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10-24-2013, 07:15 PM
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green house adventures!
Well with the changing of the seasons I have become more greatful fo4 havimg a small moveable greenhouse!
1. The sun is hitting it at different times and strengths than before causing some rather monstrous leaf burn on my larger oncids! Yikes!!!
2. I have a new friend in there helping with the bug issue. He did rather scare me at first thinking he was something I did not want to touch I have named him Flip. Even as I moved my house several times over he kept coming back. I told him he was welcome as lo g as he wants to stay.
3. Okay so I thought okay this is not a top of the line little green house it may need some help....boy howdy was I ever wrong....I lightly water everyday when I get home and man we had 90* hogh today and when i opened it today after having all the vents closed I thought I was walking into a sauna! You could alnost see the steam rising. Whew!
4. Seems the babies are enjoying it I am seeing new growth galore.
5. And finally African Lavendar Stinks ungodly bad, and 2 gardenia blooms smell up the whole joint if I could have caught my dog sniffing the blooms it would have been worth a thousand bucks!
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10-25-2013, 12:32 AM
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Good for you. Give Flip some meal worms from the pet store. My big bull frog loved them. Nice potential dendro bloom. I paint my GH with white paint to moderate the light somewhat. Latex is best as it can be taken off if you want.
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10-25-2013, 01:19 AM
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Sounds like you're having a great time.
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10-25-2013, 07:13 AM
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Not a dendro bloom b. Little star. But thank you.
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10-25-2013, 10:05 AM
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Oh.  Nice anyway. |
10-25-2013, 11:43 AM
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oh I bet the brassavolas love it!! good growing!!
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10-25-2013, 11:46 AM
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Thank you. This will be the first orchid I have. Gotten to spike myself! More pop out everyday. Whwn the blooms begin to open I will place it in my kitchen so it will smell my home up nicely.
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10-25-2013, 11:51 AM
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Wonderful! I particularity like your pest control measures! Keep him happy.
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10-25-2013, 11:59 AM
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Working on it I actually also have a few carnivorous plants in there to help with gnats they have started to try to invade my inside room for my picky plants as well. grrrrr
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10-25-2013, 12:06 PM
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yep, I grow in south-facing windows and for the next few months I have to be really careful about orchid placements. Leaf burn can happen in a few hours.
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