Bob,
The phrag is a "natural" for S/H culture, but be aware that some have
problems with parvi paphs (delenatii) in it. I don't, but I have been in
discussions about that a fair number of times.
Your brassisidium is probably suffering from the low light level, and it's
Lillian Oka, not a hybrid with a slimy vegetable (but one that's great when
fried).
Now that I re-reread your post, I will accuse you of "plant abuse". They
really do need nutrition, you know. Under your apparently light starved
conditions, I'd recommend a teaspoon of "Grow" per gallon about twice a
month. In my greenhouse here in Doylestown, I feed what would be the
equivalent of two teaspoons per gallon at every watering.
I would also say that you'll need to start looking into supplemental
lighting. The low-E glass will have a significant impact in the incident
light intensity - fortunately, it is fairly uniform at attenuating all
wavelengths the plants care about. Also, as the seasons change, the angle
of the sunlight will increase, and even less will get in.
--
Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids -
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"bobc" wrote in message
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On Mar 10, 3:21 pm, wrote:
On Mar 9, 11:40 pm, SuE wrote:
In general Phrags LOVE S/H and they like more light than most growers
give them. Could be yours needs another site. A little fertilizer to
equal the additional light and it will take off.
SuEhttp://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php
hmm. it's in an eastern window with the phals and the other phrag in
MD 6b. it gets MSU at -counts on fingers- 1.5 tsp/gal drench 3 out
of 4 waterings. (75-100 ppm? i'd have to look at the bottle.) i'd
really like it to grow more roots, but the green parts are growing,
albeit very slowly. i just put it down to being half species;
anything i have that's half or more species progresses very slowly.
--j_a
Mine is in an eastern window too. I've been thinking of trying S/H
with a few of the plants, but haven't actually done it yet. I assume
that with the relatively low light levels available to the plants I
have, I would need to keep the amount of fertilizer low. I have been
checking out Ray's info on S/H. The orchids I'm thinking of moving
into S/H are the Phrag, a division of a Pleurothallis grobyii, and one
of my Paph delanati. I'm not sure about my Brassidium Lillian Okra -
it's already big enough! I'm also worried about the light because of
the new windows - low E glass - cutting back on the already just
adequate lighting. I'm getting good growth and flowering with a Soph.
cernua and a Christieara, but the Brassidium only flowered once, a
NOID Paph hasen't flowered in a while and the Phals (also NOID) have
fewer flowers than before. However, the other variable - fertilizer -
I haven't fed them much in the past year. I brought Dyna-Gro (grow
formula)and am using that now. I guess I'll find out over the next
year.
I'm starting to collect cacti - Gymnocalyciums mostly, because they're
easy to grow and flower. And they look cool too. I have a G.
pflanzii that I've had for several years and it flowers every summer.
I just got what I think is a G. ragonesei. I was surprised that the
big cactus vendor at the Philly flower show didn't have any tags on
their plants (that I saw). All the orchid vendors did.
I am also going to try an Echinodorus tenellus (Pigmy Chain Sword) in
a water tight pot in the window. I believe it grows in the wild
partially emersed (at least part of the year). I wonder - it may
also be a good candidate for S/H?
Anyway, thanks for listening!
Bob Campoli - Philadelphia, Pa