Hi from St. Louis - frigid St. Louis!

[JeffreyJ]

hi everyone and thanks for the warm welcome and info on your growing experiences.

Right now I have my orchids in a room on the west side of my house. I have them on a baker's type rack and growing under lights. Nothing is coming into bloom at the present and currently I have vandas, phalen, catts, and a brassia nodosa (?). Last summer I had placed about 18-20 orchids outside mostly catts at that time. They were doing great in the heat, humidity, and part shade environment. But then the storm hit! I lost all but five orchids! Needless to say I about cried when I got home! Now I feel like I'm back to the drawing board.

anyway, I'll be re-reading your responses and may contact some of you individually via email if that's acceptable.

Thanks again for the warm welcome!