I posted my story years ago when I first joined this wonderful group.
I had two orchids, one a phal a gift, the other a dendrobium.
My dear hubby had enclosed my patio for me complete with electrical
outlets & one of those indoor ceiling fans.
Well the phal had a spike with bud & 1 flower open. I was so proud, I
held it up
to show my husband & "whop"!!!!
You guessed it, the dreaded ceiling fan was running!
I didn't have to ask the most popular question ever
posted on this news group!*G*
Cheers Wendy

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My worst mistake: 2 years back my dendrobium delicatum had started making
a
lot of infloressences, and when I saw the plant, all dried up and with a
lot
of brown leaves, I tolk pitty on it and watered it.
Thing is all the nice infloressences withered off. I had forgotten that
you
schould'nt water the darn thing when it is about to bloom.
So I had to wait another 2 years for bloom, getting four small flowers for
the first time in 10 years last spring.
Cheers
Peter

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Is it just me, or have other newbies done really STUPID things to their
plants? My top two: (1) While vacuuming a corner of the sunroom, I took
off the sweeper attachment and used just the vacuum tube. When I
turned to maneuver the hose, I sucked up an orchid while I was looking
the other way. (2) When I bought my first Nobile dendrobium, it bloomed
then dropped its leaves. I though that it must be like a phal's bloom
spikes and promptly cut off all the canes at their base. Then I read
the orchid book for instructions on what to do next...

Sometimes, people ask me whether I'm worried that my cats will do harm
to the orchids. Well, no. The orchids' biggest danger is probably from
me.