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Vanilla Orchid
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*) -- |
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Vanilla Orchid
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. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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Vanilla Orchid
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... 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. I would second that, mine's in the bathroom, hanging from the shower rail, and it just grows and grows, in a random sort of way. I water and feed it from time to time. I have also managed to take "cuttings" and get them started too. In the summer I hang it outdoors from a tree. I'd just love to know if this orchid will ever flower, and how I could get it to do this, even if I don't have the right kind of bats for pollination. It is a very sprawling untidy orchid. someone |
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