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Forum: Potting & Repotting 05-31-2024, 07:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,811
Posted By AdeleDS
Thanks!

Thanks!
Forum: Potting & Repotting 05-31-2024, 02:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,811
Posted By AdeleDS
Um, as it isn't winter, I guess the bottom heat...

Um, as it isn't winter, I guess the bottom heat isn't a question here? Wanting to know whether the sphagnum sounds like a good plan for repotting a phal that for the past 2 months has been domed in a...
Forum: Potting & Repotting 05-31-2024, 12:25 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,811
Posted By AdeleDS
Sorry, I know I've uploaded photos before but...

Sorry, I know I've uploaded photos before but it's been a while and I just can't figure out how to do it.
Forum: Potting & Repotting 05-30-2024, 08:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,811
Posted By AdeleDS
Repotting large Phal with new roots

I was given a large Phal (in bloom) at the end of February. It didn't smell good, and when I took a look at the roots they were all rotten and slimy. Found a YouTube video showing cutting off all the...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 08-20-2023, 04:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,047
Posted By AdeleDS
Photo Den Sakurako

Thanks for the replies. I am just getting back into having orchids. In April I had 11, then I had to go to the States for a while and I left them in charge of a 'gardener' who thought that a full day...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 08-20-2023, 02:22 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,047
Posted By AdeleDS
Den Sakurako rehydrating

Yesterday I bought a Dendrobium Sakurako that came with dry roots in a dense 1-inch plug of dry sphagnum moss. I open up the plastic plug and took out the moss and put it in a water glass; loosely...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 08-20-2023, 02:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,367
Posted By AdeleDS
Miltoniopsis: new purchases, leave as is or repot?

I just received three miltoniopsis hybrids (Breathless 'Brilliant', Princess Diana 'Red Baron' and Newton Falls). They are in 1.5 inch green plastic pots in wet sphagnum moss. They are not flowering,...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-18-2022, 08:59 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,007
Posted By AdeleDS
Thanks everyone for your help. The only orchid...

Thanks everyone for your help. The only orchid fertilizer I've ever seen is Schultz's; it does have some micronutrients: chelated manganese, zinc, copper, and boron. I will get some epsom salts, too.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-18-2022, 04:05 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,007
Posted By AdeleDS
I haven't fed it since I moved in early May. I...

I haven't fed it since I moved in early May. I have been giving it plain tap water, which is treated lake water and doesn't have a lot of dissolved minerals. I used to give it very weak Schultz...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-18-2022, 01:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,007
Posted By AdeleDS
Paph "Angel Hair" Leaf Mottling

I have a baby paph "Angel Hair" (St. Swithin x Sanderianum). It seems to like warm temperatures and low light and I'm trying to give it that. It is indoors (I'm in Canada - it's -11C outside) and I...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 09-14-2022, 01:11 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,051
Posted By AdeleDS
Thanks for the replies - they've all been very...

Thanks for the replies - they've all been very helpful. I think I know how to care for it now.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 09-13-2022, 01:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,051
Posted By AdeleDS
Den Nobile "Love Memory" growth

About a year ago I got this Den Nobile "Love Memory". At that time it had just been repotted. The plant seems fine, even though last winter I didn't quite give it enough water. (I fell for the "don't...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 04-19-2022, 02:04 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,461
Posted By AdeleDS
I don't know about sundew, but pinguicula are...

I don't know about sundew, but pinguicula are super-easy to propagate - I bought 1 about a year ago and now I have 6, and I wasn't even trying to propagate; I just gave any leaves that fell off a...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 04-18-2022, 11:10 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,461
Posted By AdeleDS
I'm in Vancouver; I got mine at a local orchid...

I'm in Vancouver; I got mine at a local orchid sale.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 04-18-2022, 10:53 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,461
Posted By AdeleDS
I have little pots of pinguicula in among my...

I have little pots of pinguicula in among my orchids. They're a carnivorous plant that will eat your fungus gnats no problem.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-24-2022, 12:56 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,213
Posted By AdeleDS
Thank you! Just what I needed to know.

Thank you! Just what I needed to know.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-23-2022, 09:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,213
Posted By AdeleDS
Den. Nobile: Love Memory Fit - Growing Period and Fertilizing

I have a den. nobile hybrid and the care notes I've found in the Dendrobium Alliance suggest that you should not start fertilizing until the growing season. Now, I have been wintering this plant by...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-15-2022, 01:29 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
Thanks, Ray. Really good information.

Thanks, Ray. Really good information.
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-14-2022, 07:27 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
Thanks for your help, Roberta. I am glad I got it...

Thanks for your help, Roberta. I am glad I got it now so that I have a reasonable chance of seeing it bloom in my lifetime, but I'm also really enjoying it right now, seeing it grow and get new...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-14-2022, 06:29 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
⅛ tsp per gallon! Wow, I have been overfeeding....

⅛ tsp per gallon! Wow, I have been overfeeding. Going by the difference in weight before and after watering, the plant only holds about 1 tablespoon of water at a time.

Thanks for sending me to...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-14-2022, 02:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
Thanks, Roberta!

Thanks, Roberta!
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-14-2022, 12:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
Thank you, Ray. I can see I don't understand much...

Thank you, Ray. I can see I don't understand much about pH and/or alkalinity; I'll have to do some studying!
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-13-2022, 09:38 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
Ray - The water source is rain and snowmelt so...

Ray - The water source is rain and snowmelt so there isn't much dissolved mineral in the untreated water. There are a couple of different water treatment plants, one adds lime and carbon dioxide and...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 03-13-2022, 06:23 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,878
Posted By AdeleDS
Paph pH & Nutrition

I've got a little baby Paph 'Angel Hair' (St. Swithin x Sanderianum). The plant is in a 2-¼ inch pot and its longest leaf is 5.5 cm long and 1.3 cm wide. It seemed to be growing slowly (thought I...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 12-11-2021, 01:18 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 915
Posted By AdeleDS
Aaah! Could have done. The windows are...

Aaah! Could have done. The windows are single-paned; I've tried to protect (outside temp is hovering just above freezing) but even with the curtains drawn it could easily get down into the 50s F...
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