Hello,
I'm charles and from snowy upstate ny! I have a bunch of different species though there are a few odd hybrids here and there including a few phrag hybrids; mostly have phal species but a few things here and there from lots of other genera. I've tried many different species, and dendrobiums and aerangis are two that I've tried a lot and decided that we agree to disagree (mostly I say plant stay alive and the plant says 'no thanks'). I have a few paph species, a few phrag species and hybrids most of them came from Rice's Greenhouses before he passed away; unfortunately most of these plants have mealybug here and there
and the hirsutissimum have bought the farm because of them. Though I work where we often spray chemicals on plants I am very leery of using any at home in my apartment where my plants are but am getting grritated at these bugs so something likely will happy soon ; )
Let's see; in slippers I have a few pieces of a paph spicerianum same plant that has done well, a delenatii that grows well and once in a while has one flower, had a few other species from Rices that died when I tried them in aussie gold, a concolor variety that I've paid for but haven't seen yet (bought from one vendor and is at another vendor's), another latest installment of micranthum which usually does a slow decline and never flowers, an emersonii that slowly grows and looks good but hasn't flowered (one growth that puts out new leaves but not new growths or flowers), a hirsutissimum in s/h that needs to be put into something else and two armeniacums that by chance are both in bud though they are two different plants, different sizes, one grown under lights and the other on a windowsill;
phrags an ecua=bess, a sedenii, an unknown hybrid (labeled as such by Ellenberger's), a besseae from Decker's, a yellow besseae from Mountain Orchids that has bugs and isn't really happy, a longifolium type that might be a one of those branched ones named after that guy from Canada that found them (tetzlafianum), a schlimii bought from Bloomfield that was very nice but hasn't progressed or flowered (my lack of proper know-how) a fischeri that is hanging on to life but not doing very well, and last but not least a plant bought as dalessandroi that looks much like the one Heather had that is likely a besseae or hybrid.
I'll probably be making lots of posts eventually on how to keep all of these from dying, though a good start would be to get rid of the mealybugs.
Oh, I have a mexipedium that has a few growths but no real new roots (humidity is too low) and I have over-fertilized a few times and burned back. Once it was going to flower but I got water on the bud or something and it blasted.
I've been growing plants since I was a kid and orchids for probably fifteen years or more, it's more fun now that they don't die as quickly and some of them actually flower a few times! Should be fun to learn more good tips and tricks on how to keep these plants alive.
take it easy,
charles
I'm charles and from snowy upstate ny! I have a bunch of different species though there are a few odd hybrids here and there including a few phrag hybrids; mostly have phal species but a few things here and there from lots of other genera. I've tried many different species, and dendrobiums and aerangis are two that I've tried a lot and decided that we agree to disagree (mostly I say plant stay alive and the plant says 'no thanks'). I have a few paph species, a few phrag species and hybrids most of them came from Rice's Greenhouses before he passed away; unfortunately most of these plants have mealybug here and there
and the hirsutissimum have bought the farm because of them. Though I work where we often spray chemicals on plants I am very leery of using any at home in my apartment where my plants are but am getting grritated at these bugs so something likely will happy soon ; )Let's see; in slippers I have a few pieces of a paph spicerianum same plant that has done well, a delenatii that grows well and once in a while has one flower, had a few other species from Rices that died when I tried them in aussie gold, a concolor variety that I've paid for but haven't seen yet (bought from one vendor and is at another vendor's), another latest installment of micranthum which usually does a slow decline and never flowers, an emersonii that slowly grows and looks good but hasn't flowered (one growth that puts out new leaves but not new growths or flowers), a hirsutissimum in s/h that needs to be put into something else and two armeniacums that by chance are both in bud though they are two different plants, different sizes, one grown under lights and the other on a windowsill;
phrags an ecua=bess, a sedenii, an unknown hybrid (labeled as such by Ellenberger's), a besseae from Decker's, a yellow besseae from Mountain Orchids that has bugs and isn't really happy, a longifolium type that might be a one of those branched ones named after that guy from Canada that found them (tetzlafianum), a schlimii bought from Bloomfield that was very nice but hasn't progressed or flowered (my lack of proper know-how) a fischeri that is hanging on to life but not doing very well, and last but not least a plant bought as dalessandroi that looks much like the one Heather had that is likely a besseae or hybrid.
I'll probably be making lots of posts eventually on how to keep all of these from dying, though a good start would be to get rid of the mealybugs.
Oh, I have a mexipedium that has a few growths but no real new roots (humidity is too low) and I have over-fertilized a few times and burned back. Once it was going to flower but I got water on the bud or something and it blasted.
I've been growing plants since I was a kid and orchids for probably fifteen years or more, it's more fun now that they don't die as quickly and some of them actually flower a few times! Should be fun to learn more good tips and tricks on how to keep these plants alive.
take it easy,
charles
