"Johnny Borborigmi" wrote in message
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On 2008-01-17 08:54:14 -0500, Jangchub said:

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:28:43 -0500, Johnny Borborigmi
wrote:

On 2008-01-15 21:03:45 -0500, "symplastless"
said:


Please click the link to read article about Light, Humidity, Feeding
and Tempature : http://www.worldofflower.net/worldofflower.net/Care
tips for your orchid.htm

I know very little about orchids. What kind of food do you feed a
orchid?
Do they store their food? In what form and where? I thought they were
autotrophs. Shows how much I know.
BTW the ghost flower is a heterotroph.
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...st_flower.html


You can use regular miracle or any 10-10-10 food. No "special"
ferti;izer is needed.

Orchids need more phosporous in order to flower than the fertilizer
you describe. People mostly use synthetic salt based fertilizers. I
think proper maintenance is more important than fertilization. Misting
the plants daily and keeping them in clean conditions with as much
humidity as possible is optimum.


Misting does nothing unless you're going to do it every 5-10 minutes 24
hours a day. A good humidifier is more important.

I stand by my other post.


I am more incline to listen to people who do not claim that fertilizer,
elements alone, are food for autotrophs!

--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Arborist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.