Do these roots look okay?

[butterfly_muse]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

Temps and humidity go hand in hand. the warmer the temps the more water the plant uses. As long as the plant has a decent root system it can absorb moisture quickly and doesn't need to be kept wet. With a damaged root system we can put the orchid into a more humid environment like putting it in a Tupperware tub and leaving the lid propped open a bit. Someone here came up with that idea and I think it is a great idea for rescues. As long as the plant doesn't perspire more moisture than it can absorb through it's roots. Your roots looked good.

Now all I have to do is keep them that way, right? I can't wait to get a house so I can put these guys outside in the 84% humidity. But I am not so brave as to open my windows on a 92 degree day with a 101 heat index and 86% humidity, so...xD

[james mickelso]

Sheesh!!! I don't blame you. I am so spoiled living here at the beach in SoCal where it rarely gets above 75*f with 40-60 percent humidity, and rarely gets down below 35-40 at night in winter. I can still surf in winter. But you get those wonderful rain storms and lightning. And wind. I love a good storm. We never get anything but sun and fun. I travel out to the deserts and mountains here to get thunderstorms and rain/wind. I'm an old meteorologist and love storms. I've been watching your weather. Ouch!!! But cooler is on the way.

[butterfly_muse]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

Sheesh!!! I don't blame you. I am so spoiled living here at the beach in SoCal where it rarely gets above 75*f with 40-60 percent humidity, and rarely gets down below 35-40 at night in winter. I can still surf in winter. But you get those wonderful rain storms and lightning. And wind. I love a good storm. We never get anything but sun and fun. I travel out to the deserts and mountains here to get thunderstorms and rain/wind. I'm an old meteorologist and love storms. I've been watching your weather. Ouch!!! But cooler is on the way.

Ugh, my fiance is from NorCal about an hour north of Sacramento. We were out there for Christmas, and it actually rained most of the time. But the days it didn't it was nice and sunny and blue sky and temperate...we spent a looong day in San Francisco and it was so perfect, I was jealous he got to grow up in such a nice place!! We get hurricanes, almost daily thunderstorms in the summer, lots of heat, and then lots of rain which then evaporates but stays low because of the smog and then the humidity is so bad your clothes stick to you the second you walk outside. Fall generally rains pretty much every day and hovers in the 40s so it won't snow but it's cold and damp and miserable and overcast and dark...And then winter gets into the teens and twenties with snow and ice....Ahhhhh yes. The only things I really enjoy about here are the nice seasonal colors of the trees along with the pretty flowers when it's spring time (but not the pollen!!!!!). And it's pretty when it snows. But I lived in Colorado and the 7% humidity there was AMAZING!! And the snow was better to watch over the mountains...

[james mickelso]

And that is why California is sooooo crowded. Where I live it is difficult to tell when it is summer and when it is winter. the crowds are the only way to tell which it is.

[butterfly_muse]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

And that is why California is sooooo crowded. Where I live it is difficult to tell when it is summer and when it is winter. the crowds are the only way to tell which it is.

Lol, it'd be nice, that's for sure. It's just crowded out here because of government jobs. After the recession started, we were the only buffered area so everyone and their mom moved out here to be a contractor or for a federal position..xD Traffic is a hot mess. Though my fiance spent his college years in L.A. and apparently their traffic is worse. But everyone knows how to merge, I'm told, so that's at least helpful. Hehe!

[james mickelso]

Haaa!!! I work at MCB Camp Pendleton where most of the marines and their spouses are from somewhere else. I can tell who is from out of state just by how they drive. Even out in town with no way to tell who's grown up here and who is from somewhere else I can tell. If you flow....you have lived here for awhile. If you haven't learned to flow then you are a hazard. Or old!!! (-;

[butterfly_muse]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

Haaa!!! I work at MCB Camp Pendleton where most of the marines and their spouses are from somewhere else. I can tell who is from out of state just by how they drive. Even out in town with no way to tell who's grown up here and who is from somewhere else I can tell. If you flow....you have lived here for awhile. If you haven't learned to flow then you are a hazard. Or old!!! (-;

Nobody out here knows how to drive. Nobody. They can't merge successfully, they speed up to close a gap and not let you in, they speed down the shoulder to but in a car ahead of you, they power weave, or they just don't pay attention and follow the pretty lines until they run out and then panic. It's really, really sad. The more I drive the more I wish I could just teleport.

When I lived in CO everyone told me that I "didn't drive like I was from around here." o_O;