Hes one of my country-kin.... So y'all leave him to me to edumacate on
climatic issues :-P

Kye.

P.S : Melbourne occaisionally has a dry spell, usually never longer than 12
hours and is occaisionally warmer than the fridges inside.

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
u...
Hhmm..

I actually live in Melbourne, Australia.. I don't know if this will make
much of a difference as to the weather expected from these plants..


"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
news
Better you should get them from someone with long-term experience. We
purposely don't grow them here, because my few experiments proved that
they
were not the "easy-growing" orchids (for our local environment) on which
our
business philosophy is based. Given our south Florida location, there
are
hundreds, if not thousands, of orchids which our clients can take home,
hang
outside, and pretty much let Mother Nature care for, and those are what
we
strive to offer, as opposed to plants which will need "fussing over."

--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids

http://www.jborchids.com

"molli" wrote in message
...
Could we get a few culture tips? I got one at our OS Christmas party.
Right
now I"ve got it in "Vanda" light right under the 400 watt, in a basket
in
sphag. Do I treat it like a Vanda? and what are the temp max/min for
it?
I
dont know if those are two spikes growing or two keikis on one side of
it...still to little to tell.
--

Hugs,
Molli


"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
...
Neof. falcata is not the easiest plant to grow in So. Fla. [not
impossible,
just not the easiest -- personally, I think it is borderline on the
heat
tolerance needed here]. There are, however, many nice hybrids made
using
falcata and these are usually less "touchy."

--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids

http://www.jborchids.com
"Peter Pan" wrote in message
u...
Thinking on buying a new orchid..

I've looked all around Melbourne, and without going into orchid
shows
or
private functions, the only place I can buy a Neofinetia is at
this
place
called Collections Corner (which is a bit of a drive away from
me)..
Now.. The only thing they have are very small plants.. They are
potted
..
Well .. They're practically the same size as the pictures Shell
posted
in
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids.

Very little with a few leaves coming out from them..

Now.. Would this be recommended or should I look harder into
getting
a
fully
grown plant?
I've never had an orchid before and the only reason I chose this
one
was
because, well, it's the one I think looks best..

As well as the fact that it is fragrant.. That's rather appealing
too..

I would probably be growing it under fluorecent lights.. (I can
build
some
sort of mini-greenhouse and set it under the lights, with a little
fan
inside it to keep air circulation)..

Still.. I don't know if this would be too hard for me to keep..
Being
that
I
have not had any experiences with these plants..

Anyway.. Thanks for all your time and help.






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