vicky wrote...
I got a vanilla orchid for Christmas. It is ... looking a little unhappy.
Does anyone here have any experience and advice on how to chirp it up a
little?

(so far I've mostly been treating it like any other orchid - except a
little
better than the dendrobium that I left in the spare room over Christmas
and
totally forgot about, which is now beyond repair *sob*)

We have one hanging in our bathroom that is slowly taking over. It's about
2ft from a S. facing window in the warmest and most humid room in the house
(heated towel rail) and is watered with rain water at room temp 2 or 3 times
a week until it pours out the bottom. Fertilizer is applied as recommended
for houseplants.
Just about the easiest orchid I've ever had, it has doubled in size.
BTW I don't think it likes being dry at all.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK