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Newbie with Questions
Hello Group......
Glad I found you..... I am not new to growing Orchids, I use to live in South Fla. and it was sooooo easy there, I just hung them out in the trees during the Spring, Summer Fall and part of the Winter ..... Watered and Fert. them and Nature took care of the rest. I attached them to the large Oak Trees along with Staghorn Ferns and had a Paradise of sorts... Then I moved to Indiana, took only a couple with me, all but one died....so sad. Through lots of trial and error I managed to keep my Encyclia Radiata growing and blooming for the 9 yrs I am here..I have it mounted on Malaysian Drift Wood and decided that being on the wood is easier to care for as it is difficult to over water than being in a pot..at least for me it is. I have added to my collection with a Brassivola Nodosa, Degarmoara"White Fairy", Oncidium"Sharry Baby", Cattleya x B.Nodosa either"Richard Mueller" or "Yellow Bird", an Odontoglossum type,( I believe by looking at pictures in my book and comparing foliage,) Miltassia Olmec "Kanno" , Encyclia Tampense the native of Florida, And the Ludisa Discolor. All except the L Discolor are mounted on drift wood and seem to be growing well. My question is .... what is the best type of light for the time I keep them indoors.... I have a spare room with a small southern exposer window and 2, 4' fluorescent light fixtures mounted on the ceiling. each fixture has 2 bulbs each has a "Power-Glo" from Hagan and Nutri-Grow from Coral Life...I live in a Po-Dunk town in southern IN and these were the only bulbs I could find at the local pet shop.... The Orchids hang less than 2 ft from the lights and get watered 3 times a week in my shower from a shower rod mounted above the middle of my bath tub..yes, I get asked why I have a rod in the middle up at the ceiling..oh well, some scratch their heads and others just accept :-) Does anyone else have any experience with growing Orchids on wood ? I would like to know if there is more I should be doing..I think I am doing ok as the Odontoglossum has bloomed for the past 2 yrs and is in bloom as I type this..last year it had 42 flowers on a spike that was about 3 ft long..so I believe it is happy. I just worry about Fall and Winter and the lighting...... Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Mark |
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