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I never measured the footcandles out side. I have a home that is very shaded on the south side. My only spot to put my orchids is on the north side. There they all get between 2-3 direct hours of sun. As the sun’s angle changes from May through September when they come back inside, the time in...

I have some related information to add to this discussion. I am strictly an under lights grower. I have some 2 dozen Roth plants, both species and hybrids. Up until recently, the last 2 years of growth of these plants, were at best, disappointing! ( I summer them outside for 4 1/2 months) That...

One reason might be that the standards for awarding besseae are very high. There have been so many awards lately and what May have been awarded 15, 7, even 5 years ago, is not necessarily awardable today. It is no one’s fault, it is just the way things change over time. Naturally we look at size...

Except now I am old as dirt too! I used to say things like “some elderly lady”. Hey, but now I am elderly myself. 🤪

Interesting? Maybe. Crazy? Maybe. It was memorable.

Oh Morja, stick around, keep growing. I have every confidence that you will get better and better at growing.

I know they are. But let me point out in my own defense, not that I need any, just kidding, that in the 50+ years I have been in this game, orchids in general are a lot more sturdy then they are given credit for!! They do have a mystique if you will, a certain fear of them being difficult to...

I am beginning to have the opinion that this has kind of got out of hand. If you are leaving your plants for a week, not a summer, not a month, a week, then how can they possibly develop any kind of serious problem in a week?? It makes no sense. You mean that in just seven days, an issue can...

I don't know how I missed this but WOW, what a plant! Absolutely fabulous. Simply a stud if I have ever seen one. Somebody pour some champagne please. Ah, a perfect size for any windowsill!!! 🥰 🤣 👍

A clay pot would help certainly but may I suggest for these types of top heavy orchids that you use an internal wire stake with enough girth to get the job done? It might be tricky to visualize but they are fashioned out of a pretty stiff wire formed into a circle at one end. That end goes into...

Very, very generous of you mrhappyrotter!!! Very generous. 👍

You have a few choices. I assume you are flying. Pack them up as a carry on bag. But you could run the risk of having them informally inspected at the gate prior to boarding. Contact some one at Krull Smith about transporting them. I am confident that they deal with issues like this all the...

That could be a problem really. When similar things are crossed back and forth, the gene pool becomes very limiting. The pool needs some fresh water, some new blood, a new hybrid or two introduced to jazz things up a bit. As a Phalaenopsis lover, especially with these guys, every body looks...

Low humidity will not keep it from blooming.

I think it all comes down to supply and demand. If the Orchid Buying Public isn’t buying them or asking for them, why make those hybrids? Or if you make them and they don’t sell, why make more?

Oh, that’s okay. No problem. Some time we just get too wrapped up and need another opinion. But ultimately it is our decision, keep or toss.

Interesting is a good word for it. Mine would be disappointing. But, look on the bright side. It might improve under your care. I typically practice a “three strike policy”. If it blooms 3 times in a row not up to my expectations or it fails to impress me, I put it on the club raffle table. It...

For what it’s worth, since I began bringing orchids inside some 7 weeks ago, I decided to double my fertilizer dosage. I use Jacks All purpose rated at 20-20-20. I had been using one teaspoon per gallon, I upped it to 2 tsps. per gallon. Under my new LED fixture, the plants have become greener...

They used to say years ago, “ a watched pot never boils”. Now it could be , “ a watched bud never opens”.

It sounds to me that you are applying too much stuff. Adding this, using that, again and again. It is overwhelming! You need a simpler regime. In my opinion, you are treating your orchids with everything, including the kitchen sink. Then you go next door and use their kitchen sink. And then you...