Orchids Limited (orchidweb.com)-Dendrophylax Lindenii

[GardenTheater]

I've purchased online with them and their plants have been good quality and well,packaged. I also needed help with LED lighting and Jason gave me excellent advice, over the phone, based on the number of orchids that bloomed for me since I added the LEDs he recommended to what I currently have.

In winter, it's very hard to keep humidity high in a greenhouse in the Midwest. Definitely call and ask them what humidity they were giving it in winter and if they think it will thrive in your conditions. They are very kind, knowledgeable and helpful over the phone. I've called more than once. Andy would be a great source for a second opinion. He is sometimes slow to respond to email, but he does respond.

[annabanana1987]

I bought the variety pack of seedlings from oak hill last August, its ten seedling for 30$ to me for a variety of new orchids (I got one in spike) it seems like a fair deal ! They are all still alive ! And pitting out new growth. And I live in a house trytrying dearly to keep the humidity up I mist every morning. I am trying to figure out a better green house environment.
I have looked and made a cart at orchids limited. .. its bow at 100$ for a bunch of plants... I want to hit buy.. im in a bit of a need to save money mode. Which is for my local in ohio suppliers doing their open houses soon in may!!! Yay!!

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[mremensnyder]

Last night, the ghost orchid came to mind so I searched eBay to see what was available, nothing! I find this very surprising since eBay has always had a number of ghost orchid plants available, usually people re-selling Oak Hill Gardens plants. I then noticed that Oak Hill Garden is no longer offering this species (at least on the website) and it had for at least 11 years. I then did a ghost orchid search on here and came across this thread. So, I bought one from Orchids Limited, figuring, like the op, that I may have better luck with a larger one. I ordered the $50 size, which is stated to have a 6-8 cm root span. I noticed you ordered the $35 one (website says 4-5 cm root span) and you said the roots are actually 18 cm long?! It would be great to get a much larger plant than described.

My history with the ghost orchid. I have ordered one of the little clusters on a stick from Oak Hill Gardens several times since 2003 or so. Each time I have ended up losing them. The roots either seem to dry out, despite frequent watering or shrivel up one-by one. The one that I have had survive for a bit longer were destroyed by a squirrel eating the new part of the root. I gave a seedling to my dad back in 2003 and he hung it against the trunk of an oak tree and maybe watered it once a week but I largely forgot about it. In summer 2004 I noticed it had grown a 2 inch healthy root against the cork mount and looked like it was thriving. Well, he gave it to me and a squirrel destroyed it! I plan on keeping this new specimen in an aluminum cage over a dish of water in the back yard from April to November and in a terrarium setup during winter. I have high hopes that this setup will be successful with a large plant.

As far as humidity, the plant my dad had was just exposed to normal FL weather, which in the summer is humidity 70-100% at night and around 50-60% in the afternoon before the storms. It was also outside for the mild 2003-2004 winter as well and did fine. Based on this, I am thinking humidity that dips below 70-90% is not necessarily certain death (but certainly is ideal).