my S/H is going well so far...
 

I just wanted to share my (very newbie) experience with S/H, as I started in early August, after intensive reading of Ray's resourceful website and the OB threads.

I grow on a north windowsill with an extra fluorescent 40W spot ( I didn't have time to install the 2 x24 W high output T5 I got last month), between 60 to 70% humidity (on a humidity tray, and in humid Vancouver BC :biggrin: ), and actual temperatures day: 68-73ºF and night: 64-68ºF. I mist it every morning when I'm around, and water once a week with a mix of hydroponic fertiliser 5-0-1 and 0-5-4 (at 130 ppm Nitrogen = 2 tsp of each per gallon) flushing the reserve.
I also flush with pure water every other watering.

Everything has been doing good so far except Bulbo. wendlandianum (not doing anything :_( and most of the new roots died when coming in contact with the leca) and Coelogyne cristata which has grown 3 new psb but no new roots... I really hope this one survives as I love Coelogyne ! :crossfing

Here is the list of my S/H :
- Neofinetia falcata (cf my other post on this one), photo 1 and 2
- Dendrobium kingianum (lost of new growths and few new keikis), photo 3
- Pleurothallis restrepioides (very small plant, lots of new roots and 3 new leaves), photo 4
- Masdevallia Dean Haas, only in leca since sept 12th, lots of new leaves and new roots, 1 flower bud, photo 5
- Phalaenopsis noid (Yellow treasure I think) : new leaf and new roots, photo 6
- Coelogyne cristata photo 9
- Bulbophyllum wendlandianum photo 10

I also repotted my newly bought Howeara Lava Burst, hopefully it will be ok (only a few new roots on one young psb), as it was flowering but in very bad decomposed soggy sphagnum ball when I got it last week :crossfing photo 7-8

Comments are welcome, please tell me if you think I'm doing something wrong ...

As for the Coelogyne, I don't think you've done anything wrong. These are the most temperamental of all orchids when it comes to any change in their environments; same conditions, different locations can cause the plant to stall and usually skip a blooming season (or 2) until they adjust. This one will really test your patience but will be worth it.

Your collection is fantastic.

Thnaks Sandy,

I knew about the Coelogyne, and that is also why I was surprised it grew 3 new psb in a month after I transplanted it into SH !!! Right now these psb seem to be maturing, and 2 of them even have "something" growing at their base ( new psb or spike ???!!!). Hopefully it will keep going :bowing :bowing

I fell in love with Coelogyne(s) in 2001 when I hiked in the himalayas in february and had the chance to see C. cristata blooming in the mountains, especially a huge plant growing on a cliff, with hundreds of flowers (no kidding !:drool: ). I have a photo of it somewhere, I should try to find it ...

My Coelogyne keeps growing well :drool: . 2 new growths at the base of the pseudobulbs newly grown this summer. I don't know if they are spikes or new pseudobulbs :scratchhead: