Yum pasta salad will work. Have you notice that this is one crowd that looks
at the plants before thinking of what's on the refreshment table? Seems that
way anyway.

I was in Boston last week- I'm 2 hrs from you. I'd take you up on the
auction, but bringing my orchids in is reminding me that I acquired about 10
plants over the summer that I will now need to fit into the window
garden..yes, I'm eyeing some naked windows, but maybe this autumn chore will
help me from getting more this week...fat chance, I always see something I
want.

I'm noticing some dying off of some weaker plants, it isn't a tragedy
anymore- only an opportunity to replace it. Probably the temperature swings,
but if its going to live here it has to be hearty and thrive
"dd" wrote in message
...
I'm in the Greater Boston area and am with Mass Orchid Society. We're
having our auction tomorrow, Tuesday, night. This is a terrific event
with a LOT of bargains on excellent plants. If you're in the 'hood,
it's worth checking out. If you're interested, let me know and I'll
email you the particulars.

P.S. Picnic? Antipasta pasta salad-- epicurious web site has some good
recipes


In article , Diane
Mancino wrote:

I'm going to start cleaning up my plants this morning and bring them in=
all
but the cymbidiums and oncidiums. Seems like we have a few good nights
left
and sunny days.

DD where are you located in New England? Annual OS picnic is this
Thursday
with a large raffle scheduled.I know the hostess wants to thin out her
collection...I'll probably have more questions on what ever I pick up
that
night. Now what to bring to the picnic....

Diane


"dd" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all who responded. My orchids, with the exception of the
oncidium, are still outside and doing well. I've bathed them with
alcohol and followed up with Physan 20, then a day later repeated with
a miticide and other day later with Funginex. The plants seem happier
for the experience.



In article , dd
wrote:

The nights are getting cooler in New England, and I'm going to bring
in
some phals, dendrobiums, and oncidiums that have been summering
outside. If anyone could answer the following questions, I'd be
grateful.

1. One night, we had an overnight temperature of 52 degrees. This
seems
too cold to me, and seems like a clue to bring in the orchids real
soon. At the moment, they're still outside and looking healthy,
but...How cold is too cold to you? (My orchids are huddled up
against
the east side of the house, so they are somewhat protected from the
elements.)

2. An oncidium looks like it has a problem with a bacterial/virus
type
infection, and I need to spray it with funginex. A couple of the
phals
have scale and what appears to be a bacterial infection (pitted
leaves
that look like those that were recently posted). I read (somewhere)
that one shouldn't dose an orchid with both a pesticide and
fungicide
at the same time. Ok, if I want to use both treatments, how long
should
I wait between the two treatments? Until one dries? A day? A week?

Thanks for any input.