Hello Joanna!

For my part, tomorrow will be my monthly orchid meeting.... You know what
that means...

Most of my phals are growing leaves and 3 are spiking. My very young Phal
equestris `Zuma Canyon` is growing slowly 4 buds for it`s first time.
My Phal Taisuco Lemon is spiking a long 5 inch flower spike so far. I`m
having problem with my new Phal amabilis who had 6 buds when I bought it.
One of them opened but I lost the flower after 2 weeks. Now, 3 buds are now
yellow and wrinkle. I don`t know what is causinh that but I`m loosing my
flowers. I think I will cut the spike and give the plant the summer to gat
some energy.

My young species seedling ard doing just fine, growing roots and leaves.
I`m trying new thing now on my plants about the PH of the water I use to
water them. I will see some results soon, I hope!

I`m working very hard too, as a nurse on 12 hours shift on a cardio-thoracic
surgery unit ! I`m often exausted but nothing like an orchid can give you
that boost of energy you needed!

That`s it for now, I`m planning a nice summer growing season and hopefully,
all my plants will blooms next year!

Bye

Claude

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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| Claude,
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| I noticed the same thing. It has been very quiet. I don't know why others
| have been quiet (although wasn't there supposed to be some big orchid
| related event that a whole bunch of our regulars were going to? could that
| be why they are not here?), as for myself I have been exceedingly busy at
| work (and continue to be so), I have lots of deadlines and I have been
| putting in 10 hour days at work. However, even with that, I have still
been
| checking the newsgroups regularly, but have not had much energy to post.
|
| Here is what has been happening on the orchid front in my life:
|
| Just to show how much of an orchid addict I am: One of the priest at the
| Episcopal church we go to has a daughter who turned 5 recently. The birthd
ay
| party was last Saturday, and I thought "Hmm, what do I get a 5 year old
....
| I will buy her an orchid!" I know, I must be nuts. In my defense I knew
that
| this girl likes flowers, and that she had been visiting the US Botanical
| Gardens regularly with her parents looking at the orchid exhibit, and that
| she had been talking with her parents about how Joanna has orchids. I
| consulted with her mother beforehand, who thought it was a good idea. I
got
| a really impressive looking No-ID Phal for her, with 4.5 inch pink flowers
| with 4 flowers open and 5 more buds. The little girl liked it a lot, and
she
| petted its leaves, and the orchid has been nicknamed "Pink Panther".
|
| The cochleanthes amazonica is still in bud and the bud is bigger than ever
| before, no signs of blasting this time (knock on wood). I am now as sure
as
| I can be that the humidity was the culprit behind all the bud blasting.
| Apparently unlike Phals, cochleanthes are not tolerant when it comes to
| humidity. The weather in DC is starting to get more humid now on some
days,
| but it is not predictable enough, so we have been running a humidifier
| constantly right next to the plant. Our old humidifier broke, and we had
to
| go buy another one quickly, and it turned out that most stores no longer
| carry humidifiers at this time of year in the Washington DC area -- they
| have dehumidifiers instead -- but we found one, and so far so good.
|
| Most of my Phals are busily growing new leaves, and several are already on
| the second leaf for this year :-) The blooming Phals continue to be
| gorgeous, and I am beginning to look forward to the summer bloomers (a few
| Dtps, and one phal bellina -- hopefully they will reflower, none of them
| have been with me long enough, so I do not know yet whether they like
these
| conditions enough to do so.
|
| That's all that has been going on here. How about you, how are you and
your
| orchids doing?
|
| Joanna
|
| "PhalGuy" wrote in message
| s.com...
| Hello everyone!
|
| Is it me or it`s been very quiet here this week?
| Maybe, we all are busy with spring cleaning, repotting, etc....
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| Claude
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