Susan Erickson wrote:

Welcome. I wonder how long it will take you to catch the
addiction now that you have joined the discussion.

Well, I seem to catch these kinds of addictions easily, so that's scary!
I always thought it was a little too warm in NC for orchids, but I
really think I was putting them (we've had a couple of these "fresh
market" specials before this one which survived) in too direct light.
We added skylights to our kitchen a year or so ago, and keeping the
orchid on a counter where the sun never spots it gets bright indirect
light - and this one lived, and produced little keiki.

From other threads, it sounds like a 10-degree temp drop from day to
night is helpful - not sure I can take the time to accomplish that
though. How about seasonal changes in care (what *are* their seasons
anyway grin)? I've been letting it get almost completely dry before
watering again. Once I added mircale-grow spike to the pot, but someone
came over that week and said that was a bad idea so it came right out -
I thought the baby might need food! I've been following the other
threads on potting mediums and will probably figure things out to repot
the baby. It's leaves now look healthier than mommas, whose seem to
have a tear/split at the end of one and hasn't grown any more from the
center and isn't putting out any more spikes either.

Thanks for the welcome; I guess I'm off for the ride!
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