happen this time.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Jennyfleur

Wow! when I logged off yesterday, Rosie had just opened the thread and I couldn't believe there were 4 pages to read through already!!

I know! I logged off just after openig it so was amazed to see everything this morning!

Originally Posted by Jennyfleur

As hard as the wait is, I've decided to order sunday or monday as I don't want it to get held up in the post over here (as it's bank hols tomorrow and monday, so no post!)

Good idea especially with the warm weather just now. Not sure what public holidays they have in Europe. Having said that I've bought mounted ones from Germany before and they took a good 5 days to get to me and while they were a bit thirsty on arrival they also survived it just fine.

[zxyqu]

Just kidding Bob. I saw that one when it first looked like Gastro would win, but ignored it because with 40 of us in the project, odds are I'd be bidding against you all. Shermantp is normally pretty good about getting back when you email them, so don't know what's up with that.
Good luck to all, and keep thsse mounting care ideas coming, as this will be my first

[Daethen]

I emailed him the day he listed it and it is the only one he has

[Paul Mc]

WOW - so many postings already?! Well, I guess we are dealing with orchid-holics, lol...

I've ordered from Oak Hill and Andy's before and have been pleased with both of their products. The only thing I have to say about Andy's is that he is a naturalist and grows plants more naturally so they might not be as pristine as we would like to see them. But overall, both Andy's and Oak Hill have always sent me quality (healthy plants with good roots).

[amandarenee]

I'm still trying to decide where to order mine from! Oak Hill has this adorable miniature that just might have to be a TC, Cischweinfia glicensteinii. Can't find much culture information on it, but the little I did find makes it seem like an easy enough grower.

There are just too many options!!!