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I have three Oncidiums from Port Alegre in south Brazil, for about five years. I am dividing and repotting from wood crate pots to hole filled ceramic. They have never bloomed and have struggled but multiplied. They, when unpotted and cleaned show good root growth but the bark, charcoal and coconut fiber was rotten. I am not knowledeable in this but have read much. I plan to use smooth rock for one pot, bark mix for one and am working on the third. Any suggestions on all this? Sure want these plants to do well but reading how is easier than doing it :-). Also am trying to identify them. They were wild orchids, reportedly, the pods are about the size of a pecan, they have two leaves on each pod, about 1/2" wide and 12" long, thin leaves, not the thick type. Also they are tough, having survived my care this long. I move them around in my yard to control the light to dappled sun to light shade, the leaf color leads me on that. They seem to grow in the spring and like a little cool weather. Will send a pic if anyone wants to identify them for me. So far searching the web has left me gasping for air, there are MANY Oncidiums in this world! Newbie Jtill Baytown, Texas |
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Kye. "jtill" wrote in message ups.com... I have three Oncidiums from Port Alegre in south Brazil, for about five years. I am dividing and repotting from wood crate pots to hole filled ceramic. They have never bloomed and have struggled but multiplied. They, when unpotted and cleaned show good root growth but the bark, charcoal and coconut fiber was rotten. I am not knowledeable in this but have read much. I plan to use smooth rock for one pot, bark mix for one and am working on the third. Any suggestions on all this? Sure want these plants to do well but reading how is easier than doing it :-). Also am trying to identify them. They were wild orchids, reportedly, the pods are about the size of a pecan, they have two leaves on each pod, about 1/2" wide and 12" long, thin leaves, not the thick type. Also they are tough, having survived my care this long. I move them around in my yard to control the light to dappled sun to light shade, the leaf color leads me on that. They seem to grow in the spring and like a little cool weather. Will send a pic if anyone wants to identify them for me. So far searching the web has left me gasping for air, there are MANY Oncidiums in this world! Newbie Jtill Baytown, Texas |
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jtill wrote: I have three Oncidiums from Port Alegre in south Brazil, for about five years. I am dividing and repotting from wood crate pots to hole filled ceramic. They have never bloomed and have struggled but multiplied. They, when unpotted and cleaned show good root growth but the bark, charcoal and coconut fiber was rotten. I am not knowledeable in this but have read much. I plan to use smooth rock for one pot, bark mix for one and am working on the third. Any suggestions on all this? Sure want these plants to do well but reading how is easier than doing it :-). Also am trying to identify them. They were wild orchids, reportedly, the pods are about the size of a pecan, they have two leaves on each pod, about 1/2" wide and 12" long, thin leaves, not the thick type. Also they are tough, having survived my care this long. I move them around in my yard to control the light to dappled sun to light shade, the leaf color leads me on that. They seem to grow in the spring and like a little cool weather. Will send a pic if anyone wants to identify them for me. So far searching the web has left me gasping for air, there are MANY Oncidiums in this world! Newbie Jtill Baytown, Texas Hi Jill, Go to : http://www.orchidislandorchids.com & click on care. This will give you "how to grow" information-- I have to see pictures to identify plants. Good luck, Bill |
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On 15 Feb 2006 05:03:48 -0800, "Bill" wrote:
jtill wrote: Will send a pic if anyone wants to identify them for me. So far searching the web has left me gasping for air, there are MANY Oncidiums in this world! Newbie Jtill Baytown, Texas Hi Jill, Go to : http://www.orchidislandorchids.com & click on care. This will give you "how to grow" information-- I have to see pictures to identify plants. Good luck, Bill Jtill - Do not post pictures to this news group. IF you can access it we have a sister group in the binaries section. Post at alt.binaries.pictures.orchids. You will find most of the same people over there. If you can not post to the binaries group, post it to a website and give us the url to view it. This is a text only group and most ISP's just scrape out the binaries that are posted. SO it would not be seen. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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