Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Andrew
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Sounds like a Phalaenopsis to me.

Try the following culture sheets:
http://www.theaos.org/orchids/cultur...nner/phals.pdf
http://www.theaos.org/orchids/culture/phal2.pdf

Ours has done very well, largely by accident. It has been on a
warm but not hot, south facing but blocked by buildings, window
ledge and has been watered erratically with rain water and even
more erratically fertilised using dilute Miracle Grow (in the
summer only, and only a few times then).

My understanding is that quite of lot of ephiphytic orchids are
very tough (against neglect) but absolutely cannot take cold, wet
conditions. But I am no expert.

My wife inherited an un-named orchid which, had it not been a
relative's, would have been on the compost heap years ago. It was
tolerated, but like Nick's, largely neglected. It produced lots of
leaves but never a flower ......... until last month. It then produced
three marvellous flower spikes with 11 blooms on each. Right now they
are all in full bloom and are glorious to behold. It is a marvellous
mauve and crimson cymbidium. It seems that they thrive in being
potbound.

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