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Can I grow orchid Cymbidium in an office without window?
Dear Experts,
I just bought a 6" orchid cymbidium in HD. It looks lovely with 3 stalks of buds! I put it in my office on top of the pebble tray. I guess this takes care of the humidity issue. My office temperature is constant at 65F but I can adjust if necessary. My office does not have a window but I will have the lights on for about 10 hours for weekdays. I plan to feed it with MicroGro Azalea Camellia... food every other week, 1 tsp per gallon concentration. Are all the above humidity + temperature + light + feed condition good enough for cymbidium to happily flower in my office? This is my first year to gardening. Very anxious and excited! Thanks for any advice! Tiff |
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Can I grow orchid Cymbidium in an office without window?
"Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:83oYb.50179$uV3.101822@attbi_s51... "Dewitt" wrote in message ... On 16 Feb 2004 21:19:03 -0800, (Frank) wrote: just bought a 6" orchid cymbidium in HD. It looks lovely with 3 stalks of buds! I put it in my office on top of the pebble tray. I guess this takes care of the humidity issue. My office temperature is constant at 65F but I can adjust if necessary. My office does not have a window but I will have the lights on for about 10 hours for weekdays. I plan to feed it with MicroGro Azalea Camellia... food every other week, 1 tsp per gallon concentration. Are all the above humidity + temperature + light + feed condition good enough for cymbidium to happily flower in my office? This is my first year to gardening. Very anxious and excited! Enjoy it in your office while it's in bloom, but it will need much more light to grow and rebloom again. Don't allow the bottom of the pot to remain in contact with water in the saucer - make sure the pebbles are deep enough to prevent this. I'd mist the foliage (avoid the blossoms) daily also - that environment is just too dry for it and might also be a bit on the cool side. Get a good orchid fertilizer instead of making do with the Miracid and follow the label directions. I'd consider it a just a long lasting cut flower - cymbidiums are unlikley to thrive in that environment and are difficult to get to rebloom. pam - gardengal I put my cymbidium outside, not planning to take it in anymore (Zone 6). After two frosts, my gardener took it in and it is now in full boom!!!! I know that they like cold weather , but frosts??? However, I am enjoying it. Marion |
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"Pam - gardengal" wrote in message news:83oYb.50179$uV3.101822@attbi_s51... "Dewitt" wrote in message ... On 16 Feb 2004 21:19:03 -0800, (Frank) wrote: just bought a 6" orchid cymbidium in HD. It looks lovely with 3 stalks of buds! I put it in my office on top of the pebble tray. I guess this takes care of the humidity issue. My office temperature is constant at 65F but I can adjust if necessary. My office does not have a window but I will have the lights on for about 10 hours for weekdays. I plan to feed it with MicroGro Azalea Camellia... food every other week, 1 tsp per gallon concentration. Are all the above humidity + temperature + light + feed condition good enough for cymbidium to happily flower in my office? This is my first year to gardening. Very anxious and excited! Enjoy it in your office while it's in bloom, but it will need much more light to grow and rebloom again. Don't allow the bottom of the pot to remain in contact with water in the saucer - make sure the pebbles are deep enough to prevent this. I'd mist the foliage (avoid the blossoms) daily also - that environment is just too dry for it and might also be a bit on the cool side. Get a good orchid fertilizer instead of making do with the Miracid and follow the label directions. I'd consider it a just a long lasting cut flower - cymbidiums are unlikley to thrive in that environment and are difficult to get to rebloom. pam - gardengal I put my cymbidium outside, not planning to take it in anymore (Zone 6). After two frosts, my gardener took it in and it is now in full boom!!!! I know that they like cold weather , but frosts??? However, I am enjoying it. Marion |
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Can I grow orchid Cymbidium in an office without window?
Some cymbidiums can do well in low light, if it seems to be fading,
take it home and get an oncidium for your office. Those things grow like weeds. I have a 'Sharry Baby' that sits several feet from a north window, often unwatered and still gives me an annual spray of chocolate scented flowers. |
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Can I grow orchid Cymbidium in an office without window?
light frost, not hard freezes helps it set buds. Ingrid
"Marion Margoshes" wrote: I put my cymbidium outside, not planning to take it in anymore (Zone 6). After two frosts, my gardener took it in and it is now in full boom!!!! I know that they like cold weather , but frosts??? However, I am enjoying it. Marion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Can I grow orchid Cymbidium in an office without window?
light frost, not hard freezes helps it set buds. Ingrid
"Marion Margoshes" wrote: I put my cymbidium outside, not planning to take it in anymore (Zone 6). After two frosts, my gardener took it in and it is now in full boom!!!! I know that they like cold weather , but frosts??? However, I am enjoying it. Marion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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