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Old 10-08-2003, 01:02 AM
disy
 
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Default help with a Masdevallia Copper Angel


"tbell" wrote in message
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Sounds great on the fire escape, and I'll bet you have no trouble filling

up
the indoor locations again!


LOL, that is what I am afraid of!

Tom
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From: "disy"
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Newsgroups: rec.gardens.orchids
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 12:15:29 GMT
Subject: help with a Masdevallia Copper Angel


"GrlIntrpted" wrote in message
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"disy" wrote in message
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"GrlIntrpted" wrote in message
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Diana, CT is great for Masd's and Drac's. J&L Orchids is a great

source
for
these lovely minis, they are in your neck of the woods. My cool

loving
minis go outside into a shady spot around the end of September, I

keep
them
there until first frost, I then bring them into the basement where

they
are
kept unheated and under 2 flourecent bulbs (warm and cool). I toss

them
back into the outdoors around April and watch the weather like a hawk
.
If a freeze is anticipated I bring them back into the basement,
otherwise
they stay there until the nights get in the 70's. That's when they

go
back
in the house, this time into the living room where the central A/C is

on
at
around 72 at night and between 74-77 during the day.

Good luck,
Mariana
NYC

Thanks for the suggestions, I never thought of the Garage! It's a

perfect
place - I am in an out of it everyday.

I actually got this one from J&L, what a great place - I am only about
30 -
40 minutes a way from them. Also, I am about 40 minutes from Venamy
Ochids
in Brewster which is another wonderful place to wander, dream and find
another Orchid for the collection.

Thanks again,
Diana


I'm jealous! I swear if I was there I'd beg to volunteer in that

nursery
and
I'd come in to practically do anything to just learn.

The mini's are my first experiment with moving some of the orchids into

the
outdoors. 99% of my collection is grown inside. After I've gotten

into
the
miniatures and spoke to sales reps at Andy's Orchids, and J&L (at

various
shows) I was adviced to try and move them outside for the chilly

nights.
Not all of my mini's are treated that way, I keep many at home on

window
sills (or next to the sills). But I have to tell you that the few that

I've
started taking outside produce more leaves and flower with more

consistency
(I guess it depends on the species too).

The weather as I'm sure you know has been awful for the past several

weeks,
nothing but 100% humidity and no sun. I decided to move some more of

the
orchids into the outdoors. Currently I have a Dend.lindleyi , Epi.
marmuratum, B. little stars, and Enc tempensis, as well as a few Dend.
hybrids sitting it the backyard (well some are suspended off hooks in a
bright but shady spot off the backyard fence). All w/o fail almost
instantly began showing signs of quick growth, roots as well as new
pseudobubls.

It's a big pain in the hiney to schlep the orchids outside so I'm going

to
leave most in the house for now and monitor how the one's in the

outdoors
do, maybe next season if our greenhouse plans fall through I'll just

move
the orchids outside and place them on the tables and plant stands for

the
summer. But for now, they'll stay here, close to me.

Mariana


I have put a few of my orchids outside this year to try it out. Even

with
the horrible weather, the plants seem to be thriving. With all the

rain,
it's made watering much easier. Unfortunately, I only have a deck that

is
about 20' x 5', it is a common deck that is also used as a fire escape.

I
can put stuff on it in front of my unit, but must leave a clear path

incase
of emergency. I am not putting them all out there, but am trying a

Phal,
Cat and a Dend and of course my Masdelvallia now.

My deck is by far the most cluttered of the decks. I have two tomato
plants, my Hoya that is usually inside (a pride an joy of mine - this

was
one of my very first plants when I moved out of my parents home -it's

over
15 years old and it loves to summer outside), a Spanish jasmine, 4
geraniums, a couple hanging planters that I put together with various
flowering/trailing plants and various herbs in pots, and a few of my

spider
plants - now with the orchids, it absolutely paradise to sit among them

all.
It's amazing how many plants you can get into a very small space. The

only
problem with putting everything outside is that it gets very bare

looking
inside.

If the orchids really like it, I'll figure something out for next year

to be
able to get more of them outside.

Diana