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Need advice
Hi, I need some advice. I live in mid-Michigan. I have a couple of
Phalaenopsis orchids. One I bought about 3 years ago, the other I bought last winter. Both of them were in bloom when I bought them. The newer one seems to be resting, which is understandable. The older one seems to be very healthy, putting on new growth, lots of new growth. Unfortunately, that is all it does is new leaves. I keep it in the kitchen in a northeast facing window next to the sink. It gets misted every morning and watered every Friday morning. I give it fertilizer every two weeks. It is set in bark mix that that was changed two years ago. The house is cooled to about 77 degrees in the summer and heated to 70 degrees in the winter. It only gets the light it receives thru the window which is direct sunlight for about 2 hours in the early morning and then just diffused lighting for the rest of the day. The air from the duct work cannot blow directly on the plant. I will sometimes set it outside over night if I know the temperatures will not drop too low and the humidity will be high. Some of the oldest leaves look a bit worse for the wear (cat), with broken off ends. A couple of the older leaves have a couple of dark brown circular spots about a quarter inch in diameter. Two other older leaves also have what looks to be a split down the center of the leaf that is very dark. The plant currently has about 40 leaves on it, about half of them new the last couple of months. HELP! Does anyone have advice and is there a book for growing orchids indoors in northern climates? Thanks, George Weber |
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