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Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 11-18-2020, 10:31 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,403
Posted By Lady Oscar
Monnierara Millenium Magic just woke up

My sense of time these days isn't great, but apparently my orchid's is even worse. Sometime (earlier this year? I think?) my Millenium Magic had its leaves attacked by spider mites, dropped them, and...
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 03-07-2020, 01:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,132
Posted By Lady Oscar
Heh, my house resembles a terrarium on many days!...

Heh, my house resembles a terrarium on many days! My main worry is that while I have all the humidity anyone could want, in the summer these days it gets too hot for people, violets, and everyone...
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 03-05-2020, 11:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,132
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thank you to everyone for the recommendations! I...

Thank you to everyone for the recommendations! I actually had already been reading The Violet Barn's pages, but I'm glad to know that my impressions about them being a good place weren't wrong.

I...
Forum: Off Topic - Totally 03-04-2020, 01:01 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,132
Posted By Lady Oscar
Looking for good African violet resources

So...I was in the supermarket after Valentine's Day and accidentally bought an African violet because I felt sorry for it, and because they've always reminded me of my father (who used to raise...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 02-17-2020, 09:26 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 18,193
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thank you for the suggestion! I just had another...

Thank you for the suggestion! I just had another bag of fertilizer turn into weird liquid mush even though I sealed the ziplock at the top, and I was despairing that I could keep any long enough to...
Forum: Vendor Feedback 06-26-2019, 01:01 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,122
Posted By Lady Oscar
It looks like the new list is up now! ...

It looks like the new list is up now!

https://www.hrnurseries.com/downloads/RetailList062419.pdf

Gonna have to head over there this week.... :biggrin:
Forum: About this board 06-01-2019, 09:09 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,330
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thank you so much for taking on extra work to...

Thank you so much for taking on extra work to keep this wonderful place going! :)
Forum: Vendor Feedback 03-02-2019, 07:40 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,942
Posted By Lady Oscar
emmajs243, another place in Hawaii I highly...

emmajs243, another place in Hawaii I highly recommend is H&R Nurseries H&R Nurseries Orchids (https://www.hrnurseries.com/), (with the caveat that I've never ordered from them through the mail, since...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 02-27-2019, 02:12 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,087
Posted By Lady Oscar
I have a rescue Phal from the Lowe's Death Rack...

I have a rescue Phal from the Lowe's Death Rack that was doing this...I used a bamboo skewer diagonally from the medium to the stake on the flower spike to gently pull it back to the other side of...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 02-18-2019, 11:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,384
Posted By Lady Oscar
I'm only a beginner, but from my limited...

I'm only a beginner, but from my limited experience:

1) Your orchid is a Phalaenopsis. They're very sturdy, so you will not kill it by touching it, or even repotting it!

2) Phals are...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-26-2019, 03:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,826
Posted By Lady Oscar
Is this a normal way for a Cattleya alliance orchid to bloom?

Last year my Blc. Hawaiian Leopard 'Mei-Ling' bloomed for the first time, from a normal-looking pseudobulb with one leaf.
...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-18-2019, 03:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,692
Posted By Lady Oscar
The manure sounds like an interesting idea! Do...

The manure sounds like an interesting idea! Do you think that those little time-release fertilizer granules would work?
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-17-2019, 11:06 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,692
Posted By Lady Oscar
Heh, Mother Nature will keep it watered outside,...

Heh, Mother Nature will keep it watered outside, but will also blow it away! I just had to move my new Spathoglottis in an 8" ceramic pot to a more sheltered location after it got knocked over by...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-17-2019, 10:54 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,692
Posted By Lady Oscar
Repotted, and now I will ignore it for a couple...

Repotted, and now I will ignore it for a couple of months! (I am an under-waterer by nature, so I'm sure sphagnum is the way to go.)
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-17-2019, 10:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,692
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thank you so much for the immediate response! I...

Thank you so much for the immediate response! I will pot it up right away in sphagnum. Silly question...how do you tell how long the roots are to start watering again? I'll put it in a translucent...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-17-2019, 10:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,692
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thank you so much for the advice! I unpotted it...

Thank you so much for the advice! I unpotted it to take a look at the roots. The new pseudobulb has roots about an inch long and there are a bunch of roots from the other pseudobulbs.

It was...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 01-16-2019, 02:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,692
Posted By Lady Oscar
Help, I think I confused my Catasetum!

I picked up this little Monnierara Millenium Magic 'Witchcraft' at the Honolulu Orchid Society show last October. When it started to get "cold" in November/December I let it dry out well between...
Forum: Orchids in Bloom 08-29-2018, 01:18 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,348
Posted By Lady Oscar
First Cattleya Bloooooom!

I've had good luck with Phals and Dens here, but a Cattleya was the first orchid I killed in Hawaii, and I've only bought small ones since, and none of them ever bloomed. I recently opened up some...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 06-30-2018, 01:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,641
Posted By Lady Oscar
If ants try to re-invade, you can also keep the...

If ants try to re-invade, you can also keep the pot in a saucer of water (raised, so that the roots aren't touching it). A little dish soap might help.
Forum: Identification Forum 06-02-2018, 12:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,560
Posted By Lady Oscar
It looks quite a lot like a plant my husband...

It looks quite a lot like a plant my husband bought me at the supermarket and that I sadly underwatered to death. That one was labeled "Odcm. Catatante". Maybe whoever transcribed the label couldn't...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 10-16-2017, 04:44 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,320
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thanks for the advice, bil and camille! I...

Thanks for the advice, bil and camille! I definitely want to build a rain catchment system, but it's having to wait in line behind some more urgent house maintenance. I'll try distilled with some...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 10-15-2017, 04:11 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,320
Posted By Lady Oscar
Please help me not kill my first Paph!

At the Honolulu Orchid Society show yesterday I sort of accidentally bought my first Paphiopedilum. It says it is: Paph. (Hsinying Makuro x Hsinying Dragon) x (Hsinying Coronato x Hsinying Rook). I...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-23-2017, 04:33 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,836
Posted By Lady Oscar
Angry My Lowe's does the same thing with the Phals....

My Lowe's does the same thing with the Phals. They keep them inside until they stop blooming, then they throw the poor things out into full Hawaii sun. They don't even mark them down enough - $10 for...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-04-2017, 10:40 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,328
Posted By Lady Oscar
Thanks, jkofferdahl! I gave the plant a soak as...

Thanks, jkofferdahl! I gave the plant a soak as directed, and the upper leaves actually seem a bit more turgid (though obviously they'll never be unwrinkly). I am also curious about the sugar.
...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 07-04-2017, 03:40 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,328
Posted By Lady Oscar
Worried about Phal with floppy leaves

A month ago I bought an orchid for a friend of mine. I got it from Lowe's in good shape and repotted it into Better-Gro mix (bark, charcoal, perlite) in a clear pot with holes, then put that into a...
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