You wouldn't be the first to discover that pampering orchid plants isn't
necessarily the best way to get them to bloom. ;-)

Steve

John DH wrote:

I have owned my one and only cymbidium for 2 1/2 years. It was in flower
when I bought it, and then nothing. 12 months ago I re-potted it using a
proprietary compost from my local garden centre. From February this year it
was totally ignored and left in my greenhouse as I was moving from
Derbyshire to Scotland, my neighbour occasionally dumping a bucket of water
on it when they had time. Late September I was reunited with the poor thing,
it had scorched leaves and looked like it was on deaths door. I almost gave
up, but new shoots soon appeared and two very healthy spikes have appeared
bearing 6 flowers on each. Amazing, I had until now cosseted the plant and
got nothing, then this year, total abuse, wow.

Cheers

John D