hej! from Sweden
 

Hello! nice to join you guys. I'm 30 year old from Sweden, been more and more bitten by the orchid bug so I'm slowly giving away my other plants to make more space for orchids. Also checking out artificial lighting because I grow in Sweden which isn't exactly known for blue skies and warm weather through the winter. I mostly have phals but very much in love with Vandas. Ordered some new ones from Holland just now, gonna be great. I grow 100% in water culture and have had success with it, no casualties so far.

Anna

Welcome, Anna!:)
How many orchids do you have?

I have about 20-25 or so, too lazy to get up and count :lol:

What about you?

Not that many, around 20. I want to find out which ones I can grow easily here so I'm collecting several genera. I have dendrobiums, phals, phaps, oncidiums, one zygopetalum, one catt, cymbidiums and, at last, pbulbs of a stanhopea and xylobiums which are not certain to grow.
My climate is more friendly than yours. Probably it would be easier for you to grow draculas and masdevallias. It's impossible to me to grow these which is something I would love to do.

In the summer I could somewhat easily make the condition they want but I'm not sure how to achieve the night-time temps. The phals seem to grow nicely, I've bought some Vandas and an Rhynchostylis gigantea I am looking forward to geting aswell. I'm gonna buy some artificial lighting for the winter so I think that will help with the more sun-loving ones. :-) I am not ready to make any terrarium but having one would open up more options.

Welcome Anna. I started with phals and branched out to vandas and Paphiopedilums. I have a Dracula as well. My climate is hot and humid in the summer so I need to make sure the Dracula has plenty of water and air flow. As said before you could probably do well with those.

Hello and welcome to the board. Good luck with your new orchids.

Have you heard of them growing in water culture? I have been checking out some draculas. If I place it at an open window it can easily get enough air and right temps. Maybe I can dare? I think paphs are gorgeous but haven't gotten that far yet :lol: So much looking forward to starting up Vandas. I have a Sanderiana seedling and a pachara delight seedling who will take many years before bloom but I am gonna be so happy when it happens. They live in small drinking glasses.

Thanks for the welcome guys!

Välkommen!

Tack! 😊

Welcome!

Velkommen :)

Mine klarer seg i Norge uten ekstra lys, men har ikke så mange ulike sorter enda :p Eller, jo- det er jo litt etterhvert 😎

Good luck with your orchids, this is a great place for your addiction to grow even bigger 😉


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Hi pulp,
seems that we follow the same strategy. I am new in the field but I think that darkness in Sweden should not be a serious problem. Acually orchids in nature prefer places too dark for other plants. Currently I'm trying to figure out what is better: dipping at night or during daytime. According to the so called CAM model orchids need good air circulation at night to fix CO2, whivh is different to other plants. Any experience?

Thanks guys! Have expanded my collection since I wrote the first post, hehe! Currently waiting for 19 other plants (3 are surprise seedlings, funnily enough almost look forward to them the most!) from Germany.

Glucke so far my plants are growing well, I am planning to buy some led-lights to put in a couple of windows that only get northern light. Mine are in water so I can't say which is best, some of their roots are in water all the time.