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Old 06-07-2008, 02:08 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default basic orchid care?

Bill wrote in

news.net:

In article ,
enigma wrote:

i bought an orchid because it was in the dollar bin
(regularly $13.99) no ID tags.
other than filtered sunlight, what makes orchids happy?


A total soak once a week and a container that has many
ways of
providing drainage and air. This before the time outside
aka late spring to early fall.


it's in a 3" square green orchid pot. i soaked it when i got
it home.
at what point does it need repotting? it has roots just
coming to the edges of the pot now. i think it just finished
blooming. is there a way to ID it from the leaves. not being
much of an orcid fanatic, i can recognise that it's an orchid
from the leaves, but thats about all.

We keep ours outside now above the reach of slugs hanging
in low branches.


i might lose it outside. it's pretty small.

lee
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