new growing area for this year - Orchid Board

johnblagg · #1 09-20-2010, 09:16 PM

Have been working on this little room for a week or so....

took paneling down and sealed huge gaps to outside that were leting cold air blow in like the door was open last winter....put old stuff back up for the most part but do have one wall I will get new paneling for that is still unfinished ....took out old celing that was water damaged from a major leak before I came to stay with mom that I have had fixed...new sheetrock celing installed but I still have to tape and float it and paint ect ...but it is in ...

Decided to start bringing in chids before weather gets cool enought to call for the house to need heat and stress them by moving after that ....It always causes major stress in my experiance to wait that long...

I have got a table set up and most inside as of today and with the lights on its 81 degrees right now ...about what it was outside today. LOL ran out of room on the table and have to clean up the other table to get the rest inside tomorrow but here is a first picture ....

Oh forgot to mention lights ...two 85 watt cfls so far are hung am thinking I will go with four of the 85 watt cfls this year over the tables and maybe a hps over the phaius since it will be huge this year and lol I want two or three spikes on it this year

peeweelovesbooks · #2 09-20-2010, 09:24 PM

Looks fabulous John!

silken · #3 09-21-2010, 01:18 AM

It looks great. All of your ochids look so flawless and bright green. No burnt ends or spots on the leaves. They sure look happy! I have a few like that but others don't look so perfect.

johnblagg · #4 09-21-2010, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by silken

It looks great. All of your ochids look so flawless and bright green. No burnt ends or spots on the leaves. They sure look happy! I have a few like that but others don't look so perfect.

well thanks for saying that but it is not true ....I have my bad spots they just did not show in the picture

DelawareJim · #5 09-21-2010, 09:42 AM

Looks great!

Quite a few in S/H, how will you be watering them?

Cheers.
Jim

Chubidubi · #6 09-21-2010, 12:33 PM

Gorgeous place and the orchids look very happy too.

Anisa · #7 09-21-2010, 01:41 PM

Very nice set up. But it looks like you love coffee as much as orchids

johnblagg · #8 09-21-2010, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DelawareJim

Looks great!

Quite a few in S/H, how will you be watering them?

Cheers.
Jim

all but two in pots are s/h one is a trias and I have to research it more first ..the other is a den aggregatum and this winter will stay as is might mount it next spring.

I use a spray bottle and spry them once or twice a day and usualy sit them in the shower and flush on sundays....usually I actualy let the shower give them a good rain for 5 or 10 mins as well after flushing well.

The Cattaleya intermedia is doing great mounted and touls are good mounted and they just get sprayed down daily.